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Newspaper
Sandringham News
Location
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
8
An assortment of opinion pieces and humorous observations on public works, railways, taxation, labor politics, and betting culture. The writer laments delays in Northern Territory railway expansion, criticizes wartime recruiting, notes telephone charges, and relaxes into racing commentary and social commentary about punters, taverns, and a hermit’s hut from Seaford.
The Committee of the Sixth Infantry Brigade Comforts Depot launches a scheme to raise £500 for Christmas Dinners for brigade members on active service. It offers weekly subscriptions of one shilling for twenty weeks starting August 16, inviting new subscribers and requesting communications to the secretary at 312 Flinders Street.
The great wall of China, built 208 B.C., stretches about 1260 miles. It rises to 25 feet in height and is 26 feet thick at the base, marking a monumental ancient defensive project.
A wartime verse fragment by M Neild Condubolin laments the costs of war, stating that sacrifice and death are central to the conflict while contrasting public leisure with soldiers’ suffering on Khuders plain. The piece questions personal comfort versus duty and honor in battle.
A war elegy laments fallen mates from Macquarie to Gaza and Lachlan Creek. It honors bravest troops who sleep by distant plains while the bush grieves. Poem echoes grander camps, campfires, and silver stars over gumtrees.
A letter from a borough resident criticizes civic advertising for the 7th War Loan and urges strong local support. The author urges subscribing the £104,000 demand, praises the mayor, and questions where the flagpole will be placed at Sandringham House, planning a tall flagpole to display the banner alongside the Asian Jack. The dated note appears to express local pride and a call for prominence in patriotic displays.
A reader from Blacklock Black Lock Street writes to urge forming a local Scottish Society in Melbourne suburbia, noting many Scots and local talent. He cites active Melbourne societies meeting monthly and hopes someone will take up the matter. Dated September 11, 1918.
A meeting of recruiting committee representatives and MPs from the electorate convened in Malvern Town Hall on Tuesday. The Hon J A Boyd chaired with Lieut Col Hanby Drs Champion White Weller and others present. A voluntary ballot scheme was explained and ballots to be drawn at Brighton Town Hall Queens Hall Caulfield and Shire Hall Moorabbie under supervision of Tanner Netty Moore PMs and Judge Moule. A three member local committee was to be appointed with recruiting officers to supervise ballot card openings at the central depot.
The Hampton Avenue of Honor ceremony took place with ideal weather as the Regiment band led a procession from the station to the triangle. Dr B J Ferdinando and Mayor B Champion urged War Loan support while J A Boyd and O R Snowball planted the first trees in memory of Private C E Bank and Private K B Graham. 48 more trees planned pending timber for guards.
In a baker shop a customer asks if today's bread is fresh while a saleswoman responds. Walter tells a waiting customer that fish will arrive in a minute or two, and the customer inquires about bait. The remark compares railways to the United States, noting fewer miles of railway overall.
The clever priests of China place tiny Buddha images inside living clams and leave them undisturbed for about a year. Afterward the shells are covered with mother of pearl, making the images seem grown. Chinese people revere these shells, believing Buddha dwells within. If a Christian views one, its charm is said to be gone.
A grocer’s son questions why a steak paid as a pound weighs twelve ounces. The butcher quips he mislaid the pound weight and used a pound bar of soap, explaining the discrepancy.
A Boston woman recalls a Paris encounter about courtesy on the Champs Elysees. She asks a Frenchman for directions to Rue de la Cloches, he admits not knowing, then another man bows and apologizes saying he cannot guide her, as does his brother.
The capital’s streets bear vivid names such as Love of God Holy Ghost Sad Indian and Pass-if-you-can while shops feature striking signs. A drug store calls itself Gate of Heaven and a saloon brands itself Balt of the Devil, showcasing local flair in naming.
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