Diary Q (16 October 1935 - 31 July 1937) by Josiah Cocking (2025)

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wed._Oet. 16th, 1955. Yesterday we received-this letter‘
from brother,Bob:-’ "Ldsmorel Street, Aberrnain, Oot.l4th. “
Dea[...]for *
things you gave us. This is how we get them:- Gladys' motheq«
has a very large tree in her garden; so we get-«or rather‘wé{
will get-wa little more than we require; consequently we wi[...]n, as we have plenty of good plants here of our 0 -P
_That being.so, wahare looking forward to~gather[...]ain: I have a Winter best cbat; also a Summer coat—ébot‘ 4
Sunday wear. Well, the Summer_c©at wil[...]omfortable on a hot Su

;day._It is a black lustre--or,one can call it a black silk4~..

' yet it's no[...]itts a size 7, & a 7 is too tigh]

for ;.I take an-8 to be comfortable in it. ' 5
As regards my other clothing, I am not in urgent need of any\
during the -Summer months. The coat is the only exception.‘ ‘
As beggars are not ohoosers a second-hand one would do if it g
was anyways fit to wear[...]Re your block of ground,I know just where it is &-I can truth-a

_fully say it is a most beautiful place[...]

What amount is now ow[...]le of property ? 5
How much have you now in the Co-op. store ? A
What amount of cash have you & your[...]full name & address of the person from whom you be-
.ught the block of land. ‘ ' ’ ' -

A Reply promptly on this form.

Section 49 of the Act reads:~ No person shall (a) wilfully ma-
rks any false statement or representation to obta[...]re true & correct in every particular.
Declared at——-~—~— —~—-— «

the«_ day of__ , _l9
beforé"me '

._—..__—._—_._._._.-—_.—_..._,..__.—., __.___.

Person before whom this declaration is[...]ration may be made before any of the following per-
sons:-A postmaster or postmistress,or person in charge o[...]egally qualified medical practitioner,a notary pub-i
lic,a commissiojer for"affadavits,a commissioner for declarations.
a registrar under the Invalid & Old-age Pensions Act,l908——1938 1
a minister of religion,an officer of the Co[...]he Commonwealth or of any State.

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.To these questions I replie (L). Nothing: our[...]W, A p_ g

I have also written the following note:- /To the Fbputysommissionei
r for Pensions;[...]

until 12:30 from Abermain comes in[...]scroll
stretched across the river are these words:- ‘
With many a kind & loving thought
Is this my[...]many a wish for happiness".

On the back I typed:-"near Bob,’ I'd have you understand

That ev'ry[...]e 5.
I also got a note from A. Hordern, which is :-

"Anthony Hordern & sons, Brickfield Hill, Sydney[...]sent receiving our attention,& the desired informa-,
tion will be forwarded to you by.a.1ater mail. T[...]aithfully, A Hordern & Sons ltd. ’

from Arthur:-" Usual address

Dear Folks,I was delaying wrifii[...]ng
Tuesday( Band Qct.193g§.

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The letter from the Pensions office,dated l8gh Oct.is as
follows:-- g
a '” ,onsideration, however, cannot be recognised by the '
-‘ant, & the value of property so transferred mus[...]ined ir1the pension computation as though still re-

ggi nhdyingin the possession of the pensioner. %[...]Commissioner,"
(This letter has to be sent back to-day).

Qivfi

pounds from a hrs. Stone ?
%%y—rQply 1s:- Yes,from Mr.Mervyn Stones.).
at amount is-now owing to you on this mortgage, or from an

other source ?. « _
( My reply is:- "Nothing on the mortgage. s 31 owed to me by Joh[...]the 17th inst,& attach to this form.

(My replyis:-"I have no communication of thel7th,but
attach one[...]me’possessed of the other i 80 ?.
(My answer is:-By cheque from Stones paying off arrears on

mortg[...]e sitting on the edge of
a creek near "Craighlea".-Jose has bought another Ford car for
£ 70 from "M[...]a cal

l have received this letter from Horderns:-
A. Hordern & Sons, Brickfield Hill, Sydney,85rd O[...]printing produced by 1
the Presso Th9 CODY of type-shown is from the font supplied
with the machine.A[...].Oct. §5th,l955. This morning.l wrote the follow-
ing note:—' To A.Hordern, Dear Sir, I thank you for set

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, Sat. Oct. 26th, 1935. Thighmorning I received this:—

‘,1 "Lismore Street, Abermain, ootaagsth 1955.[...]Jenny,Your letter to hand with the_enclosed one po- .
und note,for which I am extremely thankful. I.a[...]a coat up it may have been too b g.m
or too sma1l—-that is quite probable: so now I am going up to. =[...]berries'at this end well, you see it's this '
way--they go a lot cheaper when paid for at this end: t[...]us other things.»
Our garden looks well now.~¥he-cost for sending down a bushel }
case is 1/-; & by the look of your plants you wont go short Q[...]months. ‘*'““

No, I have not written to Liz—Jane; the reason being that I hams
lost her postal[...]eaching Florence to drive a car is a. ‘
good one——there are too many road hogs on the road. Judge Be[...]elf. ‘
Well now’ give my love to all the fam1y——the same for yourself.
Birth dates of the children:- Dorothy,9th of Janary,l928;
Allan,27thuJuly,l929;[...]love to all.

I have written the following verses:-

.WILL THEY GO ?

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I ‘, lA%*£dL£V e .j-,l,l rfi::”

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Will they 'ooaa==uC brag of their s&ean-slag
, 16?. their fleet hat rolls 8: pitches ? . M
7¢Zz~. @255 they -- away to the fifii fray
¥/¢{g WEh theghartial[...]of taanseenéeat 3gs
5 To berfound i sy trenches —

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meme Q,

Where each sh shot makes men's fra[...]car to the Park & heard Mr, Higgins speak on the -;
danger of war & fascism in Australia. To-day has_been hot, butg
there was a thunderstorm &[...]. Charlie put in
2 panes of glass in the breakfast-room window .

I wrote a notcto Wrigleys,chewing-gum manufacturers,Roseberry,

Sydney, for a copy of-the Animal Book-, for whichl enclosed_

35 yrs r‘ f h wi & - t ; ,
Earl§pt3hiss °mo§zaeng1ig}g¥‘i“dtea[...]ster. The first exposure was for 1 minute at 18 in-
ches from the electric lamp, which was far too mu[...]hat Was"
was ample & t e 0y. I.gave Kathleen's ten-seconds; Which

’ t_§:£%'iiat,.:sa.-.t. v as 2

To-day I have finished reading". +Boswe;ll's .Tohnson[...]print is small I_cou%d npt read much at
a time. To—day I also finished reading- How to Improve
Yourself Intellectually , by Herbe[...]received a long letter from James Thorn, the natio- T

nal secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party,[...]eived another paper
from the Pen ions depatrtmemt dated Oct 5lst,oontaining these
q¥esti§?8$-(lnfi Is tge 65 pougdg ngn inhyoug possesgign gh l
rep e :- o a osi or 2 “c as een ai o e
a ent out of it.“ ep R’. . p
8 .If not, What amount do you &-your wife now hold ? 2
Ia§§plie%:& Of the % l65[...]osition regardingéthe purchase of the land.§
ns:- "he position is that of the .165 to be paid in fu[...]land to Armstrong & Royces 20 are paid to their ag-
ent, & we are waiting impatiently for the lawyers[...]Florence was called out to Toronto to nurse a lit-J
tle boy of Winn's, who has pneumonia. She went o[...]s he is off on furlough . He is stationed at Quean- 4
beyan, & his mate is Captain Baker,an Irishman.[...]ell, a said that he likes the Army work, although - anhfyani
is a hard 131.308. He lent me a c[...]

fThur. Nov.-7th, $955:~This morning we received the foll- M
owing letter:- C/o Mr, R.N.W1nn, Fig Tree paint’ -
Toronto, N.S.w¢ ‘Dear Mother,Pleased to hear from you yes-
terday& to know that everything is O.K; at hams;[...]as I go to post this I shall call along & see Sis-
ter Bambling, seeing that she was kid enough to r[...]r me. You will no doubt be
pleased to see your boy—friend hoe at the week end: I would-
n't mind being there for the event myself. Don't[...]e. Well,so long; Mother. There is no news out here--
have only been out for a walk once. Love to al1,a[...]ussia. He worked with me at Swansea

on the Sydney-Newcastle road, but I did not recognise him,
thoug[...]_instructive, being
based on his diary. There were-a good many poeople present, in-
cluding a few wmnen, There was a dance after the[...]the hands of the following people to sell if poss- E
ible:- The New Zealand Insurance Go.;opposite to Marcus[...])L23%; Douglas & Baker, Morgan St.; L3D%.W00d &C°-i

Drinkwater, 23 p, Wolfe St. .
I took the[...]

‘"$WM{TmMHf&SEmETmEDWHL2

Mr. W: M. Hughes has[...]rld's deluded youth
Concerning warfs creation ? . -
We had them all ccmpletely gulled;’ "
Now~a1l o[...]Extorted from the slaves who toil

And suffer fell-disasters L

We tell the fools that workers fight[...]shamelessly revealed

To slaves who work for wages-—

The fact that ev'ry war was made

For markets wh[...]Is this how gratitude you show

By letting cannon—fodder know,
Through your colossal blunder,
That,m[...]r ?

rad we refill your s1ender.purse
That, Baalim-like, you'd turn & curse,
Instead of gladly[...]

Each member of our gang believes‘
That honour[...]ey hang together 1

ll:/I!/307 JA’:€a.'6."ll(-/ll/367 34¢ £*é’lL+‘-‘£1-37’

F "War :What For ?" of Nov. contains my verses--"Genhan Rule".
lfifence has returned to day ,as h[...]"Tell Truth &"Sfi'ame The nevi1.; 6 Range 2 hat {-16
§_”.H‘onour Rolls ? . I am also sending to "War 1 What For Hg} the
‘ following verses:—"Tell Truth And Shame The Devil . "Will

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The[...]ntitled "The Ballad of The Drover to Mr. w. A, Yes-
berg- 56 Greenworth St., Toowoomba Queensland; & a copy

of the poem :- The Confessions of a Wife", to Mrs.M.
Cummings, 4[...]mania.
Yesterday we received the followi from Art:- "

Usual Address, Saturday, (16/ll/B5 . Dear Folk[...]I have made a fair fist ofl‘the papers so far. -

I haven't been.in a mood conducive to study, how[...]teaching at Habe
erfield are out. I got a B x to.A--, The headmistress, who

gave the mark,was going to give me a B x on about five minu-
tes dbservation. I persuaded her to come in & hea[...]go to North Newtown for the finil
practice as my application was the first in. we had pg;
practical singing te[...]g I have.sent these verses to "6

"Common Cause"; —- “What Is Imper%al%fitic Gompulsor%.Trai[...]

On fields of carnage,red with gore,

Upon[...]ant shore, ‘

To benefit the shirkers :

No king-made war was ever fought
Nor new domain was ever s[...]rapacious classes

In ancient times or modern days-—
In spite of what each jingo says--
To benefit the masses! ‘

--slaves from the bode they hate,
Or benefit the peo[...]i To set themselves completely free, ‘
By planet-wide revulsion,

From curst Conscription's deep di[...]ompulsion 1

1.» 36.61‘ 7/11/35‘ $415/‘DI/-'14’..3:r?"

fiesterday we received this letter:— ‘ ‘
58 Osborn street,napto, 18/11 /35. Dear Brother &_-Sister,
Just a short note to let you know t[...]

«the date on my letter that I wrote it on the 18th; & my ex[...]e extremely proud of your family,for it is very un-
usual to see every_ member of the family so gifte[...]as sold his car & bought a smaller one of more mod— ;
ern.make. Les still has his little Morris Cowle[...]tend me, for I_have been the most pleasant & cheer- *
ful patient he has ever served. Weel, Joe, give[...]to bring me home." I smiled & said,You'know, dear,-that‘dreams;
are always contrary";but shehwas dr[...]Qur 8 ‘
er. Yesterday a to day is.fearfully hot,-iflfibfefitill‘ofintinue

well. I sit on the cool verandah & drink plenty of cool lemon

dri“kS- D°n't Worry: J03? 17th looking forward to[...]

" ‘ / cur» QJ>qvo,»-— ‘am . :;~'~- ~a- 1.,’ ~.- :1‘ kc
"1"'7.3 -.&-5 -4.»-55a’ -4-4 ac-’ ¥c'O~v)"*‘*.--4‘ —--~ -- -~

.would like to eruse "1 c 11 It M " - U View to
a publication. P a yurder with a .

Thi[...]rning I wrote.
the following verses concerning its-
Cain's Capers.

If Father Cain would sit & pen
A[...]o their votive lamps,
In lines like these ensuing:-

"Though sceptics, ignorant & rude,
Deny t[...]

yhat priest or parson yet was found
.»Jho’d[...]e understood,

We seek the givers‘ greatest good—-
That is their soul's salvation 1

No thoughts have priests like Father Gain
of filthy lucre, or of gain —

.From any poor believers; . ,
Such saints would[...]e, will scout
Such statements: but beware of doubt—+

of sins the worst of seven--

Believe, & trust, & freely PAY,

And credit ev'r[...]s or parks,
Who doubt our words or powers

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In wealth or want to make man live—-
To quite,withhold, or freely give,
The sunshine o[...]gladly set all sinners free
For whom believers pay-our fee
with cash they beg or borrow 1

We grant p[...]h Heaven's portal,
We like to keep believers poor -

That they may pass the Golden Door

Unchecked, t[...]ss of what we state,
Or else you will awaken 1

To-day we received the following from Arthur:—

, "Usual address, Monday( Nov, 25th 1955).

g Dear Folks, Just a note to tell you that I am now pract-

‘ ically O.K.-so well, in fact, that I am going out to Dul-
wich Hill anniversary to night. The class I have[...]ernoon I got a money order for £ 3/7/B for Floren-

ce to send to C. Mccready sec. Nur~ t A ' t‘ C -
ney. She has to atted constabl8Cor 53? Mai[...]

This afternoon Mum 8: I went to Canningtorvs office at Ham-
ilton- & paid the balance due on the 1ane,e 3/ 6/8; ,but[...]n the other when his eyes
have healed. ’

“I30-day we received this letter:—
11'? Beaumont Street,Hami1ton, 1*3.3.W.8'7th Nov. 1955,
Mr. J, Cooking, 41 Izlggall Street Mayfield. 7.“-ear

Sir,Re you 8: Mrs, Cooking from Armstrong 8: 1‘-Yioyee. {
I begto state that this matter has now b[...]ou & Mrs. Cooking’ at 8 o'clock at my office. to-mor-
row, Thursday. I enclose herewith statement in co[...]your earliest
conve'nience.Yol'l're faithfully, V-LG», Canrrington.

The statement referred» to is as follows:-

To you 8: Mrs. Cooking from Armstro & Royse.

To balance of purchase money—-«:5 145 0/0.

To your proportion of water

& sewerage rates ———————— — —‘- 1/8

To amount of stamp duty onpcontractr--9/8 _

To amount of stamp duty on conveyance--5 /0

To amount of stamp duty ‘on directionilrom Mrs. Cooking, to both
your names--«*5 1/0 /0

To paid registration fees on conveyance--10 /0

To paid direction ‘fees ----:5. 8/0 /0

To paid search fees—— 5 1/6 /0

To purchaser's costs herein as ‘eluoted--5/19/10 £ 156 /5 /8
I as 150/o /O_~
Balance due ————— —~ 35 675 8

Walter Bull called to day 8: asked me to go .& see his Father
Harry B‘-111, Who 18 ill with hernia a cancer" ’

ZMEN

Sr was ill with a Cancer. Florence came home for a little
W 119 this eY6n1ng. Her patient ——Constable Corner-—has an
%mpr0Vement in his eyes’: I am very pleas[...]rn1n8 1 §9Ce1V6d the fgllowwng note from Les Worr-
fill, editor of The Qpen Road :- _

Thg Opfin Road hublishing Co.,Ltd. publishers of "The Qp—
9£1t1°ad The official organ of the N.R.M.A. pub[...]ouse, 5 Spring Street, Sydney.

3 ggtfingfi i£W- 1 1: N°V« 37:,1955. Dear Sir, We ackncwled*

tg[...]l p% uicafioghgilwhich shall have our close cons1d—_
Les Worrallf egitor." h V’ The Qpen Road Publi[...]n. let Dec. 1955. This mornng i wrote these lines:—
A PLEA FOR PITY.

All you motorists who travel

O[...]rgin byways,carpeted with green,

Through the bush-land,decked with flowers,

Where the bell-kdrds build their bowers

And the parrots in their gorgeous robes are seen,-

When you're travelling with pleasure
In your ewi[...]would that frugal fare afford)

And whose clothing—- soiled & gritty
Since he left the distant oity—- '

Is in.urgent want of needle & of thread,
And whose toes are unprotected

While his features are dejecte -
Through his fruitless search for work to e[...]

Yet he may not be-ungrateful; V

Though his pockets don't contain a[...]rs,

It's the man inside that matters,

And Man ae—geee-ae~you 2 ' ,W
7x834 4' mm I ?

E'en a heathen in h[...]angel unawares 1

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/[AMI Air 'L7«£’«x— 0»/we RA'ra»£," 1;». was Q], "1..€i'zs/5/37[...]itten the followin§ in reply to the verses
above:— REPLY To A

Sir, "Taraxacum" a fellow who,perhaps[...];
Makes a very bold suggestion_in your issue of to—day:
The,ah,creature has suggested that our cahs s[...]pity, to some distant town or city
Or some hamlet -—half forsaken——with his evil-smelling

load ?.

Would such tramps-be forced to amble if they ceased to 3
drink & gam[...]r,aheml our uppah classes whose refinement far sur-
paSSeS h
That of vagabonds who wander through the[...]ample earnings,& indulge no more in, 5
yearnings - ,
For assistance from the drivers of expen[...]

