Rochester Express in Rochester, Victoria

Curious mixture of war notes and odd facts from wartime edition

A contrarian collection of brief items reports beards banned in the French army a nearly 75 year old Long Service Medal holder from the Yorkshire Light Infantry and regimental nicknames The Wiltshires the Springers riots over a German war prop Kuler image in Amsterdam and diverse curiosities from jelly eel skin to birds migration and local war relief efforts including funds for peaches in Ontario and bath payments for soldiers in Lewisham The piece blends scattered world notes with oddities and small civic details from mid World War I era press