Beaufort School Dance Night at Nadewarra Hall
Newsletter reports a Beaufort School dance at Nadewarra Hall on September 1 with Mr James Nicholls as chairman. Pupils performed songs, and the event raised about £25 for the school, praised by Mifs P Shep-Tor. Dalkey notes recount Sunday service and war memorial readings, while Templeton records rain and preparations for upcoming sports and wounded soldier support.
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Aeholers
Eric Marr
Tainor
Dead Shot Worm Pellets Show Child’s Marked Relief
Violet Ludwick of Rockhampton Queensland reports her daughter Daria’s worm infestation. After Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets the child aged years shows relief, sleep improves and swelling and eye sunkenness lessen. Product is a vegetable medicine sold by The W H Comstock Co Ltd Sydney.
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Bolsover Brrest
Rockhampton
Queensland
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Dorie Ludwick
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Dorie
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W. Hh. Comtock Co. Ltd
Bang Bireot
Church Hill
Sydney
Assault on ship captain leads to six months
Captain of a transport vessel testifies to brutal assault by Thomas Williams a fireman on September 15 at Port Pirie Police Court before Mr E Sabine SM. Williams denies provocation claiming intoxication and is sentenced to six months while the vessel delays cost about £260 and disrupted the timetable.
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Port Pirie
E. Sabine
Thomas Williams
B. Hague
Hague
Me. W. Graham
Bla.5,p. Ltd
Williams
William Hugh Graham
Blh.as
Howver
Harry John Shaw
Commonwealth Military Forces
Sergt
J Walsh
Dirmin Tenking
Port Pisie
Slp
Wiscombe
Nener
Nordic
Bho
Sydney
Vessel guard case under liquor prohibition ends in fine
In a maritime hearing a seaman identified as Williams faced charges for resisting a naval guard aboard a vessel. He denied knowledge of the matter, claimed innocence, and admitted drinking. The judge warned violators of liquor prohibition, fining Williams £10 with costs and a nine month sentence in default, while noting the ship’s captain indicated only a small due amount.
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Pharrntann
Harry John Shaw
Lam
Walsh
Ranepor Alt
Jans
Wald
Sergeanl
Cammmon
Win
Amit P
Strek
Williams
Hor
Wim
Accusell
Sahive Toht
Mission
William Seas
Gladstone
Woods' Grant Percpendint Cure Promises Winter Relief
Readers are urged to prepare as cold weather nears and illnesses rise. An advertised remedy called Woods' Grant Pepperpendint Cure is promoted as a claimed winter cure to ease distress from cold air and damp conditions.
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Waaia
Letter From S Sgt R J Skewes From France June 2
A wartime letter from S Sgt R J Skewes in France describes near bombardment, a night march under heavy shelling, rescuing wounded to a dressing station, and relief at reaching the line. He comments on rum versus hard ration limits, praises fellow soldiers, and hopes for home yet notes the war's strain and frostbitten conditions. He mentions comrades Pike, Slocombe, Laurie Macs, Ronald, and Hartley Edwards, and records his roles in signaling and gas duties.
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Ani
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Pike
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Laurie Macs
Stuart
Ronald
Neumonia
England
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Brigade
Gas N.C.O
Hartley
Ebell
Kobl
J. Skewes
Death of J C Haslam and Port Pirie relief on dry area day
Obituary notes the death of John Cyrus Haslam of Port Pirie a respected local figure active in public life and Methodist work. The piece recounts his Manchester birth, move to Australia in 1874, business leadership with Haslam Bros. and Wilson, civic service including mayoral terms, hospital board involvement, and relocation to Adelaide in 1908.
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England
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Methodist Church
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ME Sether Haslam
Boot’ Pack
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Isolation ward debate stalls at local hospital use
The article notes disappointment that an isolation ward for the local hospital was abandoned due to government financial issues. It highlights a siege of attempts to admit a diphtheria patient via private and public channels, with Major Leonard recommending private hospital care while urging government action to restore a public unit.
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C. B. Venning
Abe
Inupeckor
Leonard
Bolomontown
Port Pirie Mark Lodge No 3 SAC Installation At Pirie Hall
Port Pirie Mark Lodge No 3 SAC installed Bro. F G Tonkin as W M at the Masonic Hall on September 6. Ceremony conducted by Wol Bro A G Palmer with several officers vested. A large attendance heard tributes and presentations including “The King and Mark Masonry” and “The Grand Mark Lodge and Installing Master.”
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Pirie Mark Lodge
No. 3
S.A.C
Masonic Hall
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Acte
C. Bowral
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W. W. Fiddaman
River Wakefield Reach Unusual Height After Heavy Rains
On Sunday Nerpoon the River Wakefield rose to a height not seen in nine or ten years. Heavy rains Saturday night sent a huge volume of water overflowing banks and flooding adjacent northern lands. Miniature lakes formed before the stream returned to the main body. Melons and ducks floated by as crowds watched from Watchman Bridge.
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Ab a devot Priese As the Offen of This Faper
The readable fragments sketch a devout prize context tied to an open paper. Names, dates, or places are incomplete, leaving the main action and participants unclear.
Death of Stipendiary Magistrate Mr J T Kes in Wallaroo
Obituary notes the death of Mr J T Kes S M a prominent magistrate in the Northern District. Born 1648 in England he arrived in South Australia in 1856 aboard the Navanno and pursued a long public service career across Stockport Aubuen Court Morphett Vale Wallaroo and Moonta Mines Court. He held multiple offices including Local Insolvency Court clerk and Destitute Board reliever and was appointed Stipendiary Magistrate for the Northern District in 1807. He died after a long illness with health failing weeks prior. He leaves a widow Mrs Lovins Keate and seven children.
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Bivext Mierald Publishes After 62 Years of Silence
To members of theatat hay ng joined the army the Bivext Mierald in England has coored publication after sixty two years of existence and service, signaling a revived interest and archival release.
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Bivext Mierald
England
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