We kings would be degraded elves

To keep war—dogs & fight ourselves
On risky fields of battle;

Ourkroyal blood is much too good

To shed,in shell-torn field or wood,
Like that of vulgar cattle !

We have our wage-slaves taught,in schools,
That they should use our murder—tools

And die for king & glory;
rThus myriads wil[...]! What For": $/13/55.

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Sat. 7th DTG. 1955. To-day's issue of "Common.Cause" contains

This morning 1 posted '

my verses:—-"What Is Im erialistis Compulsory Training ?".
_- ‘ " A C {Emile Se'lassie.",. "wnatnxs
1pt1on_?[...]the land agent,called here & inspected our

Conscr-

house. Last Thursday I went to Hamilton & Newcastle & told

a

the land agents whom I saw before that we will now take
a 700 for the house--é 500 down, & the balance in instal-

ments. Yesterday I told Miss Johns & Mr T[...]

Wed. Dec. llth, 1955. Sunday last I walked over to the Met -If
I , odist Church at M Park street, Merewether,[...]preacher,was anold man named Holiday~«a $cotchman—— g
who spoke so low & so Scotch that I had_to go t[...]ars

of our house to try to sell it. He charges 2%-per cent. commisré
ion. This mornng he has an ad.[...]ng paid by the owners. «
Charlie is making a drip—safe for Mrs. Peterson.
This morning we received the following letter from Art:—
Usual address, Tuesday. near Folks, Practice ends to day,
-i hence I will have a few free days in which I can[...]ther
‘ Supreme Court. Work during this practice— period has been pretu
easy; the kids have been almost monotonously well-behaved. We
have been treated as fully-fledged teachers all the time-- we rec.
ive notes of absence, fill in attendance[...]which, as far a
as I can remember, was as follows:-
"Albert is late fru his own forlt. He gets up ear[...]lay. I would like you to punish him fore me. If I -
flogged him all day I could 0 nothing with him. H[...]then he has been early,

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The week_® _ t
. '3-bar I ent out
;cIoii}iJ§:.rJl1:v;>od_ anniversary[...]Pg rettsorgeoggss 0W’W Conga.
Size of the corp.-ast ca urday 1 went to thggr

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fore the week-end I would welcome your advice as to what to bu
b[...]e). i=?v::8’$,;'E3 pgsgst ,
with 104 photographs-of irds eas s e 6.. I 5 War 9 0%
Edna Hawkins, Godk's Hill Public Schco1,New%ast1e, , Common- l
wealth Trades Alphabet—Writing Competition.
I think it was a prize for the best writing.

.. - m~1EL"-,3" ’ Mon. Dec.l6th, 1955. Yesterday I wart
g. Few minutes from tram, wéll-built to the St. Mark I3 sh Ohurch,in

Cottage, 4 bedrooms, lounge-room, break-

_ izgitv-roon1i‘_‘1’<;itchetI1 with glas aI11{d ‘Sue! The preacher was named
Ne:S'th;“;;iic§,“-’£‘%8§: “’.£:1oo‘"°cf.rpoZat‘?"' Thomas. The church was half full of
——— j“",peop1e#fimostly women & children. On'h
: &[...]50 113111883 it iS theifi
tfore a heathen temple-—not the house of God. After the service
I went to Harry Bull & found that he had-not begun to use the
fruit cure for cancer as reco[...]ed clover leaves
tea. He is about the same as when-I saw him last. ‘
Last evening I read the following verses in "The Golden Treas-
ury , a book of poetry that I bought for Arthur2-
' Saint John Baptist.

‘The last & greatest[...]n,

Repént, repent, &mfrdm old errors turn '

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--Who lismpn'd to his voice ‘ w
s °b9Y'd h[...]

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More than echo hear[...]e to work.
Yesterday brother Bob & Dorothy Cooking-his granddaughter--
visited us. He wore a nice new coat, which cost 29/6 in Cess—;
nook, 1 gave him the balance of 9/6 that Glady a[...]Lila & George I am seding a card with this verse:— ‘
For Your Christmas, All that is best I wish for thee
And thine -—this Christmastide,
May,Peace & Gladness.fil1,ihy home,
_ And joy which shall abide.
I added this:—
If wishes were the gagic stone
Philosopher[...]

The card for Nelly & Bob contains:—

"Ma your roof shelter many joys
E le Christmasti[...]with you
Throughout the whole New Year."
I added:- . .
"The Christmas bards who rhyme on cards,
With[...]ntiments this season;
So I must add to what is bad--.
Like postscript to a letter-— -
Another verse ir1metre terse
To make their[...]

The card fo Florence & Les has:-.

"May Peace & Contenhnent abide with you,
And Good Fortune visit you often too 1

I added:-" Though Johnson said it's vain to mourn
And wish[...]n joy in Heav'n hereafter 3
Barry's card has this:—

"Tender wishes,tho hts sincere,

Bright hopes fo[...]gs sweet
.make your cup of joy complete."
I added:-" ’
. -May Father Christmas, on his arm,
Bring all that h[...]Who gives his loved ones kisses:
He's always good——except when bad--
Nor hits the cats he misses 3
And when he grows &[...]Dad &,Mother 1"

Lila's baby's card is insoribed:- ./“;“M‘“”‘5 3 E

"Across the miles th[...]very way '
A A happy time indeed 3 ,_ , ,
I added:-” precious baby,what there may be
In this world for you-
Toil or leisure, pain or pleasure—_

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What you'll have or do--

i .50. 30

Love of learning, joy of earning
power, wealth, or famer—

High ambition for position

And an honoured name-—

Joy or sorrow on each morrow——
Bitter want, or weal-~

Crowns or crosses, gains or,1osses——
None can yet reveal 1

But if Mother's, Father's,[...]e,
Having most & best 1

Melville's card has this:—"Where friends are staunch & many,
Where happiness[...]our,
May Christmastime find you I
To this I added:-'
” ‘Dearest Melville, I remember
That~I sent[...]s uncle Joe 3

Young Jim's card has the following:- V
May this be a happy season
For your dear ones &[...]ng glessings
In the Old Year & the New 1

I wrote:—" Yes, Christmas is the happy time,
~ When loved o[...]To friends & lovers left behind
Except the friend-forgetters ._ ’

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oy & all good cheer,
and lot[...],, Throughout the coming year.
' to this I awded:——~
- That,while your pleasures grow no less,
Your name[...]vtn hereafter 1

renew,

Pearl's card has this:—

May every joy & happiness be yours through this[...]h the coming year, is my sincere wish." '
I added:- "My Love-Letter To Pearl.

an;

Pearl, this greeting from t[...]‘& tender
| Of my love in past & present;
§ And-in future it shall be,
j As of yore, sincere & ste[...]> Take this card,,Dear, as a token
I That our love-bond is unbroken, , _:
Though great Instance does[...]'m pleased to know:
Though I cannot see you yonder- V
-May your love for me wax fonder;
And, though prese[...]for you still grow !'

Vérafs card contains this:- ‘

erry Christmastide is here.
I All the best 1 "—-G'QQd_ luck ! Good Cheer ,

‘ 0 .

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We're members of-that happy crewv ' \\p\

Here's to say '1 Happy Year ,
I wrote:—” Gentle Vera, no chimera
Shall confuse your min[...]caused by error

Truth shall make you free 3

b_..——--——- ‘a———~

Truth not Fiction, brings conviction
I In this[...]3

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On Edna's‘card this verse is printed:-
"Bright holly decks the walls once more,
And to t[...]ls,yelcome in
This happy time again. ’

I added:-" Edna, Dear, my wish for you
Is that you may find[...]a ove:
Be as gentle as a_mouse
Underneath its dome--
Be its "Angel in the house"
when there's Love at home 1

This afternoon I sent.this telegram for Charlie;— i
To Miff Amos, Centre Street, Casino. Leaving to-night Mur-

willumbah mail. Arrive Thursday lunch time. Chip." It cost 1/-—.~-

Art sent to the manager of the trade department of the Salv-
army,Elizabeth St. Sydney, for a copy of a book against Jud-
ge Rutherford & Russel. Florence is still[...]

-

“if” £°°°3»§“‘a 1955'; W°2th*°r[...].
~b1rth cg Christ? Therenfiere abo,t 50 present—jnost1y women.
On the wall there was a roll of ono[...]listening to.
This morning I wrote the folloWing:—
AS OTHERS SEE US.
If people on the planet Mars,
O[...]by means of microewaves,
The murmurs of its pauper-slaves
_And children crying vainly
In Winter*s col[...]d getting promises instead
From legislators, lying--
And if the Martians know-that Earth
Is suffering from needless dearth
And.m[...]t ownership of tools & land, =
The means of wealth-production, {
And all the products they renew {
Sh[...]by just a few ‘
Who thrive by men's destruction——
If men on neighbour Mars, I say, 5
Can.view this silly world to-day t
With absolute precision y
And see & h[...]

Lives of loafers may remind us
We c[...]ems grave 8: gay;

Verses that perhaps a brother,
Counting it a sinful crime
Putting labours on anoth[...]

5- / 55.,m I V ‘l- 3‘

; Thus with laughter, sorrow, toilihg,
; Ho[...]1g4mo1~mng.1...f0um
;that my presents consisted of——.A Burnham?s case-pencil &
jself-filling fountain pen, a pair of Indiana socks, 2 w[...]nd & One Wonderful Things , by Hutchisin & Co. (5/-5.: r
. from Florence; four cakes of caramel,a whi[...]a pound note, snoopy of The Oxford Concise [lotion-
{ary, a German.Eictionary, The Golden Treasury of[...]to Walt I gave a pair of braces & a book on motor-cars;
to Fred I gave a book on.painting, & one on[...]carpentry; I gave son Jack a plane; Gladys a sugar-swam
per; Dell a necklace of imitation pearl beads; Jose a book on boot
imaking & mending;Ivy a sugar-shaker like Gladys’. I
‘I gave Bobby?Cocking's Allen a box of paints & a book for paint—'
;ing; to Dorothy I gave a book, & one to baby Margaret; to our-
Florence I gave a bottle of lavender scent.
4Mum_[...]ther presents . Jose , Ivy & the children are here-this morning
with_a bbxful of presents.t at were g[...]1 ,
Rose plot, ///
Fringed pool,

/

.‘ . ’ — / at
\\

3§é¢

Of peace; & yet the fool

Contends ‘that. God is not -- ' .

Not God "1 in gardens i when the eve is cool[...]is very sure God Walks in mine. '

WHAT IS THE SIG-N 7%

WW6 the sign the poet sw & W”
l.

% — That G d ha _there,been walking ?' '

AX’ E-Ieee ‘”‘,"p"’oseeeerng myeticéken,
Discho[...]:_

4 Does; h h “an fr m '5
«=14» e eac c‘p—ri-r:g~'t11rre mor ng mee
2. z44'~""P1-ré traées of God's hands or feet’
Upon the leaves imprinted ?

Or test-tubes filled with reds & blues,

Greens, oranges,[...]ate mud 3 3

Transform to root & stem 8: bud, ‘ - J‘
3. {Though lacking ears 8: vision) 1

A seed[...]§ spool & spindle ‘bi d ' ” 2~ i
Hf?TE5 ? J-L3; w'~’a;%"'°'*“"“"°-""‘

\

And e'wetch the seed unfold
Its '

eave[...].n aim benign, ?

B hi h h h *5 d ? . , ,, ‘
i .— r. ”' “’-95~~w-«~-~«~“‘‘”‘‘‘W~~‘+v‘~‘«¢
54731[...]ugars or to starches,
t To acid or to alkali V‘ - ~ Q g ,,¢¢‘¢/_fl"1—
\Le-7%5o, &e 4nesZmddj ’
That, trellised arches.’ ’ ‘ ‘ ‘

.. . ,_ . . ... , .. , ,.,.,, ....-_u.........'~e-..u...-......._-...i_ _—:'_L¢-——>—~-» :—~~ / .7

aeuo

i‘/v"* ‘PV .,_, .., , _,___ ,_,' ,6;___.__ _ __ ‘V , V V V _ ,v\
~ 37." ~.’7'7'°“ - Q , _ _
Perhaps he watched’?--That God with purposes benign, ‘

H -god E955 visit that plantation 3, » _ §

-x! , 3;, “7z/wélz x1fm,“n///.59. J: ‘I/V:/i[...]they left here Jim & Ethel came in their car & bro-
t ught me 2 white handkerchiefs from Bobby Cockin[...]s issue or J~The B.H.PevRecreation"Review contains-
my verses entitled Safety First Suggestions.

This morning I have written these verses for that paper:—

A MOHRRN-BRIBGE OF SIGHS,, ‘

—4......._-...._».____

Where planks rest on a narrow[...]

With cry or song we drift alon[...]mber

who laughed & cried on earth, & died
In lcng—forgotten ages——

those deeds of shame or noble fame
Are no[...]

, 59.
It's better, far, to have the star[...]ide us
Along our way,whatever may
In earthly life betide us.

Then let's believe that we'll receive,
When soul & body sever, e -

GOd's gift of life beyond Earth's strife--
If good—- & live for ever I

I have also written these lines this morning:-
THE POWER OF POETRY.

If poets,since the days of[...]s.

Whynwaste good time & printers’ ink

On love-lit eyes" while nations sink
Beneath the vile pppr[...]e plundered,cowered slaves who toil
For Plutes who-have of vast possessiors ?

What modern.poet pens[...]of men
Who fight the robbing classes ?

What poet—laureate abhors

The System that produces wars
Now[...]ernal fibs
Plutes tell in song & story ?

\
n"__..—.§.._._.,.__........_._..._. ,_ .44 .1

Sun. Dec . 89th , 1955. Thai "c..G2‘ ~---*-‘ ;
NEW YEAR'S Men and angels! What's the matter[...]hat's the cause of all this clatter?

Why are loud-mouthed church bells‘

. V ringing ‘

gain ($3[...]r's morn? ‘
at S ‘U119 can; Why are loud steam-sirens hooting,

Wh . - While the motor-horns are tootlng
C Y. are loud-mi And the revellers are singing? »i
an 11 OILS "[...]f Freedom born? W3 ‘,1

‘ Vih r .
7fi‘/W‘-Q /%/Y ate loud 6‘ Did earth*s slaves last night[...]4101718 Have they resolutely taken
And. the crgwds-J C Land and means of wealth-production I

From the hands of wealthy drones? t[...]s and dictators, ' i

Kings and queens and freedom-haters
Dld earth is slav By the Communists instruc[...]re these noises the rejoicing

Of emancipated wage-slaves voicing,
From the hand-S 0 By this tintinnabulation, -

Have all d68p Otg Ecstacy because they’re free[...]om martial domination
Been ej acted frd In the new-born Age they see?

Are the war mementoes shattere[...]e to be rebuilt?

Through thi S tint’: Are peace-lovers all enraptured

Fest ‘ _ 8 That war-mongers all were captured
' acy because 15’ When[...]ck eleven,

Free to make 3: OW? In their vile, red—handed guilt?

Free to live in
p) Or is this ear-splitting clangor
Free from martial‘ Evidence of[...]rowsy working masses
; Who so stupidly endure
Life-long want in lands of plenty,
Giving one the wealth of twenty,

Are -the Wa_r_mem 1 slaving for the idle classes
en‘.[...]despite Plutes’ stern repression,

When the time-peilce Workers yet shall take possession

. Of U1[...]red ‘h Freed:m's Day shalivadlawneat laslfl e

——“Taraxacum,” 1/1/’36.
—-2-—-¢—_?._

Qsus

Or is this ear-splitting Clangour

Evidence of mental langour

Of[...]working_eassas masses
Who so stupidly endure

Life-long want in lands of plenty,

Giving one the wealth-of twenty,

elaving for the idle classes,

Bearing[...]shed

In the n gr ggégistant past;

For, iamspit -stern repression,
Workers yet shall take possessio[...]does not favour war: There WGI9 no

mt many p;ee3-13meNe1§§reé. B1§tsv.}zn1§t§1,n§= 2 hand1-painted ones from

Pearl. Above a painted parrot o[...]ew Year. From Pearl. On its
SeCOnd\page she wrote:- Thank you fe: your lovely verses,"
Uncle. We enioyed them especially earl‘s Love-Letter .
I hope ygu like my‘painting.xxxxx." The 3rd page contained
, this:— ,To dear Uncle Joe, from Pearl with fonest love,[...]ther card 18 pink, & 18 for Mum. This
§ message :— To Aunty Ginny with love & best wishes for a W
g[...]4th page of Nelly's card
% there is this greeting:— Mayuhappiness bless you all your
way, unstinted i[...]’ xxxxxxxxx,"These words appear on the 4th page:— -
"May joy fill every hour,
« And as the years pas[...]od fortune ever on you smile." ‘

Weals rc'edth -511° '- 1-:.—
'"o/b §.e:1§§;, Eva:'sOHe§gfn§°%%fi[...]

so long: Love. Ch[...]ed & I are at'home. ’
This morning I wrote this:— '
MUsSOLINI'S OBJECT LESSON.

"Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not kill",
Have never yet restrained

Mass—murderers; & never will

when riches,may_be[...]

,neE.etIerhave reconstructed & improvedym[...]

L‘ 4750‘ - ’ .
I Sun. Jan. lath, 1956. This morning I walk[...]I received the followig
J letter from Mr. Webster:—— , ‘ _ J
I "Greenfield Terrace, Portreath,nr,Red[...]s there was no sale.
g Well, dear friends, rt~will—soen4beXmas will soon be here: it i
, will be all[...];
to make it so joyous as we can under conditions.- My son is off
work again till after Xmas, worse l[...]ing 4
months for a builder. He is a handy old chap——turn.his hand to
masoning,gardening, or carpenter,[...], can eat better than cook; but he is downahearted--no work till
1§ after mnas—~too bad. , V
; Yes, Mr. Cocking,they're gone & pu[...], we did, but all no good.
3 The women put them in—-not the men. They're giving dances, &
whist drives & all sort. This Agnew's wife goes around every-
where. she can,fooling the peqple—1giving a few tickets for coal,
& left-off garments. (Women never should be allowed to ha[...]th the. Look at the coal miners, poor fellows,risk—
ing their lives for everyone's comfort, & they wi[...]can see, by the papers, what it's like.

