London Letter describes recruiting drive and war mood
Carmelite House reports on a fresh recruiting campaign in London with Lord Kiteheeer at Guildhall, Hyde Park demonstrations, and crowds around Trafalgar Square. It notes political friction after Lord Haldane’s dismissal, public support for France, War Loan success, and changing London life under war conditions including pay rises and social shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmelite House
London
Lord Kiteheeer
Guildhall
Vralace
Fleary
Ismoue
Hyde
York
Hyde Park
O'Leary
Dadeter
Che
Sun
Treleleet Square
Dardaneive
Mandere
Lord Haldane
Lord Haldase
Generivor Dono
Ordnapee
Lloyd
George
Lord Helden
Trafalgar Square
Chased by a Shark in The Sea Wall Scene
A Melbourne cinemas feature recreates a perilous penguin of terror as Bimpeil is dropped to a hungry 11 foot shark in The Sea Wall. An actor plays the Cockney cook and endures a dramatic water sequence with a trained shark.
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Jack London
Melbourne
Macridges
Wolf Larsen
Cook
Salla
Despatch Riders in War Time Communication networks
Despatch riders, many undergraduates from universities, ride through war zones carrying orders as telephone and telegraph lines falter. Some wires run underground where shells break them, while riders travel at high speed along narrow tracks at night. The War Office maintains direct links enabling rapid altos with senior leaders in moments of crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lato
Midren
Tian Mami
Postiffice
Rermente
Urs
Rhodes Stholare
Tle Aisne
Bwice
Tag War Office
War Office
John French
Lord Kitchener
Offeere
As the Turks See It At Gallipoli From Constantinople
Ameri can correspondent Granville Fortescue portrays the Turkish view of the Dardanelles battle before Allied successes. He describes Turkish training, fortified positions at Ach Baba and the Narrows, hidden mines and stations, German guidance, and the daunting terrain and defenses that dictate heavy Allied sacrifices and methodical advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Fortescue
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Straits
Kitchener
Turkey
Museo Pasha
Constantiople Fou
Nagara
Killa
Kilid Babr
Chanak
Belog
Flanders
Gallipoli
Baba
Gibraltar
Achi Baba
Erith
Adil Baba
Lady Tempest party remark on a rising actress
At a party attended by Miss Marie Tempest a woman spoke of a girl who had refused an earl and married a rich young manufacturer instead. After a moment she added she wisely chose business prospects over a traditional family tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Tempest
Someco
Australia’s Patchwork News and Parrot Pranks Mirror Melbourne
A collage of crowd scene vignettes from Seymour camp and Melbourne includes a humorous dispute over a prayerbook, organ history, and a shipwreck tale. It weaves wartime anecdotes, sailor letters, parrot antics, and local misadventures, with playful asides on German militarism and old-time knightly combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Camp
Murphs Law Journey At Murphs Heaven Gate
A fragmented local text describes a journey or tale around Murphs law and a place nicknamed Murphs Heaven Gate. The passage mentions events and names like Valley and various imperfect terms, suggesting a nostalgic or fictional town chronicle with colloquial spellings and garbled lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titoupur
Mary
Skrapeed
Wwe
Binchet
Orien
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London Letter
Aye & Freseh Celebratoy
Nations Relief Fund
France
Regent's Park
Monsieur Ie Muri
Wetheut Froekenat
Rochefort
Cafe Royal
Megent Street
Soho
Berwickstreet
Comptonstreet
Deanttreet
Paris
Atten Ted
Betne
Post Office
GPO
West End
Elgat
Misa Maria Tampeat'a
Count Zeppalin
Jeffrey
Wesley
Germany
Brazil
Ais
Latrobe
Browsea
Asia Minor
Loeroar
S.A
Teuton
Northam
Paddy
Northaml
J'adeyle
Toodyay
Dows
Commonwealth
Ted
DeWine Bank
Cocky
Bung
Pete
Liv
Australia
Galtin
al Glacke
New
Bil
Emile
Brophy
Turners
Patsy
Olte
Branigan
Sandy MeGoorty
McGoorty
Orangeman
CorkJack
Larry Hunters
Keyne Water & Canis
Bkink Mosoun
Alramortality
Mlus de Hooke
Mystery Skil's
Englanl
Cummings
Durdanelies
Ak Jender
Mtrae
Alifhowel
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