Australian Letters and Mileposts From a Muzzled Mile
A collage of wartime and home front fragments. Veteran notes mix with poems and picked quotes about Australia’s role in the Empire, famed figures, and the Westminster visit of Hughes and Cook. Saucy verse contrasts with sober reports on soldiers’ pay and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
London
Hughes
Mr. Cook
British Empire League
Empire Parliament Association
Australian Club
London Chamber of Commerce
Joe Cook
William Morris Hughes
Wilson
Yankeeland
London Town
Fragmented wartime social notes and theatre scenes
A garbled World War I era collage describes spies, marriages among soldiers, and home-front conversations. It covers a German spy in conversation with a woman, wartime brides, letters from families, Australian troops, and theatre gossip in Sydney Melbourne and London, with sketches of public sentiment and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nott-Bower
New Zealand
England
Larc
France
Ioia
Madge Hardy
Playfair
Pasaporta
Hmelle Polinf
Sydney
America
Her Majesty's
Melbourne
Actors’ Association
Walter Bentley
Harborside
Bently
Mtan
Enogh
Muriel Starr
Cal
Criterion
War Fund
Hugh Ward
Espinosa
Mr. Hazlitt
Frank Harvey
Barry Lupino
Claud Fleming
Barry
Cour
Anzac Interludes in Sydney Sun by Harley Matthews
Anzac Interludes recounts Ikey and the Old Man scheme to dodge desert marches and church parades during wartime in Australia and the Middle East. The piece follows escapes, false attestations, and a deadly Sabbath morning as battles erupt and the unit endures siege, wounds, and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Matthews
Sydney
Curious contrasting views on babies and cabaret life in Japan
Mrs D R Hall recalls a Far East trip with reflections on Japanese society and a Manila style cabaret. She notes a dance hall divided by nationality and gender with payments per dance and a later discussion on birth rates and baby bonuses in Australia. The dialogue contrasts boy and girl values in early 20th century contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Hall
Far East
Japan
Mantis
Chitiren
Australis
Struck It Rich Gold Finds Across Australian Fields
Striking reports emerge from Mount Magnet in Western Australia where three miners crushed stone yielding a large gold return. Nearby Gunalangal Gundagai’s Loog Tunnel Mine yielded rich ore, while Victoria’s Little Bendigo prospect near Ballarat East reported quartz with easy gold. The era shows multiple productive strikes across New South Wales Victoria and Western Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Victoria
West Australia
Mount Magnet
Best
Burt Ang Morellius
Gitt
Murehlaon
Parth
Beafort War Hospital Reveals Corporal Hughes MM
The last man left London after a breakthrough discovery identified Corporal J. W. Hughes MM the Prime Ministers son at Beaufort War Hospital. He lay wounded and his identity had been kept secret for about a week amid wartime confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. W. Hughes
Beaufort
The Billeting at L village and the Spudhole reunion
In L village a sergeant and corporal seek billets for the battalion and meet a welcoming woman of the London Regiment who recalls Spudhole and Pudhoe, two soldiers now returning. Pierre, a barefooted boy, treasures knives and coins from war friends as dawn nears and the party rejoices in reunion and wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tau
Somme
Spodhole
Spudhole
Ele
Ani
Rowdy
Pierre
Pudhog
Spudhoe
Padhoe
Arma
Spadhoe
Pudhoe
Paper Making in Australia Explores New Industry Prospects
The article discusses possible Australian paper production using local eucalyptus and pulp sources. It notes white pulp from Australian fibers could replace imported paper and highlights regions for timber, water power, and hydro schemes like Burrinjuck and Snowy River as drivers of a potential domestic industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chlinac
Laverninens
America
Austrule
Waals
Wade
Geelong
Puy
Uni
South Wales
Muetay
New South Wales
Tumut
Shoalhaven
Snowy River
Lbia
Australian
Alps
Australia
Private experimenter Outlines Australia Paper Pulp Prospects
The Rev Joseph Campbell gold medallist in agricultural chemistry and geology at Sydney University argues Australia can produce its own paper pulp. He cites brown paper from Lombards soda plant in Queensland and notes several grasses and plants including Paddy's superior and Pandanué as viable raw materials. He says papermaking machinery is the main hurdle, but coastal Queensland from Rockhampton to Cape York has abundant papermaking grasses and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Campbell
Sydney
Australia
Tees
McCass Hell
Commonwealth
Sunday Times
Savi
Queensland
Carbell
Rockhampton
Cape York
Bequests for Germany and Australia By William Furls
The late inventor William Furls of Atlors Q. bequeaths about 43600 to charities and public works in Germany including steeple bells jails hotel and an educational institute. Australian legacies fund Darting Downs hospitals and churches and a cemetery memorial. Some bequests cover local churches and belfry bells with links to a Palestine route via New York Morning Telegraph wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Srisbane
Hin Wit
Wuttiam Furlsner
Atlors
Lewin
Eben
Darting Downs
Warsick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uae
Rand
Aiathers
Wellinghay
Healey
al Uy Front
N27 Observer
Antonio Spaghetti
Elich
Austratia
John Pierre Rache
Wol. Baillie
Sammie
Monash
Holland
Anton Leeuwenhoek
Delft
Dutlen
Qanensland
Alelng
Leading City Hotel
Rome
Lustaus
Bnt
Mailer Haswell
Naulby
Rungaleal
Hue
Maria
Moone Uhesire
Boston Transcript
Luli
Bull
Rouen
Lord Chelmsford
Sam
Monroe
William
Woodrow
Maer
Small William
Nie
Thames
Oversea
Adelaida
Chinple
Voetremur
Noorman
Bellu
Garnén
Rerton
Ordyine
Thas
Tussia Whaels
Jis
Letelek
Kenneth L. Roberts
Lamb
Flenneletter
Loniton
Ikey
Tkey
Sow
Berpt
Griffo
Port
Mena
Pyramids
Canal
Bury
Dave
Nile Bridge
Davo
All Hagoen
Alf Hassen
Cairo
Hoyo
Desert
Key
Oxford
Land
Egypt
Tam
Sheen
Biney
Kitcheur
Wey
Golls
Troy
Cramer
Skey
Mab
Allah
Robbo
Fkey
Bluey
Tylee
Trey
Pierre and Pudhoe
Patrick MecGill
Bebe
Palestein
Goas
New York
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