S§am9fu1- Dear Mr. Cooking, glad you have your own h[...]

.7.
P

i
»

'?ublic Service Board Savings Bank Building, 31--offering of —
2 clerical nature for which you-could be considered. It may be
; stated that the p[...]of
the service will be made from successful candidates at the"l955
-entrance examination. Yours faithfullY,H.E.Best, Secretary,

i.

Fri. Jan. 17th, 1956.-Mum went to Newcastle this mornm
& ordered a pair[...]llow
ing note to the edbtor of the "Worldls News :— ‘
Dear Sir, with this I enclose some verses that were sug-
gested by T.E.Brown's poem"My Garden". If[...]

- V 47. V " ;.2 f’
Mon. Jan. eoth, 1955, Yesterda[...]fat from the park. I found
the church almost empty—-only about a dozen people, mostly
women & girls, b[...]em e. I
gfifg morgng 1 have written.thesepverses:—

1.. /\ as

I

,, Thinks Joh - - '_ All
My Immigra. Immigration
And shoot I “Und[...]ered into between
the British and Commonwealth Gov-
ernments to assist in the development

I g‘
V[...]e stu id? of _ Australia ‘and the settlement of - . Will honor each his brother,
W1 th 1 8 suitable persons_ from the United - Or will refrain fromAloot, or gain, _
- Kingdom‘. . . Britain IS anxious that or mbbmg[...]O make ‘Ch! there shall be an outlet for the sur- - A
plus population.” —— Daily paper. So, though it's true that migrants rue .
20/1/36. * V» ' The fact that they migrated ‘—

-1

3. I'll pay tl
In stolen L
To spend sr
Who'll t[...]facts” I stated. .. ~

My immigration trigger . - '

And shoot some more to Aussie’s
shore

To ma[...]eturned again and spurned
My immigration stories, -

And, on the whole, prefer the dole
Before Austra[...]o pass its laws, alas!

avoid of Are stupidly-inactive: As fools are born on ev’ry morn,
0‘[...]To make those lands attractive.
' TARAXACUM, 22/1-/36. *

To save 1‘

I'll pay my tools, who rule[...]down under, *

5,, I've arme

. d “F' hti ' - . .,
Manohuma T° fr‘;‘Z’§., “me[...]

i... J, _ __ ___‘ — __

, g,@8fM.
9; But have returned again & spurned
My immigration stories,

Before Australia!s 'glories .

-J44S£é%d fools are born on evfiry morn,
8%} , lying with bravado, » -
I ope to catch & soon despatch '
'9' Mo e dupes t[...]received the~following‘1etter from brother Bob:-,
Lismore St. Abermain Jan .i8th.l956. _ . _ _ _ _[...]as not been well for some time, & the doctor brder—
rfifid her into the hospital for an operation, she came home ‘
yesterday-much improved in health, but very weak, The doctor
as is the usual practice-with them, never told us what was
wrong with her.[...]at she will be quite strong
again in azfew days. 1-am pleased to say that all the rest of‘
us are e[...]nns. I have never experienced such changeful weath-
in in my life as we are having. Even as I am writing it's pou-
ring rain, notwithstanding it was dreadfully hot[...]ch so .I will give the garden a spell for a while.-
we got over the Christmas holidays pretty good, &[...]matter of fact I am compelled to look neat on Sun-
! day afternoons, as I have to stand in fr[...]

have an old exercise-book, which is of no further use to you,

in your bookcase, with coloured maps in it—-I would be pleased

‘ if you wouldrsend it along[...]~

I never saw Arthur's name in the list of school-teachers’ appo

intments. I dare say it will not[...]st leader, They

f have now lost all their jobs.

-n

Let me know if Jose is well again, He was il[...]will, of course, have seen the account of the gre-
3; asy Dago bombing the red cross stations. If I[...]help to stop '
Q that blackéhearted imp of Satan—4Moss-he -leno-— from shooting
% poor, ignorant B1acks——notwithstanding that I am against war.
* I do hope[...]I have not had any answer to my last letter to biz-Jane for
Bf nearly gxnonths. Give my love to all t[...]ove to all.
,g I think the pit where Jim Pettigrew-is employed is closed
.j down. The men refused to burncoke for the steamers with volun-
‘ teers on board. That won't stop the steamers[...]i & an A pass in mine surveyingll. The results are-in to-day's paper
§ This afternoon I received this lett[...]Iron & Steel works, Newcastle. 30th January: 1956- 1 .
Mr_ J, cocking, 4L"Inga11"ST., Mayfield East,[...]In this connection I would suggest that you offic-

.ia1ly address any subject matter you may[...]

~-"-.:..’af} ~>

- the death yesterday ogf British king George numbe[...]n angels sent from Glory _ \

Never practice Death-defiance
izg, mm Eiméhi li%§§§'
‘ ’I‘[...].» ‘ .1osia1;8)(2<r);g/lééng (senr).
J» 7/KW-7+. I7~/o-39. ‘ ' T

‘ Jflnchange from poverty to wealth—— ,
54hLchange fi:nn2;as‘to-honesty from stea1th- -

. And cleansing from pollution ?

9

£1? 3..How[...]‘
'._f’ ‘s .‘ «= isurs 9
““' , <..‘-M -at éfifiér-h§§§‘%%$3é instea

4
0'5". o

)

.3-However well he understands *% r ~
The fact that d[...].

. .
.
x

No modern king, though Heaven-sent,
Can change (while workers are content

The r[...]ke possession 2'

it '@H%£¢;V¢MJJWM3V1wVu.
I ' -

Art is still painting the house. Walt is preparing for a hol-
iday trip in hisrcar. I have combined & repaired[...]new spectacles to day, Young Cook has been appoin-
ted to a one-teacher school at Manila.

Wed. Jan. 39th 1956.Flo[...]Mrs. Sesston's

for the unfortunate lady died, To-—— Greenfield Terrace, _§

in this small village well off-lovely great houses of their
ownF—old—age pension 1 pound a week & all the work. _
That'[...],Rmily & Harry Webster.’

This letter also came:— “G/o E. Gollan, Evans Heads,North
Coast,Friday,[...]n Tuesday night. I may catch a train.back home on -Wednesday
afternoon, landing me at Waratah at.abou[...]'t manage, or,§nything; o don't bother having any-
one to meet me--1 still know my way home, although I've been

‘o[...]. 1 am swimming & sun~baking all day & feel ti
tip-top. The oysters here are like 8 bob peices & I've[...]a furnace, &
in Casino it is almost unbearably hot-wlO5 in the shade up there '
yesterday the bus dri[...]r writing to me, ‘cause I may be on.my way

4

.-

isst

‘ . . ,7. ..,, \3 K

A‘ /{V ’ g‘ ' . -
home Oefore it arrives here. G‘ye them all my best,Mother—- 5
1'11 be glad to see you. Chip - i

O

Yesterday was Very hot, but to-day is cold & raing, 1 have ‘.
§:3:d2C:§§b%§ed ogtton'boresk& cotfion-reel holders out of 5
1'13 ‘T0. t0’ th 11 ‘[...]Jan. 1956. This morning Charlie returned frmmn Cas-

mornibg, & sent a "Sydney Mail’, parts of the[...]e following letter from

brother Bob this morning:—

"Lismore street, Abermain, Jan, 50th, 1936.

Dea[...]t for myself I have no desire to/

do so, Those 8 reptile,poisonous,inflamab1e,infantile bragga—\\\

.docio, ignominious rags don't just quite suit me. *

"Soviet To-Day" is another paper which, to my way of thinking[...]rld's‘1\Ievvs",which I am always pleased to get —-in fact 1 ;

just finished reading one this mornin[...]ll of cowboy tales,too full to be classed as an up-to- - 1
date library, Yes, there are several good books there[...]er, I may see the day come again when I shall rejo- '

ice in the fact that I am the proud owner of a[...]St Severe up here. The therm m t r rose to 196.100-&
you will be surprised to know ghgtenext morning it was ’

».a_o,m ‘pr ;~.:

‘1‘=.~..-.s—‘ -é-A-W *~ V-~‘T*“*“‘““‘“"." ""'“Ra~,r[...]

' 54. ~
I- _ 9 - --' & is still raindngo l N} ;
r ‘l Cold @ ralnung, ‘ . .1. W3 .
O3: tomato Ialants have 3°11? to thew? fu-new mi on well.
A h 1 k1 gxpumpkin v1ncs co 38
have a 103 01 heal? Y Q0 n: the date fixed for our annual
0“ the 38m day- of yebllllgaige gringing all the children d<'>Wn[...]errlémz in the fiapgg: 5‘ W"?
me 1{I'.LOWo .3 -' . ard" 0'1.“ 9. I‘
Quite pleased to learn t[...]let, l956. Towday I received

. . . . . , . _ In. - - _
ARCHITECTURE MISCELLANEOUS. the f 01 1. own. I18 1 9 73 t 9 I ' M1 Ch ere Q1‘
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.~—STACvE I.

' I. 6 1 o
_dPas§]——](l)o(‘:Al(ling. Walter: Clark, J. KeIth': Part- 1385 Q V1 a‘ ermont , Queansland, 8 l _
r1 2‘e~ a . an. '

- : ' ur lett
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DRAWING.—- '
Pass.——Cla1'k. J. KcSl’f?l‘?:GIl°‘3a1'IL'l'idge-Wall, Alan, V 8C CC V Y .
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.—f—STAG_E III.

Grade A.——BaLes.'Erlc H.
HGrade B.——Boswell_ Arthur: Rutherford, James

than 1 had nev[...]e H053 Again"; but am very glad you *

‘Grade C.——Fryer, Douglas K.; O'Neill-,. Hairold C.

I" ~ 2 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DRAWING.—— sent i '5 alO1'lg . I thank you very much
' Grade‘ B.——0'Nelle'.s'II:l?zl(1§fl:dII(,I.'; Rutherford. Jam[...]_BMeS‘ Eric H"; Boswell‘ “‘”'h‘“" Fr-W"-" Very much for Your Offer to ‘me
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY.

. . - N - ” h same a‘ lies-
~e*’5'Grade B.-——Bates, Eric H.; Boswell. Arthur; Fryer.‘ j,n any[...]ANTITY SURVEYING.

. . . a. I Izemai n
. Grade ,C.—- Grade C.—Charltox'1. Fred B. ‘

D
5‘_ EQBUILDING CONSTRUCTION DRAWING.-—S’I‘AGE
I 'Pnss.——Charlton. Fred B

1., FOR HEALTH INSPECTORS. 3 Mr.[...]‘ a. gOitI'B Dr.
I cf ‘.’j”3"‘""1"3‘-“,f°““' ‘.“., Gardiner . She leaves 3[...]{)CAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING ‘ ~ ’ V .n_
»1 *— ’— —’ Mon“ Feb. 3rd, 1956. Y6Bt'rdaY m°1
,‘ ' DIPLOMA‘ COURSE. '

} - st church at
v"al‘<‘.ng1neerIng Drawing and Design 1.-—-Escor.t_ Rm?‘ 1 ng I Went to the

d, Pass C; Mahony, Maurice D.‘ Pass C. ‘
Englneerln

V . ~ - h Over
; . . . , . - - heard Mr. Mcglnn Preac v
gvnlter! Passg koraxvlng[...]. o.§;‘%%eGi::5r::.::’:l B;i:.~?°::;;“2;'.-.-F“ “‘° l°'- im: ° ’

.w . - . h li-
_'\ [kc;BégS:hs}‘E°%r:§é'ughloFn.1%:;§l§lds. E1‘1c'R-. Ly, P38! of .h_OnOur . The Sermoll was not W0 rt

- V --«; - . bout 40
I ,Appll_d M Lh Ll ,I.——Es ntt_ R0 ald. Pass 0. 1'6 Were only a-
; T Mlnelesurvfié he1{gnRII.c:Cockin€z. Ws_1l‘t§r, -Pu): A.’ to ' 6
_‘-‘; Chemistry A.——Mahdny, Maurice D., Pgs.5_B. r Sent
‘, Chemistry .4B.——Mahony, Maurice D.. Pass 3. p 9 O

_nllWwl_ , , In the afternoon I-went to the lsling:

L . or . _ , blic speaking th[...]old that as he had agmost got a
D, > ’ 9 V

. . - ' X13
‘3 A pass he woula Probably get an appoln[...]ths 08 has just gone by car to Bulladclah
2 mon - Floren '

- 'the
w- H . « t .a s‘st in.an op@?at1°n & t°.[...]

, Six,-.-“1<"ig1‘1_tin;'; Mac” hat
that he advocates coxnp111.§.,.v,
- training, ,,-"His ~confess1on”.1s‘.‘in
,contr'a.st wjth}_[...]«Mam za;
b's_\'i ‘:. neo :
' ‘yment‘lp-$6 Fevery 1 Christian
‘ tnéuniiityfi. is. tg t[...]tswit t eir
e‘ ‘pybf inflicting a few
‘but;-‘wlth wea bus capable.
killing human eings at th[...]destroy
‘ _s‘tV.,fi al 1hnnd_i;e<]1§ cg
, -m a eous . as 0
_there -anything {us}! as bru-

' ta[...]'te,z}<__2hing,':of Hm: Who taught us not
’.to'-' és1st.;ev11, but- to love our enemies.
and 'to:itreal: with .the'utmost benevolence

the -iievilish animosity, hard-hearted
cruelty; .and§ harrrowing.<'consequences[...]re not" only sanctioned,
" ‘\§‘d‘,j\u1_r"_-a.s‘iin.indis nsable necessity

se 41 and in iptie of war at-
_ ' rayed for" 1)_1~ our churc es
”ape1svw1th\“ns much xmpudent assur-
‘ ‘ 'thg‘>1_'f‘gh__-:Jesus,.__Chrlst had taught,
~_ =-§a.yV.v1'1nt6-,,y0u,"b.!! eye for an eye.
V o¢th~.fon.'7§. tooth,_‘and‘return ev-i1'for
_ -_jfll.1&t.e_. o‘ur.~.enen_:ues and _pursue them
wltfi all-» t e; ‘dlabollcal-,appl'_mnces which
"the‘x'Deyil’_ c_'a!:i' ena[...]ble
’_t_h1ng,m the Judgetnenfi of popular Chris-
»:,tjanity is not brutality, cruelty, or injus-
't1ce, but poverty - and vulgarx ?”

T-"5 ~ .' v '- ~. “D IS .”
.‘Majyfield..East... .‘ ‘ |

thin the ‘:whole range of -

hostilefiinations, has nothing‘ to say. All '

1/6.

» .w 9-n¢v5\ma-4m—

)

This morning I received this letter:-— "Daily Herald",

“ editorial office, 18 Wilson[...]at. 1st Feb. 12 noon. Dear Folks, We have just arr—
ived here from Port Macquarie, where we stayed ov[...]for South West Rocks. We camped at the
Stroud cow-bails on Saturday Night, & remained at Forster til[...]& although not sore the peeling has spoiled my ch-
i ance of browning as yet. Everybody-is doing fine—~no trouble oft
any sort, The car is running well, & Frank does a little fish- l
ing. We have plenty of grub & had a good hot dinner at Mass-»
elo's in Taree yesterday. Wal.”

Wed. Feb[...]es by R. fixon,(%d),, ,

E & a C0pY"Of'"SOVietS To-Day." (SQ5, On the wayhome I bought a g
copy of Th[...]I received this letter xrom mg Difiter Yeb 614 Y-

= Osborn ::t., rapto, 51 /56, , _, .

fly Dear Brother & Sister, 1 have gust receive;_your in:e{@-
letter, I am Sorry I ha-V5; not '\<!l1‘._uL:BI'l >.J€.l.O19u

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ge, of course, only at week-Ends. Efforelé f§§£9:imE2fiTU:*'
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Eiéseniiitis }§7?:nn;§3§§eso lbs in weight- He,iS anxious t
to walk, but;, gr co::se,f[...]

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--red, white and’
' blue; ' -
And though your happiness has fled
. Chorus-—-
I’l1_take you ‘back again, dear Bill;
I canno[...]s hungry shark,
On which the sun’s afraid to set——
To do the work I know. you like; '
I know on you[...]e to each name
And gratitude of plutes and kings!
——“Taraxacum,” 6/2/'36.

JOEY,~TAKE MESBACK AGAIN.

“It ..is understood that Mr.
Hughes ‘will leave to-morrow for Can-
berra to, discuss with the Prime Min-

'l‘une——“I’ll Take You Home Again,

To be a mem[...]

1'11 take you[...]111 bring us famc
with 9.11 the p1Gk1ng3.t31ag$1£-3 bfifia’
A knightly handle to each name

“[...]s and kings 3
ole» 74’. W.&° ' o/2/34. Ju.“@-«'3' b/'-/31:.

