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  2. OLD TIMES

    From Issues of the "Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News," published In 1864, selections are printed hereunder that should prove particularly interesting to-day. ...

    Article : 33 words
  3. Personal War Tales.

    Those of our readers who took part in the Great War are Invited to send for publication short accounts of happenings with which they themselves were concerned. The tales can be ...

    Article : 69 words
  4. A Digger's Diary

    There Is a marked revival of sentiment among the ex-service men In Western Australia, and sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League and unit associations are displaying more Interest in their affairs than ever before. The foundations on which these organisations are built is comradeship, and the old ...

    Article : 347 words
  5. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    Scene: Blackboy Hill, 1916. Old Joe Brown, aged 60 if a day, a bullock-driver from the North-West, was in camp. All ...

    Article : 137 words
  6. The Digger Spirit.

    One who shares with the late Tom Lennon (28th Battalion) the unenviable title of "Hopover King in this State is Arthur ("Bunny") Abbott, of "B" ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. A Bishop's Failure.

    HIS Lordship the Bishop of Perth made two or three unsuccessful attempts last week to leave in the Favourite for Champion Bay. On Saturday last his ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. Vice-regal Action Criticised.

    IT is to be regretted that when his Excellency thought of passing a law to prohibit oyster fishery during certain months, he did not call to mind the ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. This Week in History.

    On September 5, 1884, Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell formally moved in the State Parliament that a Select Committee on Public Works should be instructed to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  10. The Unenlightened Gyppo.

    G—and I had just arrived at Port Said on leave from the desert and lodged at the Hotel de la Poste. On rising in the morning I cleaned my leggings and boots ...

    Article : 530 words
  11. PADDY'S DEAD IMAGE.

    Our platoon were guartered-in an empty house on the Italian front. There was nothing doing so we started telling yarns. All contributed except the corporal and ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. Diggers' Club.

    The State secretary of the R.S.L. (Mr. Dave Benson), on his return from the Federal Congress recently held at Hobart, made some interesting comments on a ...

    Article : 248 words
  13. Sounds Like "The Old Mob."

    "Hamel" writes from Lake King:—A faint, distant echo of the war was heard at Lake King (50 miles past Newdegate) On Armistice night, when 24 old soldiers ...

    Article : 464 words
  14. ASKING THE IMPOSSIBLE.

    Dave was convalescent in Cairo after a knock with the Light Horse at Gaza, and the matron—a regular Army nurse land a stout disciplinarian—had detailed ...

    Article : 334 words
  15. The Western Front.

    Arthur Comber Hunt, on November 21; late 11th Battalion, A.I.F. and member Perth subbranch R.S.L. ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. Progress at Bunbury.

    IN the Government Gazette of last Tuesday tenders are invited from persons willing to contract for the erection of a bonded store. post office quarters, etc., at ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. Rank and File.

    Frank Tutton ("King Tut"), one-time a sergeant in the 4th Signal Company, A.I.F., is cockying these days around Kirup. He is the proud possessor of a ...

    Article : 257 words
  18. Government House Chimneys.

    ON Monday night last or early on Tuesday morning a stack of chimneys fell at the new Government House, Perth, probably either blown down by the wind ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 164 words
  20. 32nd Battalion History.

    The 32nd Battalion has a committee at work gathering the material for its written history. The movement originated in South Australia (the battalion was ...

    Article : 356 words
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