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ggd. Pg :_l3%%, l956% Lasthhonday Wa[...]r sets o13;~bUonl :;§1~@e_wne€,1' 1
bl,O5”C.=-6 to go to ti boys’ comp znbcuiz 10 rn:L1e:«; h[...]ght, Mum 3;
Florence went to Neecastle together (2-1: ?.fonfi.:a:3.r, Q

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?‘f3".V'3TSo$h "Mu.Bso1fi...1'L3': ’s Ohj est Lesson" were 1::1’iI1ted in "Com-
A mom Cause of the £-£511 inauant. I ha=ve_c].e&mad. 8.» paintgscj mm

old. bath room chair with white esnanael.
CW7 Off-Work, 8: he got a. little anvi1_m8:de of. a peice of 1‘C~%il- 5
_way rail eat Muflinza '. works: , for 4’/-, He gave the Emmi to me,

figfigéie htlfi‘:[...]y .1036 hard an

Thur. Feb, 3.51:1‘: ’ 1956. S-o1«;m'-on Wooclbury vi 5:1 ted us to dzxy.
He smyed for abcufis am hour & told me of some rema1*kauh1e con-
versions at Inverell in the early deayrs of the S[...]ith his wife at New Lambton. He is i:ru.e Chr:1.a-bia-n.
This ev ering; Arcislxur re‘tu:cne«3. woo through 17-.:L'i.:h :cae:1.;1. Re is
qui to well. morning I received the fo3.3.owing, letter
from brother Bob :—- V
"L:Lsmo1*e St. Abermain, Feb. 12th 1956... near[...]om all the prevailing diegeases of meerxkiml, as 3-"w. e.«1w-
aye state in ycvur letters that we are all. well[...]lf is good news for me. I 8.3.508 receivecfi
I.iz-«.‘.'eme's letter (enclosed) as we].1.., 8: in[...]d:L:scr:1pti.on of her illness. You see",
if 221:3-“one po5.I'n';B as bone at a b1eac:kfe11o_w he runs; bush & <11 es.

If youfibell a Clainenxm-1x1he lookss amok he beconmss ill infxeed.
/; rerw[...]__ r

troublaz, ,8: she :?f..€. 1.ook \P.*hit'9- “*3 Ch&t'].}:; 8.; I z-5:.-;~.”g“ -ti; - 4
Yes,‘ J

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the nu‘rae,"that girl[...]

' V”. uv. n t‘ x I[...]accept the~same yourself. trother “go,
AP T.‘-O1'l"t.,.t36¥'1"11..'c’l1T1I§" _neWr-=4.:tl.e.s.E.aM=» ,;t.1._1e s3'£1ev:«'o'L1_c15e;-.nL'-; 1:

[u when T en_reedine snout enytfiinc this[...]ave it. ?f you er~ any ise busy you neei
.. . .0. -. .- ‘. - 1,. .. . - . .-» r .» '1 :4 J. .9 .
-_not hurry gQ“£Sy¢3’kaS~1An¥QW fOd“qf6_@l[...]Mackenzie called later & said Keith had either gas-
tric influenza or pneumonia. F1orence'staYed ther[...]s'sti1l nursing. I am T6‘WT1b1ng The
Third.Craft-Unon fleeting a5 3 One act Play-

Sun._Feb.16th, 1956. This morning I walked over[...]en. The sermon was‘godd; but there 2’
is a cut-throats’ honour roll on the wall. I had an argum[...]ut is now very‘much better

non. Feb.l7th, 1936.-This morning nrthur nan his fir§t_wu8§C 5
lesson[...]hT?L1ne
the "Third Craft Union Meeting’ as 8 one-ac? Flay-

Wed. Feb. 18th, 1956. Arthur has taken out a learner's lic~
yence to drive a motor—cer, & will be taught by Walter.
Florence intends to fill in an application form force position ;
as permanent nrse for an in[...]but I thought you would like to see them. I am im-
; proving splendidly. All the family are well. Li[...]rike. Well there doesn't seem much sign of‘a set-

‘ tlement, but it does not do to look on the b[...]return they left next day for a_tmiP

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V -.y*~/g._.‘._ '_-1,_-..._,,._..

e w 1 L - o e . ge o r ng em up W on
the strike ends, & for[...]is going to send her photo. She is working at Ell— ‘

iot’s, tailoring, getting on well.[...]then.

Yesterday morning I posted "The Third Craft-Union Meeting" to.
The Writers‘ League, Sydney with,%l/-postal noge. Also a sol-
utbbn of a oroosword puzzle to the, World's News[...]g", to my Sifiter. ;?T
letter I wrote this verse:-
"so kee3 on smiling, though Time keeps piling
On[...]brizg surprises _
I rev s~‘ r For our employment-from ans above,
And richly flower with health ; y[...]at the Margaret street Methodist church & heard yo-
ung Mr. Scott, of Botany, preach a good sennon; A[...]discussion with him & another young man on militar-

ism, which the latter favoured, Mum was ill all[...]g his tools to begin on the joinery for his new ho-
use in Georgetown. Some timber is coming to day f[...]ith is quite well again; fllorence prepared a per-
-son for an operation last Sunday, & attended during its perf-
ormance, Muriel Cone has’finished with her pati[...]Frank COChln%,Wa$ 1ere yesterday to

_ €U."3.“-.§.I"1,,£i '" “ 11(»3'\.‘,.- }1u“L’m(~) he is 1'30

In-In Hon

1 ; _ _ U _ ‘~.'Aam$.lj.6 a.‘OQ[...]

This mornng I wrote the following verses:— . YEN)
' some op THE: FIEEHTING», MAC;-3. T

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"It is'expected that a nmber of Minister[...]ove during the next_Federal session to have compul-

sory military‘training restored.-- Eeily Paper, 38/3/56.

"I certainly believe in compulsory trainin3."?13hting Mac."
Tune-'Maryland? or "The Red Flag."

"We've found the se[...]ll
And learn the quickest way to kill.!
Our Murder—Truste their purses fill

By forcibly conecripting boye . g g
Ghri st , the,,r..orr;1,
-Keep training boys, coercing boys
To use the rifle[...]l the boys to learn to slayh _
“ Both men & boys—- unwilling boys. ‘ L ’ .i

If etnlen.emnires y[...]compel the boys

To learn to murder men like eheer-—
Conscripted men & tender boys~£

Though God has[...]ss boys 1

No longer can they be enticed,
The wide—awake'& peaceful boys, K
Our tempting baits have n[...]o now we Christians must COMPEL
Both men & boys’--umwrilling boys 1

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Mon, Mar, 9mh,1956. This morning Arthur &[...]test successfully, a will receive his licence with—
in a tort nght. In the afternoon Florence[...]

ET On Looking At The Common Garden Lily - A

Arthur .T, Cocking V
In thee is all God's care[...]5//*

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Entombed in limbo of soil dour, * - r"
Oofnee—like thou sleepest,Winter through, below,
But, cal[...]grace a fairy bower,
Thou breakest forth, & G»od—~giv’n grace doth show 1
Humans of virtue oft ar[...]uncongenial state:
Let such rise o'er environment——
Start life anew, filled with a new intent-—
For from the lowest ranks oft come the sheet.

Th[...]rt,
Despite a learned or a lovely head 3

Thy root-—design of Master Mind~*

Wrapped in the dar[...]

- " " ‘ ‘ V’ 64.
t" BRITISH EX-SERVICE perienced by many here in NeW- Fri . Mar. lgth,

A5 castle district. It was deci[...]morni D8 Mr’
Ooinm es res ent in Austra ia, ..K -R & hhh
with reference to the Preference BVin 9 v[...]Of the Act “Tommies” are not classified ‘
- - - n "4 & com--
.above Lebion was held in Sydney on as Ex_Service men under the Act G1]-do .C“‘me

.;s3't“"daY» 15th inst-v ‘vhen delegat‘ for work or‘ war service homes.-.pl-eftee an agreefflent

‘ 95 “Om all We? W5 State gathered A case‘ was- stated of an ex~service' ‘between Mr G1 ldgn
. ., .

to_ discuss matters of great iinport- man with 5 war medals heme. told: -_ _
‘ance affecting Ex-Service men and «AI am Sorry’ old’ man’ but ybon are‘ :3: Mum me to-buy H.011’ ‘

their families from the Old Coun[...]stle delegate gave a flp 1y‘ f 'ob." A ecial . —_4__ . .
very clear and concise report of the dr£[...]strict, reporting made‘ this year_ Thousands of - ._
fully on the Unemployment of many men are now[...]paid inn h
men and drew attention to several fil-St.ti1ne_ . ’ a f1.'!.‘S't lnstalment v;

leases of hardship and semi destitu - -' - ‘
; _ _ ' _ ,_ _ *_ _ ' Manytex-service men will be quite the 900 are -to be ‘ .«
_ tioii. oi families living in bag huinp- nleased to learn, on the. elevation of , " pad‘[...]resn; on 8. second Il'101'tvga«g6

03-595 ?f D90D1€ Who are desirous 01’ dent to the[...]President for N.S.W., also Fredi h .
and Scotland- Very bitter C°_m‘ Wright, J.P,. to the State -Council.‘ _S, per Week
' ments were made 011 th[...]éWZLtIlOu’t interest egg '~
DI‘0D05a1S: 3114- it Was thought ma‘ district point, the next annual Con-7 eh-h - f th . ’ ' »
in the interests of all concerned, ferenne will he held in this district. A 1 1 ' 8 “Lilia-Y1’Il8I1"GE> _
‘that it _WOllI1d he ffar llic[...]t more people to 'l‘o remove stains from it 1210- Paid! when 0 pal can f
V hardship, want and pover[...]uered tray ‘rub them with aduster! 1 nterggt is -to be 4
,‘ present time being painfully ex- sprinkled with dry fl0u1‘- added on the money

then due. Mr. Reid took the d[...]_I have been pa.cl<;j_ng books into boxes all
518-3’. This morni early I wrote the following verses:-« ’
TO "common CAUSE". »

"<Z‘3oiiiiiion ‘Cause, _I ‘view with shame‘
A-dvort~Hsr;~n-tents flan l_”1_H nafanm ‘

Yo‘-1*‘ :,rouru__;ur-9121 1 1 ed features --
Those craftiiv alluring ads

of callous,parasitic[...]ions L.

By adding to their burdens ilrfcnk Drink --

The curse that's making’ workers sink
T[...]

Your mission.is to set slaves free——
Not bind them to a Bung's Legree
7 who shows no t[...]eping wives nor starving boys,

Nor égaeezni meek-willed dflpfifi whom he destroys
«In Village,[...]lie are building a small shed on our ground at May-
field West. This morning I have filled in.the Taubmane form
for the limerick eompetition.

The limerick is;- A path done with $olpah's a pleasure to see
Silvehfros'd metalwork's bright as can‘be-

Dynamel '5 the way

To make furniture gay[...]

Bov ‘scours

Sir,——In reply to‘ “Old-time Matron,"
and in support of Mrs. Longwortlrfis. state-
ment that the Boy Scout movement is unh-
taristic in design and character, I would
like yo[...]r Baden_Powell
to the “Times” on 14/10/’1_.8—f‘The_batta;
lion or company may be the {m’ed1[...]can
be taught in the first instance. ‘This fact-
I discovered for myself" long;ago,_w'hen-
training young soldiersin the‘ army._ For
parad[...]ed article was
fine; for war purposes, “useless.-;My‘;:first
step, .therei'ore, \.v'as' to. instil,-into ‘each

_.')',.ouug soldriei‘ character—that_is, initiative, .
self‘—contro1,'-sense of honour and du,t'y,'.re=u'
"_ i" spousibility, self-reliance, observation; ide-
duction’, «Soc.
gmethod-no\y'."known._ as scouting.. In".'o_th'e'1'.
_.-.=‘“'Qrds.3.th1:o1igh.;, education, not merely :j_in'~ :3

' .’stru,ction,.' off-' the individualirr moral”-and 3

This was done‘ -through ‘the

nre'rital'q'ualities.' ‘ The fi[...]en quit'e,}easily. applied to give the
collective -discipline -and cohesion -.ueede"d
for-. niilitary purposes.” ‘

Does that_~admiss_i‘o_n support ".“‘()‘ld-tirnel

Matron-’s’v’_" a_sserti‘o'ri'.; that “scouting puts
its -influence _above imere fighting. ideas and
practice?” ’- I ' If '
In “Aids to Scoutmastership,” the s[...]t is a matter of whether you elect to put
giltron -your pill or sugar. We put~sugar~
on the ill of scoutcraft.” '

‘If “O d-time Matron” is still uncon-

vinced that Boy Scouts are innocently and‘

ignore,-ntly swallowing, the military pill
that is craftily sugar-coated with pleasant
exercises, let her read the following by
the same -author—-“The oiitbreak of war in
1914 found thousands of Boy Scouts sally-
in forth for their campings in the Amzust
holiday[...]ver the country under the ~

chief constables tn .-protect lu-‘:rl"U6

' ' waterworks, telegraph and cable lin[...]the truth
that their Boy Scout movement is a. mili-
tary outfit. Let “Old-- ved the followi ng
Md£$§fm” § V O(.A,+1etter from.Mrs.

gh.-3n;~~t;m-f Imwelhmnwmmh
Alison Rowd,Wyong,17/5/36”«3 .[...]rs truly

Isabel Longworth.'

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Mon. Mar. 83rd 1936. Yesterday Mrs.[...]rhodds,&

3 stayed in bed on Saturday. I am now al-
imost well again. . -

ffihisimorndng I copied my letter tothe,
1 Scou[...]Y

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tar seonte.
To the Editor, "N[...]eve that its nurpose is merely to produce good cit-
izens.
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Ry good CltlZGnp

e seems to mean those wh[...]that they ere ready to voluntarily perpetrate mass—slaughter

whenever "their" country is at war.

As[...]tivities of the Boy Scouts are the deceptive sugar—coeting on the
bitter pill of militarism.

Why not[...]should any luni1ese,worklese boy vho,leuns his ill—cled shoulder
against a lamp-yc$t,& puts his empty hands into his coinless pockets,
be asked to green a gun ? his enemies are at home—-not abroad;

It would be adding insult to robbery[...]compel him to live on a
dole & dwell irra kerosene-tin mansion.

It is not probable that any C[...]

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ISLINGTON. A -

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ht"i’_1[...]ThGfsday at 7.45 pm.

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‘ Sii-,—-I am pleased “Old Time Matron” ‘
knows. “T[...]I believe them‘ to be‘ by far ‘a. greater ma-'
,_jority than those. who promote strife. 1 7
‘[...]untold physical, mental
. and moral damage caused-by war. -I do
‘p--yler cent; of whom are Apsetace ‘ "
. overs. en a eace ovin _ u ra- ‘ ' -. ~..~ - . -
' lian kills a “peace losing” Germgn, I think[...]e black j 'L18efU_l~ 1 1'1 E201 ence . Whagt is no-t ugeful i 3
' fellow, who, when a white man does[...]V3I'SY 3: 1n

‘comes across, e e t e man w 0 com- " v - - A. -

mitted the deed or not. His action is 0%; dib[...]& utilise. i
Persons so affliced are sometimes se-
t-ized with'madness & seek to apply the[...]etter to the "Advocate." in reply to
a "old Time 1-.viatron"'s letter . Charlie has
lgone to East Maitland-‘by train with the
i plan of our new house; Rain[...]ed a. month.
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;"no-ma er ow ‘ - - -
I carry‘ revolvers,.‘,thIe1rdn%s-guhéresflila-ngtar L no nend the P0381 b1 11 tn‘ as i n fron[...]llgrersb are forbidden and the matter is nlvva’.-y--LVeI.Se is
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‘is-distinctly a morebindin step,"-but as f ‘ "‘ S ugb 6 2 u may be 3
E‘%2‘[...]lhyl and biiifiig ehl:)o1;}1i a state of i]nterna'- : g 1 6 0
‘ iona aw. .3 “ ' ” ' W . _ - _
gzcéiiiolgalcif atllie world deeeictledp(:):i.1CeaiiIOivillclegr- Y‘ ed. Mar ;3£)'Cl’1, . Yesterday Art I
:[...]u d_ allow 21 minoritystopeggneé I Wxphne, ‘,1.-’hO 113.3 baen 1. 3"; 3.-l3 Out EL fort “
I death, devastation and ruin in our midst? : ni -511 nfluenza . j_ 8 now 138

_ ISABEL LONGWOR .
; V Wyong, March 14. TH '7

’- "very good worn, 3h_

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& Realityn 179 fiaqey fly §i§aQ%[...]

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ii?3@§. Thursday, mar.g6th 1956. W?’ l
This afternoon I paid. 21/— into the r i e[...]the Boy Scout organisation, though (lis-
‘guised as a benevolent movement to im-
prove boy's mentally,"mora1lyfa_nd pliy.~ii-
cally, was -really designed-’ and started to
prepare them’ to’. take for[...]d;‘..candour, I must 1
say that she does not see-‘-‘the inconsist- ‘
ency’ of the remarks,‘followin" iher‘ :.on1‘es- i
sion. She "still co_n_tends¥r‘t' at.‘ “Scouts vi‘
cannot be termed a. fightin -unit ‘while,-~I.

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"ll "K -‘.- . ilof New South Wales for "The Vetionnl ieogreph[...]s
3Sm;i®%fim£;:bfi$fiyM#&wliwl§dow fnnmes to-da¥. We expect to be gaid
2nm;°‘;;:§es:23iizz[...]9
he sodsigemazmtzzzclsréz izzztri “‘$§f,§—Z‘,3i Zgphfii 13u§‘°ia§§§ mieiégufifii §“~i‘?h¥’.i
of your far-reaching puper ‘who Al1ave_'l ' ;j,_ ‘ " ' 1 _ h__ ‘--,
%%§£g£$;g$f%W$$?£;n%?£ I ave lcoelved a clue pdyel from the L€nSlOI
ently convinced “Old-time Ma"tron”piI:)hnt nept ' to ‘E 1-11 ln ‘ V
2 In answer to the question :”have y[...]itution, or_any money
" V ‘i in hand ? I repl1ed—4Yes; 3 1,3 in Cmmn

Vonwealth Rank;£ W/5/9% in hand; £ 31 share
capital iniflewoaetlevco-Q9, figciety.
ln I'<-3p]..§-‘” ‘to the questi on, ‘P0 you own or
have.[...]n
.' .\ .., .1 ll . i in I __J‘_ '4.
property : - I replled, fee, an allotment
of land near haitlan[...]" '
in answer to the q. What other income have
2 ,-.. .-, - . . ll
‘ inian slaughter. .Tliey iare,“ of co[...]e monthfs ?
itrained without ‘guns because,‘-the pres-.__'V 'i-‘i}'rOlJe, l‘lOI’l.8, :3‘l.‘l"t x-2;. fe T8031 ved , fol‘ ho
SETififiiieififii§é";,'i.;Z€?&‘ii¢‘*ll.Z“‘§.f£a-19:22? 4 qfisellgld expenses foetal of about 5%[...]::*2i::i i of ions, ée as ciivigenri. frorn . -
S0C1etY. In reply to q. have you dispose 1 *
of a[...]e the nenei n:

.wau soonmobilise them again ,when— the ‘
fnext stupid. war _b’eg’ins.'« - " '
was granted ?” 1 wrote ;

unarmed at1d_defenceless.” ogfbne con-
ends that they are at present ‘a fighting »
u[...]hat V
9. mean ndvzintu c has beenland. is still be-

ing taken of"t e 'ignoI‘B_nce of‘; children
secretly to instil "into them. 9... martial men-
tality by virtue of Which,‘ when mature,
they are able, willing,: and evem anxious
- o participate; in the'.~vdiabolical,.game’ of

‘ lain inclined to smile at the amusingly ‘
_ -simple remarlrthat “VVere.perpetua1 peace

Wan a[...]{L valuable asset for youthful training.”

H . .-. . ‘-'
_ ‘Yes; hy W146 o l nave sold our ointly—
One would think that "Old-time

Mat1‘on’s" own" admission would remind “_OWne'.d' ’h Ouse ‘E: land at 41 -Tn‘g&1~l Sfireat,
her thet that orgzinisetionfis militaristic I ‘ay'j;“j_-e]_(_1 ‘ for 5%, '7QQ of Whj Oh we ,3:_:l:le
in design and character, and';jwa_s never 3 .t 6,5 L-,.__»‘_ 1“-‘ ‘ _, . ‘ M _ J ‘ 1_ '
intended tohbenefit &]I.ll};1()tne Except 1:r.ar- } C v ctO we .f-cl.1.l.l. lull S \‘-.'€;Gi<. , 0: the I‘E)l";1E*.,
'-‘v r"f' -«K. " ..»«‘ .—.,:‘ ..,.. _
;:;°:i:::;,wlY_::m:: i:1u:ia,:":°[...]cond .
heap of idiotic customs the Boy Scout mOr.L-lgage’ at tne rate of ten 8113- 1.1%’ 1,333
: imposture will cease to be. At present Week] V .-phe 1”)1'1-v"I(j-j['1n‘q.(;\ ET. of O._ 7‘ ho -Knew x,.J ,
'4" « . « _ a. u L u~)'( .. 1__.-_ .-_ ll, ' 1
‘3ilClOI‘1; 33; until. 2?. new l’lC)‘._lf_5(~; hag 139331 3,
.{.‘ . «. ’,' -7 _ o 1' -. . .
lor us at Hayfield host we enell have ‘
gay 2J/- per week to him while we continu
no reside 1n the house we have sold. The
d ?Ou will be expended on labour d-mater-
; male used 1n constructing the new house;,
mwmmfifimimmuyna. & in repdyment_of money borrowed.
-»- ~o. «eHAM HATER? V . . .,

""'”1. ~ - ’ — 0 .’ “" xi ‘ L
.Mayfied bo, W’ - ‘e - . ' ; 4 ____ .,i
—. --....,_,,, .Y _ ’ I. 2

Fri. “hr 37th l956egThi[...]Signed'the m°Tt8383.Cf HT. Harold Gildony ll ?“—New Comen'hm

u,-e ; H

C. 1.

" it’ is being petted and fostered by militay-. .
"ists in almost all countries,"-fo'i~ it; is-
.easier to cajole an ignorant youth into
’ beco[...]ce ‘
‘yan enlightened man. Supporters _of deca- i
dent capitalismrmay continue to nice or-
nte into their ranks the_'Boy' Scouts,_ ut ~‘
3' ;the~tiine.must (f0meiWl1en‘I10l}' only “Old- _
' time Matron” but every other honest and I
-‘ candid personwill recognise-and admit
i thai;gi,l;,_is-a cunningl devised scheme to
entrapgrunwary[...]

K \ V r . '

street, Newcastle, by which he has to pay ue-£ 399 by
weekly instalments of ten ehillinge, without interest, ex—,
cept on overdue payments, at the rate of 5 per c[...]'{

8: 3. deposit of 43‘ ,5‘.'..‘vD. .3--51'. lwllciorl paid. Kevin Reid 45 23,
Reid & Rei[...]x‘! ‘.30 ’_'_‘*‘f_'.".‘ 1.8 /3 1'61’-‘méri M‘; w.°te1' Iii-$68, making his
total payment to Reid & Reid £ 43[...]ance Company to have our fire insurance policy can-
'celled, & to receive a refund of premium. We handed.in—the
policy e were told that we shall receive a che[...]eived an "Account of Sale”, which is
as followe:- Re Cooking to Wilden, Ingall & Gorrick streets:
hayfield. march léthl, By leposit £ 20.0.0. §
. ‘ M’-;1*c11‘87th, To comnlisei on :8. 17:19
March 27[...],
Thie morning we got this note from Rail & R.ii:- . Q
"You to Gildon & wife. We understand that Mr. & Mrs, Gil-
don will call to complete the purchase of your pr[...]ithfully, Reid & Reid."

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Play to be based on reality and I
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11. tl1_e'.’best soldiers. Be»
l V ~ Sficé the Boy Scout
;mo\:eni'en[-, had aim‘ fiat developing the
‘- ‘a _ _a_l c_zira'cter and‘ initiative,_
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_or pi'o'fital51e:-‘markets’, ‘w?e"_a'i'd~'to_l‘ ' e
we itiust,-prepare for even g'reate1_“-$11 '

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training“, iim ’

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' ‘ilzbxix, nd {E _ V V V ' ‘, ter. to co_1_ .-i ‘Aye t~_l1ere_fa.iiy sah _‘,;,
I H _ _ V , I ’fl- '‘ 3_ir;+—As. to S_cout'ing ‘ehé ‘ ‘g 'mi1i.-.5.'orf /f§3.l?_l3.'éI‘S7~\"t’l.1OV"'\Viu- I ,j, he_«1
, * [zwé sure, willagree Wlth~n‘l[...]er etola 'ujg~r‘not ta ‘participate in ~t " I - '

' 1Hemiiingivauxvgrgaiiipzition that tries__1-- - ; tgyg.-'.~:_t_¢: be_:—,_'i_'ve;-y ;My a.dvice’vto_"Sham Hater” is‘ »1;:;'-ywgor ;to

i y '!e_'\'in- ;a Scout [meeting or-«to associggggg it ' a’

“Sliain gI‘0up=,of’ Scoi1fl§;Jfo1‘3§3lf§\jfl*1!le. J:-Re‘. i1'.fi d
conde‘rri'1ii£‘tio;i

it that-it .';iiiéin‘ object ”’i‘s"to; ‘
ftack. the ' 'M.Q.A’.:‘ It-, foo, _ will make men of tlienf‘~.9.ll''

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craft an ~-to‘ take to ‘thelzoutdfisor ‘fe, which'3de(3'ide ‘Wliich ofrtwo 1smal‘~"-gr‘<~i1psv-
promote‘-" yeii-lé.'l';— moral, and’ would“ do betterif he look ‘
;youth.—,,gn$1;’gn [they else tmworry about; .‘.Bo$)'

-“Sha Hater” .¢incial magnates sliallz (lorii 'té.tl1g
many -young mén bridgehi-with“ little’ ' (Sal-‘E

Vtonfio ethingpwliile the war‘ wfis rii5giiig,'-Brita!
‘lo "‘_th,ee;"1$r,m'}ié*ioi’i‘-—of Ca.n- .b9,€0\Y3!_5fih'ii}g to“ 2[...]d demoijalising, 1191.11‘: jirrefu€t..bIe"fa .-
<or..t$ix hon ”peop er “were; sl_aii'gh ti’[...]_ g‘laii;ii{133o3(_s"’Society, the .
‘ . of;-‘Kn1glit.ge"(and their
“cofnitéless-‘athletic clubs,
d‘ e Qeingiioioila.
% ' i. '-'.._iir.,., 9_t§1flS}'l3h11S.
__ xfigjgfilk Tsliéra of high-class
-Letil, ‘,:\3'eeu the» end of all such
_ %“‘lf;'eca.useI;}_1their bmftives are‘
'. , .. ‘~“-.I!_ e ‘ eyirea. oition ,;
f%Z;§§ f.mind;_.-l_)ebcause.ugv’. '
. ;\irrW' ,ou’fi_derit' that, i£j_;war- does‘ come‘,
§3§ia'1'é,‘,;.&V'ill?:-”I3§3» little chance of our boys-
" coi_m‘ng_ -

Muell1er,_.;a director of , 11-

, ‘. us that While we wvere“ our qgfg $11?!
_ ‘ - ,_ --- o :v.‘‘'2‘I!'l1 ‘
‘ ‘ V. t011l§rOf steel exported froin.1§%flpp’fl
' ~ :.-\ . ‘ " ' ;Eiig1and-for the purpose of ‘eggfibling
j«Bi‘it'ish to’ _II1akt-3NInlln_itlO11_S_.‘_ /;ia‘H.1'1.gfl‘

—: Kiirri Kurri.

V

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\ fnstigators‘ of iyvai are .agai'
con uc mg , max‘ _‘ V ‘vjt; st,1'-'v-
ing to.-‘acciimiilnte mo
'&q3wm.‘l11Imlln blood. An attempt is be-

.,iiiig'“n_i'a(1_e, th1‘011gl1'miSl‘e1’)[...]traliari, New Zealand, and British ..-troo1.i'

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- 75“ ‘Scam; move. r_ ‘ ‘ V ‘ ‘ armed to the teeth with‘ the most diaboli-

war, .,and' ::the metcileés;-"'€fiend5sh' and ‘ . . . - , . — .. »
-gruesome Spectacle of mass miii3Ll7é“t','«, wh[...]iassncre of défenceless 'mg,em“ty °°h;.deY155- i it "5 slgnlficax.
women and-‘innocent little chilu1*en,:‘ . 3:11,, the». am,ou:,i”t. ."0f”11}11Y1B~D.»—l?_]-995 911..
bitter;{recollections~of the last war still time to; time: by.',9é:ea1?e‘s1j‘0 L
cast -tlieir shedow over the -entire -wor1d.,=-th.9ns “mks-‘5.mt° ms‘ ‘.”fi°a-M9‘
LBSSOIIIIS writtefiii ifi fthgale-Iblood: mid tears > ';fl1l;':li’10I:.£1e seee f hloo‘ I shed
~.;of mi ions areisti res ‘iniitlig-‘mind of 1 ,_ ,. - ' '
‘the people. On Flaridei's"‘fields,- ‘ziiiil on
Gallipoligst hills rowJ.g_1p'on-'row of litfitle
‘es: éar si ent-gwi ness ,to. a sacri 'ce“
_r}v'as",ii1_ vain. _ -Thefllives of 'IhllllOnS'l
of."i3§o‘p1e éL‘[...]deadly peril
without their “knowledge oI‘:‘(-onsgpt“ U1):
fortunately, is‘ ttliei ~peop’1e¢.i;g‘--_i '3";
inan, and a war to -ex; __Yet_V,to»§l‘Va.q‘ ‘
although the last -_ igally _ “duh _ ;
tedjqy ‘the very p‘e*r$ ‘r,Q.g./Drgvdk s

i " (its! .1 would‘)-§' ;§§s_‘t.t”lia“. ztheyf .o‘vem—‘
i‘%°§,n.,gfoA1lgw.ivth¢: _ar'iipl'e é;£_:Herr Hitler
' . d‘ IS1g;rio'1" ."Mussolini-,'who-' outlawed the
movement. ’- Those: pea’c'e-lovwirlg.'_ gentlemen “.3
'-i§o‘f'ncl_»'i.t..'fa.1: too'militaz1t——'§fxi'd they did .
n ,. ,

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3 983

fl’__~_, .gui ccu, vv iessiliiiil.

BOY SCOUTS

4‘ ~ A 0 #11 o 1» .
. ; sir,—'-Despite the fact that Lord Baden
i Powell has ludmitteddzhat the Boy Sqouft
.-or;:a'riisation'was cl-esiiznbd to I>1‘0d“Ce 6 '
ficieiit soldiers,[...]t readers to believe that_its I>1II‘D:t]?3S<.’--trained that they ;
are-ready to voluntarily perpetrate masE- ;

. ', ‘Q; -,B_ S ut‘ ovement has
£§=,e¥1Va'l!)l1al‘lAj[...]Were thimed ‘*5
Btlydscicoddtasree with C.’ A- Guest ..l”

condemning any or$r8_i1}S31l510Y1 l’»ha'GIl5.1“e5 -
\ to produce very good citizens: but . COD‘
1‘ damn the Boy Scout ori!.an1Sat*°{1- .b‘T-'
. cause it was designed and is maintained
‘to[...]!‘ the
pretence that his exercises are solely in-.
tended for his benefit. I -condemn tllefin ‘
also. My opponent does not .d[...]B0Y SC0“l7S (‘F9 the flecel”

’ tive sugar-coating: on the bitter D111 0f i

ll
.

ll[...]y are. being: trained in mind and
body to ~kill'oi- be killed in defence of a
~country thatis the pro[...]ould"
any landless, workless boy who leans his
ilI-ola,d- shoulder aiiainst a "lamp-post-_ _ and’
fputs’ his empty hands into his coinl[...]asked‘ to grasp a gun? His
"enemies are at home-—-not abroad. It
I 'would.be adding insult to robbery to aslr
. or compel such a person to shoot. or be
' shot-. in defeiiceiof those who compel him
to live on a dole and dwell in a. kerosene-
tili mansion. ' . _ _
It is not probable that aii[...]out;
‘movement, for it is too‘ useful for mili-
tary purposes; but when the boys and
he real nalz[...]ll stand from under,
it drop into the. abyss of de-
impositions.
>M_e_anwhi_Ie. sham-lovers, who rely on
F the innocent ignorance of cl[...]_national patriotism of parents, will
coiitin_ue -to defend the Boy Scout fraud.
.'l1l1l5]l, by the piihlication of irrefutable

-._l’acts. they are shamed into eternal
jisllellc[...]let
tected

ii

“SHAM HATER.”

...._._

Sir,-—-If th

ugh mh t ”e -person who calls himself -
I a a or

_ is good enough to sign his
nanziein t[...]thing.
ment is entirely to
strengthen boys in me
- and physically.

iitality, also morally
It alsolielps them to be-

-v-'.
-.-...-.-r—s~..........._..—a.__..._.

triumph over. the real desire of.t

. send
lutions -?

come better _men andwibleito take their
place i[...]n a decent living instead of leaning

against lamp-posts, or shop verandahs and
1181181118 around street corners.— 'If‘ the
Boy ’Scout movement were military, why
ai-cut. the Scoutmaster, assistants, and
all oflicer[...].l:'lWl‘<?.EfiJfZr:i]dence is now closed.

.—PEA(_IE AND AN APPEAL

Sir.-Lord "Robert Cecil, that historic
fighter for the[...]g can save
the world from war except the determina-
tion of the -peoples of tie world. Peace
has many enemies; armainent manufac-
turers, members of_ the bureaucracy, and
all those wlio_see in the ‘glory’ of .wzu-
something to ‘be admired. If they are
able to_ realise their aims, E
again 1DlJ0’_tl'_1e conditions
Ages——conditions. rendered ‘a thousand
times vs_'orse_[...]crease of
population since those times. But, power-
ful as these forces may be, they cannot-

ofl ‘the Middle

mocracies. ‘But how is this desire to be-
come effective. This is the task that de-
volves upyonvus. If it. were

a great internation[...]ed in
Grea1;'Brit'ain may be undertaken. The
best -method of organising €a.C‘:#,~_(:_0llnlJI‘y,
whatever it may he, must 'b. '-‘a'dopt_ed..
The miijorityis with-us. Iffial .. ose who
love peace fight For it, peace will be as-
sured." .
This clarion call is already ringing
th[...]call it i'i_i t e Town Hal l
a representative‘? - .iW ill it-send, reso-
_Vi{ill it sinlrigall otlier,di‘ffer-
’ences ?-, Willithe Lea‘giie,-;.of Nations, the
Rotary,» Club; the Trades Hall,[...](of
all denominations). thé.=_I\liners’ Federa-
tion, W'.'l’.l;i.I‘j.F., the Anti-war
the unemployed,‘ the iinions, come

tog
8 n[...]ference"
are found such names as M. Pierre Cot,
ex-Minister for .-Air (France), Emil Born]
(President of'Frencli League of Nations
Union), General .Ponderou.\', Lord_ Pass-
field, Lord Poiisonby, Sir Norman Angeli,
and many others. Will Newcastle play

her part ? -
' . ISABEL LONGWCRTH.».

3§8*+'

iirope will fall ~

he de- .

possible, - in.

possible that ‘peaceballots,’ ‘

Will[...]rld their desire for peace '.’ A rig

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1' no cu‘i;li 6:’ 17 .

TALK OF WAR V i

C Sir -—EvidentlV l. have inciir-red the dis-
leashre of friend’ “Jaccuse.” He con-;
K Es-nds that armament firms (in not \vz1I_1tl
war, Thi[...]r the league‘
of Nations in 1921,. which s.tate$—lf1l-
l Armaments firms have been active ind_ 0;
mentinir war-scares. and 1" pelisllalilih
. - i -1
their. own colmlrles to-tzl1d9I‘)t'l"m?1,lCllrellt:
policies. and to increase en a -
(2) That armament firms have atteiimlvcfl
l’-0 brlbe G°Vemment OER’-M15’ lloqt-lilnieiit
linine‘ and al?r_08d- _(3l Th“ am‘ _
firms have disseminated false[...]I1C€’I‘.1'llnE the naval and military Di‘0-.
.2,ll‘Z1l'lll11eS of various countries, in ord[...]i(nf)liiericé
u,x'n1l1IIlent.i'lI‘IIlS have sou--“mama” rinoé
. ‘sea international armameiit[...]a°9§$’u:‘::%hé,¥ p(6) That armainenl
iii:-llxisllgliiiive organised international trust:

I which have increaned the price of ai-ma-.
e nients sold ‘to Governnients. .

.()iii- friend says‘ more power to the:
armament firii[...]nates who retain the
:at8.V1Sl3lC characteristics -of their preliis~
_ toric ancestors, 'Lord Welby s[...]eliberately caused, and prolonged througl
the wire-pulling of armziiiient-makers. Fo
the peace of the world it would be.bet.[...]the Di
armament Conference. During the Ru
si'.iii-Japanese war, England, the ally ;
Japan, su[...]

.:é{é&zrinbt"be‘conscnpted to an imperial-
‘ tlc. wet. I_tam ‘afraid :this_.ste.temen‘t- is
» .°t-5tT1¢t1Y in accordance with fa 1: I ’
ur_friend[...].Fti'_I1t discovery. He ‘will ‘find that ,‘
-lIS.I‘a,,m, ‘jg a ‘C ' tl, ‘ . ‘ *’ ***—'~'~* ~ -~---~-A *~—~----M"-=— —->-- ~ ~—- » — ~ — H ---v—~~— _ .7 , , __,,, --fato be -19.1’ to a,tt3r.;'; a‘ sorvi 32., ‘but 1 a.rrive;1 just oar ;‘

false-' sense _of ' "- -t = ;s I H ‘ ‘
" His t3‘?°i‘;‘$%é”sea».°?s ."3,‘?,‘£E§ .___.-l£greltl:ae_..__.en;ll_2£_.._all Abe, tfiarfiwru 3 1-1?-tie

(1 E3356 .,11kc',§s1x§9‘1§»e’??:f£§',,;'£,}‘§§;‘§' dark man named r.'.-core took me over to the I
e a * It ' ~‘ - ' 3; , . *. . . _ . C _. -.
,,,sed'?'e,,’,‘,',‘,,‘i,,“,,,,,~‘*1[...]_,1f,°,,,. hiazxc. truth for ___fl‘.*;p.:...LL-{In --ngli sh cnuich , where 1 hetrrl him 1_;l.f

» Rig”, .J..Sl§ILL§d%‘,1\v,_ pwreach a rat-;*o1fn7g"'*"ss‘rm «;nl‘théft’Vv‘-as “e““are*e1..y'

plan" of oiir’ nev-fhouse.

’ _‘yy_orth listening, to, After the service I had .
» ' - _ a fl-riefiI§r‘l1éii‘;jfifii"ent”'Wi”t1‘1“lhifi,“"dvri‘ng“"which "see is.
”’ - . said that he is against "war 8; preaches ;
fi§§5'3‘?‘¥l§t-‘%‘51§’“l956‘*"'?1;it*1”"‘f6Ufi‘fd‘“that‘“'he‘ is in“r‘avo‘ur"of'"-‘a’
. _V war of defence. I visited that churc[...]re“"‘a‘f tesrnr5r>n* 'I""W€I1t“'Wi“bh -r-£4. n,:‘r vy*;K‘ev——--—~——v
ith 8: Jose in his car to the Newcastle hospital[...]a;1'd "ii" , D8.‘phI18“‘.°L‘ n"vv'ard.*~-13.;~—He;.rI'~y~—look—e(l V —-—_
. , very thin yellow, but he thinks his trouble[...]§
""‘”'”’i"'fear",“ however,“ ‘that-it is ~ca~nc er;--Afterwa_rdee—;l~~—ha<3re~.»ehta.ts -444»,
; chat with Tom Reid his wife, who live at Iwierewether, Tom ,
‘ "'I"wo:rkede &~can1ped---t-eg~ether~~o»ne—the-»é»yclned;s~t—e~Jlewcastl_e .roacl._,,._o,,
ji ne weather. At 5 p.m. T‘-_a-_.;_-.hne had a bi rthdsy call over the ‘
'""" t, at-r——frome-~:3—H—vfl-.—~oneher A?-th~— -hi l':‘i:l3.C1ayL,.—- lose geave,.her.,e,,..,nn;c e,
to wear on her wrist. she is getting better, it may be let out
~ —~t-his week ~~a—se an out ~pa,.ti,ent..._ ..-_._--_,. . . ' .. , __l

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-' m,-¢-.-V:ngam.—-.1ro0_.we+n.-v-

_..._l-m~,q-_ hp ,—~—~9th',l~l—938-—,~»[,a-st .T/use w:-.Ls.htoo_wet,_to_.do,muQhat TEE
, the new house,[...]a. day before we left it
~1‘?‘~~1~n~the~~e~f-zernoon- the vre.in-..cl.ez.u:ecl -9. ,,wh.il_e,_r._so._Gha.1?lioe _l'xTe:l.’&_.. ,
' back worked. again . Since last E-Lon Charlie has ernplc-ye:r‘..
e ~-»--Geeerge»-v~Pi~les,» ofa£;tocktcn,..,..,t,olhelp.-hin1lwith. the I1;-.e,1ll;o€:ifi11.-
. g work, at :4 5 per week.Yesterday we were all[...]i.I1:Lsh,e.d ,put,t,i._ng; ....,Vl£.11;Lt,€é._-l<3«_1?x_‘t;.;,C.;'L.1., the iflfl ',

‘ ~e— \

H1". .-_. _l _, _.___r
‘-73 5.117? 9«.:?? ‘<3-53.0 0.3‘
-\- -4..‘-——qT4

;_,., or joists-, 63¢ Charlie Geergge went on cutting stu-tls, the c:,

3;! elm ,_..the:r:e,.,.w’cLs .. t,oo,,1nu_c1'-. .1-'»..:i_,n:l ._;t o .e3:eQ,t__aL1Y.t,hi-I181-.._._B_6£§__9Ei TJ_h_,_ltIi.§

bricklayer, h[...]on Mon morning, but only fust insicle the :5
i ..-iro_nt..fenc,e,.__. U ____W _#_,,_fl_,#fl_,[...]Ee1.s;;s€1"TL, Dull stror15,0olcl l".='es~t nf. - ,
18 still olovvimgg. Art is going; to éy[...]

5v ZS‘ fl
YeSter$&Y we received the following letter:-
"58 Osborne btreet, D¢pto,7/4/56. Dear flrother e eister,
l know-you are wondering fhy l have not written before bu[...]here in. epto that l have hafl
no heart to write;—Aleo we have had Vera fluley here with me for
som[...]her Grahame. 1 suppose you have heard of the test-
,_ strike; well, juet when we had everything reei[...]eir heels. 1 euppoee 1 am not a loyal unionist;

.-.

No

but
when-one sees some of them rolling home with their etri[...]e has travelled hundreds of miles, & ie a real nag-
,(gegr ger. He takes his 84/— a fortnight strike poy,¢ with o I
f§mate_& a te[...]He is nearly six feet high, & over l3*etone,&

-Vhie muscles are like.iron. Hie mate is going to join the pol-
ice force, but fig things he would prefer hard w[...]amalmoet well again, 1 can take a short walk on le-
-lvel ground, help to cook the dinners, & make cake[...]t for. At oroeent he is at
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(fir-= YT‘ - ‘ or ._.,; , ~ ~. ,
;;_°enhU9Q Polnt, ll mllee[...]our lovirg fiieter

“1l$&bet' vane Pehtigrew. f-wil. send your books t”“ ‘J

. ".W.6.aT‘r.- 0 V I

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if ‘-.-Telly Bull called. this mcrrling to tell me of his[...]crossing in Rroadmeedow Road, & heard young hr.Ho-
rrow preach on the text" He is not here; he is ri[...]orked at the new house on

i Good Friday, net & to- lay, as we have to shift in another mo
h. ~ -
Thur. A1, 16th, l956,Yeeterday Art brought home h[...]l:6:& for teaching. He is to get another cheque to-day.
Charlie,George Pile & I were working at the n[...]n so well
thet_ehe may be home this week as an out-patient. ‘

Fri . Ap.‘1'r"'3h 1956. This mo:cn[...]mmon
Gauee . *

‘”.Ia1fro"$hire ‘ ‘A - --7:.-. . ., . . .
if The following building";gpp1i_c(1tions‘.— n'- '
gyolving expenditure fofg £2562,.“weI_'e,up_-
ifproyed at «a m'eeting; of Term -Shire Coim-
fli] Onvwednesdayrr '

' :95:

».‘-?:NewcastIe Cremeition 'Comp'n’ny. it b“
. ‘x’-Meiklejohh; Maud-street.’ ;May1-j

$aturduy,Ay. lath , 1956. At the house
Workind[...]etown & heard Hut:
d£\_x']r§:I1.ix_1Ig:,<‘=fou-r"rooriIs, cost. '£~8l.9.~ , er D :‘:.eE-ich on "}:g1eB3e.j_ i 3 he who beli eve V
‘hfiW[...]ot see, There is a roll of he
. rooms. . . ,,ii.-,.:';v_’ : 1‘ - ~ ‘ s A , - . ~ ,.
‘gJ chem, MMww¢m@f;Mw®H nour there wit[...]would kill a burglar if one
West, ‘weyavtherboat-d (‘wel]mg.~five roomy _ A _ 1 __ N _ 3
Mk‘[...]lth the least Cmmyin.
V 1 am an‘ .= ewe ',‘. \-u’ -8179, » . '.. _, -
‘ V , a_ ,.eldg‘.;West'.'- ’wev§therboard"{dwell"' 0131011. H6 13 3- 31 118,0.
We room's.‘ £380. ' -" ' '
Shhkejspearv; ‘As ' ‘
Lbbard 'bo'ai;shed-.m£15 ,
--~Mrs, .SL~‘nHe1Ia1_n.~ Gr son
' field’ West. '2 asbestos '«szarage'{
v9‘A,_;~V. I\Ashman, Wall "ud-
=;P4%iP» V¢9¢th¢§§9E‘d" '[...]3182‘
street. Pglgjv _

}Adaims§9wn 1 —‘ "

(".'.()"\lIl‘l(V:fl.,‘»:it}‘lI[...]'l?inw’;

B ‘ top}

_.-——~..,., _........,._............._.. —- .-.....-.......s-..-v'“-- - ma

7.-
wife yesterday. She has tonsilitis.oBiLlx Quiggin[...]ithsftaw 60 pounds “from the bank
this morning. - ’

5%»\

hdrew sixty pounds of th

m A[...]et. 1°35» Y93t9rd‘V W1 «1n the afternoon 1 he-

"e‘4eo/5/9 from the Gmmnonweelth Bank;

lped a[...]ing Streets; Newcastle".
3.Do you propose to build-on the land you have recently pur-
;;0haB6d in Mayfield West ? If so ,p1eaee state when. ’

‘ ReplV:-- Forty pounds. I
“4. Please forward your own & your wife's hank books for per-
ssl, n state how much cash you & your wife have in.hand.
Answer:- Bank book 1e enclosed with this.Thirty nine pound[...]Commonwealth BanK.l Qoueflt 5/3 §U?:
th of wages-stamps for Cherlle, u took up 5 5 t9 P3Y_fVf?d
nk[...]t0_?, _ _ T , . ‘.
i had a chat with the pal‘-‘.‘_>‘on, Rec1woo=.1, who LS :11 f%"79“r O[...]here is no rollof honour there.;

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‘ ” V W V 8 . _
; Our roof was finished to-dfiys d Char”

' , ‘ lie paid £ 45: 7:5 for the tyL-
ing.

;,who died in Newtéa‘s1;IéfHd
2.11,‘.-[was largely attemle
'.jtI_1e"home was conducted
;[...]ficiated at.th’e‘,graveside. The
' ?;g_or_tege- was led by, the corp’s band. -1 The
’ interment was‘ made _, in .the Sal_va.[...]'meter.V, Sandgate. .Pallbeare,l"
were ' Sergeant-Major Stanborough'
*,B:_a._ndsmen Gibson and Bannister; '
;,f[_‘1ghe’s.‘Hi11, and Sergeant-Major Peter}!
Newcastle. . i .. V ‘ "
1'. Bull was-‘born in,Wiltshit.e,-'Enf‘-
in .1862. H"e came." to Australia_‘ ,
-‘,Yye‘§.rs‘ago and settled in Wickham. ;H
‘ ,§B',-tyv1c_:e married. .He is survived ’b

Thur. may[...]se. Char

lie at F‘re.nk have nearly fimeheci’-put
ting up the fibrous plaster sheets.
The 3 outs[...]for
labour & material for building is as
"followe:- '

6th 5/192726. I/11'. i ‘I"I'. to 13.11. cz.r;;‘.‘Gh
ne on co*ctage, .i>ie.’:;‘t—l;i1‘1c'i .?%o£1cl,£\_‘£ay3E‘1e1cj;,V

n

9-
c
5‘
:5
a
“.5
m

1dow.. one[...]d) and ‘Mr_s.,Ji1_rg
_Iett (Huistville), and?’-two step-children;
I 3’Mr.‘ H.‘ GiImqme.:'(;}Vi'c'khaxn) and I\Irs,/
'L, R.’VT1éin1in‘gJ1’em- (Ryde). For many.“ "

, .yeers',]1e—-jvdrke
;_ph1de Wonkss

r,
.s..

,21‘w’fl1&e Cockle Qreek pill.‘ ‘ I ‘
«._;:‘nriekwozk_d-

. ‘Q54-«(.34. »
ea»

Brick» ieliverea ”£{8:l2:9 _[...]g.
[‘ A i'.IOI“:;é.1I‘ fior tile 1‘uQi" -'53‘ U ’ '
! 1-3420!“
3 Labour b:l5:w f
i i %or 9:9.
b .

I have received the following 19tT*er" ‘ it-\
i "Greenfield Terr. Portreath,nr Reiruth, Cornwa[...]tF9r,& E ‘?‘_
Youfor these nice books & UaW9r8- Vemtrust You age $1; +Ue31n°

"38 it now leaveg[...]ey 8aY‘it'3 a feYef3 1h3h°u§io”a¥
it ‘V8-luv» frlad jfeoeivefj, SIX‘-IE2‘ OI Dto «fa-y.s ' GS)“, '
ave fiagen e303 The lady that sells them keeps a small ehuy:

l ‘- - 0 ' . ,. . --
&Lt‘v'Loee ax‘; the only ones‘ Bhe had “Chem 1 "M1 “V J50 I“.--‘U3’ fol?‘ have ,5 I. «_ W1‘ U874-
u» zz<= ” 1 =m wlai to eey as it threw 9Gfl1n[...]. ' Jr ‘:1 ” >~? _U'fl",_:__ H .3_._ ‘Pb-1 e 100V. 6
eezii--';?‘*M'*—~1‘~" in 5* *>‘3l‘~‘‘~J°~- ‘*5’ '7.“ U ‘“‘.'..3 I» __ are is "
Mav xy girle are epleniui-~ootn at Falwv@“9 ' “V ¢iT.§”h
am: vile e i»:;..;; ;'i 11- ‘*‘*E"1*-‘:Z‘:“1§Er"§Snot-923
lafien & has gone Véry thin' 1TWguE§e eats[...]uwédké? D?~ ?« age “ verv cold rou h
‘;,nei-.~.'-..=;:E '.:e.'.;, :;‘L€3i1.I' .Crlen'.llD’ we mete Li», G» mmQr’,,,:.1..e‘.i
‘K’ -: \‘ -— . , V, _ V 11 D.

Winter; olenty of rain w etor[...]Glad the motner.i
. O ' ‘ ' , _ . , , .

f eat-tjrlsr, on so well. One of‘ our ne:..ehO0u17b nae 8uet_c11ed-
' ' ‘v - - 1 . . ~- "5 V"
' lei‘t a little ouby 6 otnere, awful sad. "113 Ocklne,

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;scarce to us 3

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1,.‘ _ . 2b a[...]plumbers. fiharlie, Fred,
were all busy making
-to move into next
e,me to flig on Friiey,
night, as he‘hue ll
return to-morrov Hignt. I am
I am too tired & have to[...]

ASSISTANTS, mo, j_ i?rt}?;,°.r.}&.[...]Na,t1ons ;'.,.'Me.r.e,we_.the1f.‘ . . _ _
Miss B—.;vni-own. siuitnsti-eec ‘to Balniaui ‘..otliez- League,.~Stat'es' were ‘flies ?mW' and i "NATIONS

.._ Sir.-‘—7.Afi.er a.-‘dozen yea_rsf:'of vtalking
tween-‘representatives ofl the‘-'ca'pita

o s; Miss E. air , W ero '- - X , ,. .
jriec Infants; iiiés an n’ii.aiiiii'}[...]Dizessure.
.9 Naremburn Inlantsz Mr. "T. 'La'wle'i-, Auburn a ti e .-arl§‘,§_‘}}e“t"fl’m° P133’ .
$.‘°‘.“i.““°.““.‘— ‘V°°i§“ll’-“ l =‘*..‘:.;;...;.... is” i 1 .
:_an WC ‘ I181) 83 S8 . V3113, e mgeu , ": . _ -'75‘ aVe- ' or - cafia7__ V’ - ' ' ' .
§,l;o_Punchbowl Girls; Mr.- S.>Roberts..Willil1mtown ; _Ilational ring "~inteasify..,.5va1,.y~m O 9, p,;evén%Pintl;§n§f§$-E? fifeaggzv
; no ‘Cliche; Mr. 0. Carey, ‘Uralla to Armidale i to‘ sec'ui~e-: la e ..or'ders».‘ ~Tl1ey ha've’~sx- I-tiiru-among ,1» mi bl -.f ‘.1 Th .
Qollege; Mr. ‘P. Dun, Scone to Uralla: Miss.«,'M.;.. ploitgd 'thej'r..~0wn,.,.nation‘s.-b .,-"t-‘fi ‘I f*’ d fij -i f -sew’ e 8' We‘ 8 Ir.
_ licholson, Summer: Hill; to«'YWai-rawee;’ Miss IF maintainmgr korbitant ~ yth“ v‘..;.°'.ia “I111 e-.‘3.:[~ ",a,1'.!°“,3 countries: 1911115
.1‘; Glenmore-road to ‘ Qoslord; V_ Opes;-gong O itrustip x ‘E9162’ r9351’ , . t at the’ mpenahat. mbbelffl could
, yepheus to -scone; Miss ,A. Hack to so - ; bewpatri tn; h, - ri-,1 _X..s go lniing-.to. settle _the worldon a Just basis, have ta
«:[...]atters into their own hands, The ma
: orlia, St.~_-Peterrto Nari-amine; Miss E. Foun-_, t1'1e.B~ V_Vlth- ‘aiunaments, inc‘ uding ‘-.ene‘m‘y» and file of_Fmu¢e and Spain have ad
ll1:_tO St.-. l’eters_ Intants; Mr. M.‘ Hogan _t,ol countries. .-Theyihave deliberhte1yb,.‘¢,1.eatéd '- ted a united waking clué from V S
' unnedah; Mis[...]to Waver1ey'Girls;_' war and" war. scares and have-iiifliie ‘d 1, d F - V .» . - P
.Mr. H. Kresner, Erskineville to Warren; Mia. nations to b‘e-,,wa..]ik'e. Th — hr .b’.1°° - “.9 ma 5 3.5915‘? °1‘Ea11lbal510D5_1n9E3«]-
P.. Lavers, Summer Hill ,to'_Erskineville; M152 Govefnnléfi Hi i I " '-lfyfl ave‘ mbed" th°.near.fut-ure’-Ll--t_ird of _China is.
o-thel_;mt—io . Th Dali: _l?P0z,F_,l11n1§s of‘ ready undsx_'.»Soviel_5rp1e,.andif.Imperia]
' - - ~ - GX-2, l*.Y°«.~V5e ' to _i > Japan car.ries_..,.on:w[...]G. Martin. Grsnville.Céntral to -Summer’ Hill; 5
Mr. C._ Skevington to Granville. 0eni;r'al;'\Miss 1 r
l. Barw::w:m*n - flu 1. P
:. are.o ve'o;Ms .‘au .t u- 3 vove‘ .’ .._ ' »- V _'
'ne_dah an‘-is; Miss-131.0 Webbsto, MoreesP:imsr;: flame fpllbliGl0Pi:i[...]ie1ffluenced“ ihliailiu ggiioi;m'”“1’ith -8" View -1t°V“m’°’x'
Mr. M. Marsh to Orange; Miss N. Wilks, Karuaih banking ingfitugions‘ in °l.d'e- u h . n W’ , "53"" -1145, t0.d the. W0
,.to Arznidale West; Miss H.‘[...]imary; Miss ‘M. Phelan, ‘Bel. ‘countri .1“-1 £9’ §l'§1mm§ __Other. 0118, Should the above happen--I he
more South to Crown-street Infants: Miss’ D. t; es.’ .1 9}”-' “V9 '5-3°111_? .~1,‘€P1'Q39l1l-8:-... 1I$5lIl-'Wl1l- demand. the bodies of.i:he F
Irvine to Belniore South Infants; Miss D. John- "’e3‘=.:'5° lnternfltlonql-conferenc '..ot<lé'r joist. Imp¢;sjg,1ist;' gant which 7 are res
; .son. Lidconibe to oi-anze.~.qr,ovs C§irl_s;'Miss -E. .. '30- hinder ‘the achievement.-of aible for allsthe-trou 1e and- ulrtli
' "R¢1d't° Tfihcurry; Mr-" K-:3 S‘~"‘5“"I"°‘-' Swansea: me"t-"- ' " - . ., “ Esafe k'ee'in8l~the worker lpil em
l [Mr. A. Nickolas I:o_ Paxton)‘ ’ " - , ‘_ManY.. Peolalmwho-’ha"v'é not stiiiiiéd’tbe‘ China WP)!‘ t[...]sinister side of~the'E'uropeeii{ a.rni“m ‘mg i- - ‘- °‘-‘. ° “ e. ‘'9 establish ~
; iCave-. to Evans Head? Mr.2{B. Smitli to North trust pet}. is n -1 ~ -' ' re 5. Wet rule In file?’ ?°8Pe¢t1Vé °'[...]in ht ‘*1’. ~. 1.“ ~.8.l1_31e aimsuoh. swoop-2 the lesson will be inwardly digested. -by‘
i !-‘Mr.’ A. Wheeler, Warraiierry.’ to Boronia Park: wig -5. eme§1«t'5" '5 13- “P9953339. ,tQ».l‘K168tf Workers of: the ‘world. After the :ri
, f;-Mr. _.J. Egan to Mangoeldh; _Mr. G. ‘Bruce. “*[...]3.m by" ‘l‘1°t1.’1iI 5,Ul§b°1'i1,3atiVe;.-spectacle ‘and rniserable failure 'of'tl1
l i?fi.‘.‘.'-‘.‘§£’iei’i..“,’MVi.i'"ii.—°T§f$‘€.iii§f ’ii'o.iiZ§“°“¥»..‘-1‘? I’»§'é’r’.’3°iii$iieir.ii§? 'iI[...]’iio?.f'’'1li9‘‘9“''i ‘‘ A "s"P°°5-sd P°1ib.i°a1.Na.P.<>!e°ns 911 th:e'I-e’
. i- ~- -- -. .. , _ ' c. 3 .
‘ “ ‘- 'de unis; Mr. S“."'Riizby to Horsleyrsrkz. i_neuts= of Eiirope’.which"’coxhno°‘ - arfhfinatoglnés 8(ljl‘8ng:%]:é;rilis1)}'ii;0‘ti1p iyogii? ‘
:.*;.‘°:::..:i.°:.€a "".%*‘?4li%—%%.%.li..l: ::::’i=°;8.ni*:%P“ °.l: W‘ :i[...];e_?e _ion e man in _ Fe" 8}]:
~ » V .. .« V. - zr , "head or recomme
Into. the iwoblem of‘ the private Iilfigfifl 133% 3’ e ‘fit-y°u’ V ’ .. ». V-
‘ 1» -- ~ ,. ,, . ' ‘yo in_torview,a mental specialis[...]’ °f 3"” CW9. .?° 11.9! ‘sconclu medlatgl -~...;.;r,i.s. apita,list“gl_oss of»
»W0.1‘1<[...]‘llrifiintsl Miss A.. Chalmers. Redlern to Wool-'_'
-ljp rt‘, Girls: Mr. P- Lnvers. ‘Erskineville ~-‘to ,,Cah-
".‘li":*‘.'1!.T.l"i Mr. E.'Wglker. Cleveland-street to Er-
“! l)\'s_ville:2-'..~Mr,_ O. McDonald, Canterbury ,to' - >
land-street; rMr. Q,-;,'.I:.lolt to Grown-stre.et;'.
_M. Luke, Msnly to -Riverside Central; Miss
'_Enirlsi1_enrt, Gardenei-'s~road to Crown-
lz Girls;-. Mrs.»‘J. Wright, Crown-street to‘[...]. Green to Wyong; Mrs. E. Goodwin,.Oarl- »
‘ ii'dsensible= condit

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as i l »
on‘: to Kurstville Girls; Mr. R. . Howard to
sions‘ in 1924-4,-1" - . , ,
ii-"’V('§Vo1‘l<Vers; {The wor

\(larl_ton; Miss[...]ms .hav.e. bees~l'acii<ésl:
"111 f°l1I6I1t1l13.;-W3‘. scurosiandi in‘ prei-guadgfl‘
zcmental

"in _'.their. own’-.'po11ntries' to a opti ‘iii’
’Do ic1e’s'a[...]_
. bribe‘Governmen_t official both a Ghouls’-
and abroad. ’ .. - .

DhY5i¢ill”:1uboiir' to natural‘: 'ol_1j_[...]a'cliii'ies' which wouelfl you

"-1. lpvelly Girls; Miss "M. .McA1ister, Kingsgrove[...]t_o.=Mortdale; Mrs. B. Olson. Mortdale to ‘Hurst-, 3 A - . ‘ v. ; 2 ~
._vil1e'o.ii1s_; Miss E. McLean. Men-lwa to weniei--‘ . (. ) _ rmsment; firngs havs.di_ sminatedj.
I[...]hby Qentral_to’|,}fE1fie1I‘ep0rts.concernlnli-tlle»;m11t3l‘Y'"aIld .
I ‘Holman Girls: Miss.I..JamesLJ19;Wllloughby 0en- - 'm1V8l,,pl.‘ogran‘1mes:of,yuri9us_ countries[...]ing. Glsdesvlile "to Ben‘ order ito,s’tin1u1at-e._- armgmegg : vaxpe_ndi_

everyjmalnwomiin and child with an a‘
dance =jof.alI -necessaries for human bar
.ness.ht_zd thocanitalis[...]as clo
their eyes to i;l_1e.‘.v‘ery fact th_at- eve
;‘nember;V.o£E a civilised community in
ave. £_0,gd..cIothes _. and shelter. _' Th
‘callou--1ndii}‘ere_ncegto the absolute‘ ne
of the com_mdunity‘h,as forced the issue
.b.‘.'3c§m% 830,18-88 2133116.. Self. pregeyvati
_is‘t e__ rs): l_a[...]as a class, thereby I;
lug t_ e strength vtogtske -over_ th_ ii
m¢_ichinery- Ofprodilctlon and distri 'uti
gm**1e%‘.;.*°.1.::.‘:?‘";°s.f°r "wz
.. _-- Ofgail unions in the land tra
gs-.~of Aiistriiliag is assured. V
.1’, ‘ e>9f_ t[...]Izptt which. Iihooe. ,i1l.bs establis
nz 936.,‘-. .

‘Whore Northrairls; Mr. N.‘ Proud to Wil1oughby':; 1-,ur3_»
is. Kin‘_'n to‘Bell_evue Hill; Miss N. ’

,oi-nfian; Bel eyue Hill to ‘Rose Bay lllf&ntS}j_
Miss_R. Pickering, Thornton to West Cessuock
- Infants. 93‘: ’ ' v

‘ . _ :.TEA0HERS. ‘

Mr; ‘G. Sangster. llavensby to Wai-raderry;_ Mr,
H. Barnes. Sunrise to Woomargama (relieving) :.
Mr. H. Girv:_in‘,- Conifer to Cobbadob; Mr.iO,.
Chick, Enmzonla to B[...]7A.‘}‘1
Dlemar to"Fine Flower Upper; Mr. ‘D.- Mills,
to Be1ar~ Greek-.-_ ‘Mr. S. Jackson, Boronia Ifafrl:
to Rlngwood.-(relieving); Mr.'G. Booth to "Mil"-
' tiades: Mr. VIE. -‘Bourke, Quandary to 'Averl1lll;
Mr. N. K{uni;1ay'..'Rowens_‘ to,Hinton- (relieving)?-
' Mr. ‘E. Cross,-:Kismn to,-‘Marshall Mount‘ (reliev-

,.('_1).~ ~Art[...]t: oj
influence public opinion tlirough the"'i3n 2-‘
tro1,_.of.—_ news were. in .thé.ir'. ’o.wii iidl
f;oreignvcoun’i:r_es.' “ ' '. - H _ , -'1
- .(5).;_Arma._i;zie;z:,t_ firms *have org ised in-’
ternahoniilg moment. .ri_n2.. -‘throng

I which the a. ‘ r “ ‘ ‘-
centuated b’ _
‘agaifisi: .a.nd§;he -V ’ '_ ‘ 3
:1; (6).‘i\rmaiyelL1:..firm‘svhave: pgifmised. in
§ernatI9na.1- ‘ sr_m.amen.t . trusts. xvhi_ch, no
increased 1[...]‘in K 11 K in o t 1 to yfiefillmentslf
3, : M1-.fi' ._ Mi on. oreea enrafi‘ ' "r I

='~0agn)[...]R. Lord, Woononn“_.,to' an
”,Ne]son’s B‘ay- (relievinlz): Mr. M. gheehan. Hill-
:—view to. McDonald's Creek (l'¢1leVlIlR')¥ _MI‘. :W
Jennings, 'Hlll-‘End to Pyrantiuland Sall)’ 5 Fl.“
Mr. ?J‘_ Byrue, wliouth to’ Miandetta: Mr.‘-\
1:. {sills POl{8i2B_l'0O to Ynrrowitch. .[...]

P.O.Box |o5A_
’Puom-: 4-57_

J.Cocking Esq.,
4l'Ingallf ..S:9..r.e_e. .

1:7-‘~*>‘@li".'.v;‘.:'.‘*.'.. VM‘_._‘_‘_,_.2,;‘ >I, -.1 ‘. _ . ., ... _
_- ,-.,., ~ ~. ._",:._.._ V -.

Dear Sir,

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Referring to the writer[...]

-the new house, & will be quite spent by the time it is com-.

>3\-—'_-...uu..l..._- _.. ..~ v._...~;.n_.._..4..-._..»—

whee1er—— no horeee—- one boy to drive is all required.
£03, in €:n§lueion,lfdo-sohhepe gen w%ll be quite happy h
omror o e in you[...]s wings’,_so we me‘
e arresting p ace ior them-to,lig t on -~who can:tel1 ?.,
We knock along somehow or other on the dole, from-month.to'monh
he are goirg to start‘on.the garde[...]can only eat smoked bacon; but that don't
matter~— all the others are fond of it, u enjoy it to thei[...]obinso, George Pile, & Charlie to build our new no-
use, & since it was finished I have put cemented[...]on the Pen
sicne Bert. CpnEu1nlng_the$e qugstigns;—

have you I'1(3V‘vf"?I)L?i1”’¢ your new hams '3.

Reply:— ) res, but it'is not quite fi;ished. _

‘Are you now living init ‘2. , ’ A - q,
Reply:—" Yee)? ' . s. "
If not,”whet is the position regarding same ?. .

Beply:— The i 500 received for the old house at 4i‘ingall
Street have almost all-been spent on labour & materiel for“;h

pleted. or the e gse be'ng paid on second mortgage by Mr. Gel-
- week 2 '

don, at the rate DI 10 £ 95 will be_us[...]for labour.“

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gsqé

Josiah cocking,[...]1 Maitland Road i ' p ‘
West, No S. W. ' ‘ V:--.
Australia "

_, . . Dear sir: , A _ J.’ .
we have ttfl _D°B'5ln.°-I’1‘°4..-1'1ine.AAs“l.6 7and
a::_l’.-.,u“,,,..‘,,‘,A -—+hv- , 935-’ ‘uh;-o :1: H ‘ ._ ::.:; . ' .= ' ”
Mags.z:',;ne.:reached you safely. ‘Copies for May Augusthave been ‘-=
mailed to you at 1.1 Ingall Street','- and we trust that you wi1l"be ableto

obtain these issues by inquiring-at your former. address.’ »In-ease-you'a.re
unable to locate them, however, we shall be glad to have you-_:afdvise us so
that we may make an adjustment. De[...]r many years.

‘L54 A , _ Verytrulyyours, V ' »-

Secretary.

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. _ 1:/s.< ‘ 1‘[...]s still nursing Mr,Leelie. fili Burgess
is dead. - « ' ’[...]receiver from ruvid

‘ "T n 5 ~ , '.,' “H " "—f.‘.3 c~ '4'

fl}o e & no the allowed £ 7 off[...]St Abermein July ”Pnd 1956 4 ‘
v‘ 0' 3 . . ,-s_; ." ,
. Qeer Joe & Jenni, mv reeeom fer xbt ans[...]ou Wqugd be Working all the spare time at your dis—
zpoee 3 ence my aeiay, o
;;well, you will’ 1 am[...]but it is beyone my comprehension to have the sli- .
g8§E§S:hidS:t§ow we ere so, oeing on the dol[...]oldkin my whole life as I feel 3 here. Our
éwe er——fiene: well‘ I
are e b le ters to her; 1 also s[...]. Oh ye:, I
:0 er ac ress all right.
.h6 old Woman-our next~door neighbour—-ha "died from a ecvere
‘C015 in her lungs. Mr. Hiles e his family are all home here
-»;a1n. First of all, the lorry broke down, & it w[...]re mekiiuea living at
iranhe, The wits er . r 2 1 — .- , l*rV. = L
ilberdere whilh , F goinb wem1Lup her[...]ecause the ma nager inetelledfia nw
]_gnd or coal-cutting machine, e the miners contend that it,m

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M . 00nnelY**‘S&ye there is too much gee ehout[...]ake no notice of him.

There is e oolliery up her —~Pe1aw Main—— & about 6 months ag<

he ordered all the men out[...]all;ng all his I

chore back home again, The blood—ete1ned villian will now de<

orate the muriering[...]ers the soul a form of
lineet without the true God-oharacter—— without the true Oh;
redemntion without the neces[...]tice of Goi;~peace without the proper propitiation-nndfiu
the righteousness of God; piety without th[...]db.”

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.. . _ ,.g , ens is etil.

F1 °?"en°'—~"3 ;;;$L%d*tl1§ea VE1tfi:§r§evlL:%:iL1:9%i}1S[...]o receiver. m 5 “ r .”f f” 0.4 r 5.4 for

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-I‘ r‘ —s‘ny

rs . {PM-~,~ .-.m‘ -« ' ‘f’ ‘ L/..s.
that & a 3 rot llofiounu[...]F4 45 1, I mefi
.'1ou.:1t . “'18 V ’??"?17‘-7"; “—‘3{*“~‘ E?‘ 3;"r“‘“~’3e 9]" Q-.—.r«l»(-L-V '3!'1“3i;"Jtr K339 n%8 waif: 15‘
t 3, ~§Ov;;_n:1;1tj,or1fi for the; Tgsmfro fihire _‘-./OLII
.: +». .,,,1»¢a-n 139 Qe m£L‘».i. :<~‘ °* i’_ ,' ,_ .,,_ -

J. VD V 4 . .
. 4 P \_ , .ou11fi1n« 1»[...]

'-§ Thursday
i- ;.i *8

‘g'.A,rl}obso‘leVs[...]price, ‘

‘ 'fl:’hough'great|y»rove,rrated—. .
. A"'perch;_ where opportunists crow,
‘ A "h[...]present. '

g I wish to say a thingor two, v _
3M-y.-dear-craft‘ union friends, to you,’

. ‘That may_ bejmosrt unpleasant: ,~

Now,’-first of all, I wish to say’

Craft, unionism’s:had its day
‘ 'Of_trluryi7fi‘lls—‘—and disasters;
Nolonger does it stand erect
‘With dignlty_..:and ‘self-respect-
lt’s gal-ovelling to masters.’ -

' Instead of oi"ga{1l_slng ONE . .

I BIG UNION,[...]edone,

' You crawl to Arbitration, I

" And tell -your -master's judge how

' . much .» W I

. Your Missus buys yof such-and-such,
»A,n'd. iike»=the’deg'r'adationl ’

it often -makes,-.vme fume and rage _
when judgessfix. the paltry wage
. For you—"—the‘worklng classes. _
Combined, _yo-u’d fix your wage your-
_seives," -
lg-‘or’ev’ry slave who digs and delves,
You stu[...], 1935.
120 Brother Bob. ‘fest

éage. On Fri, I-put
zfihur & I put wire

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4.

& the fernery,[...]olfar A

1' ' in telling youg_|l':st what yo'uare—-.-

’ ‘A'r_nob of drlglf/en cattle,

»Who fooli[...]To let your ry lives bé‘*’spent
In labo‘r—-orffln battle!

‘‘ You waste" youd; energy and health:

in piling up colossal -wealth
with which _Itiie bugs are swollen;
And then_ you"“a‘rbltrate” to find-
How much your masters’-(w,e|l com--wealth,’ you’re making
llfninelll 4 ,:4 . .
N[...]nge, and beg, and ‘whine
For crumbs from "master-7s'tablel

All‘ wealth is made -byjworkers? hands
Upon the seas, or solid», lands, _

_And shouldfbelong to -workers,-'
Possess yourselves of lands’ and,tools;
Don’[...]make it.
Your LABOR makes the wealth _one
sees l -
(For motor-cars‘don’t grow" on trees)—-
Whll not COMBINE and take it?
' ‘ —-—“Ta.raxa.cum.-”

rein '

ormng

T ave wrjti[...]Aug ,3_ 1; ’ 1
the veramiah. Very col

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M‘.‘1§-A

_;~,_ V -A - -VA , ... _,...., _,-..._. ...

Fred & Talt putgthe oeilinguy to

<1. 2;".-* 0:5; the .

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? I Aug 3Hi, 195 . Lismore St. Abermain. .
' User 308 e Jenny , I-received your telerram outurduy
Inorning ,»& 1 we[...]but they are like the man
read of in Luke'e Goepel—— they want to pull'down the old
barns &'ouild new[...]ot asked any of them for am
hing yet, & I shall he-sorely pushed before I will, They
have a knack of[...]m; & 1 would do the eame again if it was in my oow—l
er. hutxny turn will surely some yet; as the one[...]o make me more comfortable. Therefore F
don't free-nor worry, ae;1 am blessed with good health &
. st[...]u1eaeed.to get the new blankets, which L who so so-
rely in need of. ‘ ’ ,
;. N w, in conclueionl[...]spital on honflay for an operation.
_ He has neon-oinching'hime§1f to see how for his water would
?_ 3 consequently he has done himself a Lot of hen -~oo muchxs
‘ that he has to be operated on, It i[...]for at least & f03tni8ht3 it 3
is the best yet, To-day's weather is cold & showery with a
bitterly co[...]r to ma
ther Bob, u included the followirv_vereeet- , 7;
‘ "Godless Rueeia .

_ .. ' l _ ‘[...]

~c<E.,*7»‘Far1iar"n$rit,' on-":"‘»f"6/ccasions to do nr'1y"LIirnos‘t‘to"‘en'\s{1r-e»~t

POLITICAL LABOR[...]..Branch of

4'

' I,7the undersigned Candidate for selection by-the .... . .
the Political Labor League,‘ hereby pledge myself not ‘to oppose the Selected Candidate or _ 7 I _
he carrying. ,o.I.i.§__Q1’_-__g;‘_e;»~''

‘ this or anyother Branch of th[...]to vote as a majority of. the Labor Party‘

if '-.y decide at a duly constituted caucus meeting.

(Hg, , A — — ~ :
Szyned ......... _____ ..

TI/‘V2'tness, , _

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,1-,9.‘

.. “Bil

But godly" nations praise_the s[...]aves & " lying priests,

Each "godly" ruler of th - ' h a1ly:$mee%anLh,,_mg_.
lkzmake those free Repu[...]For centuries the ‘Ru * .-- iteers &,kings,And clerical
B obsessed by 3reed,n[...]m all the working men
find flaunt their vast, ill-gotten wealth before the men they rob.
Vheholfl them as they swiftly pass in motor-oer or train
While ewegmen-etnrve_& die,alae>L in Vinter's rind & rain, ,
Tho[...]of

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Qhey rob the workers night & day by-methods they belaui; .
;~And what theyrstealuthe l[...]r Ten to cent to us of Goa.

‘fthe Russian women—«once deoased in untaught servitude-—

‘y eiucution now are raised above the vile & r[...]_J _ n._ I

,Now, unconfined in filthy huts in hot-oefls of disease,

fhose ladies live no more like[...]a heathen etate,

gtacn c1tizen.may grey or swear-—may worship Or fieQ1ine__

,An$ only those who wo[...]ngs divine.

gr ong Could sit & write mr rh" % ., - .'.. .

tfiut Ifihave not i i - 3 yme ins raise of Russian men’

g; i _ sutficient time to write with type or pefl-

two bhiS at resent - + o.~.,~3 ~:, M 1. n W .. 2
y + *1Qk8 P L - nusl ab Erup, enlugh much lie line to ten
~ ~~~ neglected are not nice: I therefore any Farewell."

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‘fdvly gfith, hiemore‘St. Ab / a1[...]oe & Jenny, Your lette ‘hr
"’// all 1'3, 31‘-..’u , 358$ , "I \'»;’e1’11: filo‘-.'-In J;
’res;din.g megtter. Forteuch we at
was the[...]ou ever sent to us.
what anxious rarding whether 1-21 am zfu
the cold: well, : ' far asxmy clothes -
age all right in t »t_,_’,1fee ect._ As are a[...]'80t,tim&!!g_ ,
getting warmer’; It 5. my“hed-.-eovring that pinches: me most
of all. The fun fact[...]me a: st:cetcher.; also an _ _
pair ofgrey single-bedsbla.--bedeblanke
‘ Just then Gladys at an order, &emong other things she got "a
pair of double-b \. ts & gave me the pair she yes using...
g It in a. pair I bou -..-g ~ got married. They, were .
only a cheap pair.[...]re; ooneeque
3 "they are done so ‘s« 2 "‘ : - Well, then Gladys
’ ' Mother gave 11 a dark blu[...].
i It is also old one. This is what I do 0 ep \=- ”
.’ Every night I puton my bed.2"’ove1'coa.=.te, also a. £1001:-m;a_t, mad
5 9; Iitgl little wm1_e_ ag.o;Ae‘ I h[...]bed’. I have managed along sota: the best I .
5 -could‘, as I d1-dl-not like to make you s e_hoppin,g-block all the
.ae you hevo_boex;.extreza_e1y-J_;i.nd to $20; 111 different wairtis ixom
time to[...]. the cold nightsy.
quite unknown to you; 8: I am;-tloolting iorwaapd to the rrlghte get
ting warmer.[...]onlyyou have bee
somewhat anxious to know if I am -short of anything-'- hence my
reasonfifior stating the full facts.[...]ap&e_1_t_ go; me 8: get; me mpairctof ~
; fisers-:Lnétea;d.- 713 ‘go’ 215; o o o‘-\&1e them up to me.
I tnyhow, I ‘ vervdid. wears guerneey in my 11 e:\Ldon't care 1’-
=thant. We have started to plant the garden again[...]€? fig g%ie.n:1y

\ man up at the B.H.p. marxe.-gerhathouee. I was quite sure he I[...]1';o; the
~ ry thankful; 3‘.
As you are some-
‘ clothed to stand

a concerned I can man[...]H;

-Lfiyflfak »:-_..‘_._., :. ' :.V~.-;.,-;...,,,-.,, F. ., .._,.....,. ‘ ' ‘ <-—*-W--~ _:~ j-ta .;—--- l. .. .1»-V3,, ....-.. . . ,_l.. ,,. , , , _ ,J

guts/C:

uld be wearing a new suit of clothes 8: writing[...]ies: as to my wants, well, ‘I may sezythazt now - *
I Vmwtixed up in-my nqost urgent we.-nts‘. Re a warm bed, I can i
now quite well. I[...]eep interest in my welfare.» hycnly regret is“ -
that I am not in apposition to» rewe.rc1_ycu for .you.r..kind.nees
. tone" from time to time. I -remember old Mrs. ‘l‘ord,who was my -

h0u.aekeeper". It art‘ . . ' , 1171 on[...]

If E _,-u
» ,.,'..;-4:...

tmngaf a. 1 wogiu &s1c,her who..wou1d._"p;§y,me_£9r the stuff,
she use to 98.1-Don't.worry about the gpayment, Bob‘ God
will pay You for it." Well, I hope that you will e rewe.-. r

! ded».in“*.=som.e;iwayt-£or what you have done for me.

1 Well, notyx,-*"és'to the food: we manage to knock along with
w[...]are just lilge the oy to whom a woman gave 81
halv-fznenny "bun; She said “I am sorry, son, that it[...]Mrs.; when lam
eating it I will just fancy it's’-at penny one. - Our bacon is
not doje yet. While ?_I,;_~ have not[...]scale; I
might saygwe have not yet gone hungry. It-is a matter of wheat
don't fill. will not fatten.--o£f they will come 11:;
in th_e car 8: bring the[...]otvriths'ta.n:l:Lng tha.t,

I am quite conversant -with the fact that Ethel is not a ben-
evolent women; yet somehow I think she will keep[...]up at the hospital. He is coming on
fairly well to-day when Gladys was up to seehim.

We 8:336 mask-Lng e. welter of the reading matter you sent up. I[...]them on to as family that is leased to

. ge4 them-”—.,,.Now,Ain conclusion give my love to all t e family

8: accept ‘these.-me for yourself. From brother Rob, with love to
al[...]. Our party here is all well, including myself.
To-clay is showery::'c'old. winzlflight rain.

" ‘[...]any food up to us as Bob has started to work on re-
lief work again. He gets. pflda the basic wage f[...]Street, runohbovn; llth, 1956... . ?
Kddre’ss:-‘=‘- 118 Irish Harp Roaad.,Prospect Aclel€!.ide....[...]Cooking You will have wonderei why I hgwe not rep- ;
lied to yourlast letter written many mon[...]

Sunday; Roy said in h~i«e- letter of“3:ast week that the memor-

ial will not be fimehed before this new[...]e"nre;noria1‘
i'n'"on.e of 13 em. . ’. . ' . - ' ‘!_"'L"
What a_ dreadful state the Labor Party:;i~s,in in N,‘$,W,.flIt.ie‘_ V
hea.rt,-‘creaking to thoeegwho are heertjikig soul in_._the-I_;1oveI:16nt's--:'l
welfare. Therare faults "on both sides, th,a;-.t,e.-re,ree cnei’o1e-fo
the wrecking of the Labor Movement. I ‘am living in a- ouee'that.‘ss.y
sings Mr. Lang's praises especi[...]heare license to Sam Hordern & his associates inst-
ead of to the people that spent 50,000 pounds on the
ground. at he-scott. That is a. sore point with Allen, aaeh
he lost at 400 over. it. Allan all his life has been & strai-
ght goer; 8: he un:leretande=. the Socialist &_L8[...]e; & he he;e./no tim’e.~&o‘r the 1f«x*x:i;;1=-eitters;—-
hewould rather a m.-inleay etreight out what he thought about
was rikzht. I aekedhtm whet he-A-sthoughtabeut Garden. He said
he never thought7muc[...]v them anyone (‘by his articles in Smith's Week
-lv'.,". I could nevergbelieve n‘~a“mac;n or woman that posed. as '
s.~ Laborite if they took the quarrels.-934 their own side to
the enemy Press. We. never h[...]'w:i.th en a:ttac‘z<: cngitny of their members
I-tét -they, too, have «their ec1uee‘o‘bl"‘ee», but hey are alwaaye un-
ited when election c»o’me<é round —to_ heart Labor. only wish
that If"3f1E:Ld the gift that many other women. have; 1;‘:;~W°‘11‘5- seem
the rest‘ of.’ my days. defending[...]

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This Saturday after-no_on~ I‘ planted 8 trees for Mum; 4 in the V?
m[...]Mr. IaoiI'I:I5.
Leslie. Walt is mending hie motor-bike. (4

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Mon. 17th Aug.'l936. To day I am 113[...]er to the Webetere, 8: included Godless Rueeia»".- V
to- right Florence is going to Sydney by bout _'with[...]. Leslie c’.iea~?.
on Saturdeayt & was creme.te-:1 yesterday.

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'I.‘uee Aug ]..i:‘1-1:11 1 I am muc‘.r: ‘r.:etter to flay. The we[...]: I gave spent most of the clay reading in the eun— .
shine. I posted my letter to the Websters this[...]ed a letter to Mre.A.. Ho11am,

f ’~.» D1‘i5h—- Charlie
wimv Holder's empty
house is being remixed.

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T S ;; .33rd Aug. 1956. Yesterday[...]2/10; but 1 am waiting until the)’ f X the pick -up Q}

to the airzone receiver before I_buy_ the rem!-,~’«I%."}._ne. Florence
8: her 2 companions are still ho1.1d&Y111§3 1%

‘—~_~:;-—i~ ‘Hi «

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4; ' I found Fr &—Mreg Cofi ih nonalovstieetg.$"fh3Y:PT0mi59d
@ to[...], w;i
‘d_»a,~1; number 5.5, E.31i3a.b:.“’ ,-/3tr°.'7t: .- .’
’»M 11 c - h efmife is acnefice
Tighe"‘fii11’ t° £in[...]onthe $30 to Donald street; Hamilton. To dfiY

. --d0hn0t éU°W’~s2-1 ,eté
3 name. The book was¢written{inh1B45. 184[...]3 I”

taxi her of my diecoverY of her neice. %r6- Hazel C°x- *9 day
Art is white~m1ehing the dining room. _ ‘

_ . V‘ -..g,....-—--——‘ "5"-"-V

Sat. Sep; 5th;>1956. Last night Arthur & I retu[...]last Monday morning & got
, to Lionel C&rpehter's—house at Earlwood dboutrdinner time. *
~ We had a[...]e we went by electric trainsto the central railway-
~etation, & took our Syportmanteaxx to_the_Peop1e[...],,& were directed to young
; _ Charlie Pettigrew's-place. His wife told us whererto go to;
' & we wereyvery sorry to find my Sister ill in bed with a-heart
ottaok, She looked very ill & could_not move her back.
I gave the Children the-little bodks,;& gave Edna a-book of
adventures inthunting lions in Africa; . . .,
We,steye¢fat Nellie-White1e"houee.on Tuesday night,whioh was
clear.& froety;with«the.fu11 moonr_shining.-We met Bob Wood--, consisting of NeIlie3§Bob Woodward,-
:§b_th1te,--

atae

-, I have written a short note to the buildings sur[...]tter from Mrs. Annie Holland, which is as follows:-K

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inione being[...]15ropygred.‘"'to send "The Comrapnsanfie 00035-
ery Book" to 1!‘1orr:lem1ey;;,“M1se Fuller's[...]t. Sen. 19th 195e, Last Thursday was Liun1's sane
- ~ 11 h 2: any retty flower bowl} 3°
bi §g%%&§[...]a’3De’° "3“{€*‘31’°’r°_ I e

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think he is a true friend. of the unenrployed. I often feel eor- ; I
ry that Harry had not been able to see you when in the district -3.:

that exixt_.ed.'. I ;,s_r,Lsh that those[...]was against the differences of the members’ op -

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were brother & sister, She was a Mi ee..Me.rt1n'o£ Quea:-

if she,.was living over there, ‘

5.1 have received the following letter:- 5’.
’1"a.rro 8hi4e—0££ihe,Ea1a3a..{‘Lai:tl§l1§Le.c.?_§1}.._.§9Pt. 1956. I
J.-. Oookingé , Esq. Mayfield. Dear Si1'.t:nc1§§t6¢1"‘j5Iee:ece'*“

findeplantne-~1=equested. , .. __ _
‘Your -_ nlicati on form is in order providing the cost‘,“‘~*~--—~
(£ 15 1 s oer-reaction_J2h.e.,_W11_91l§.._°iE_jshe work . ~
It-is only necessary now to forward tv.?6"copieE o‘[...]a copy of the'Té‘t‘té'r”'that“tImrrwrote-s--to—»—~~—-»--~———-~
Art 8: me.—wheen_.w,a___we3:e_§,t__Dgpto} As we left Dapto b[...]§f'e"x"“‘g“ot" i‘t*,“s‘o“it~»wa:s.- sent I
back to.Me;y:E:j.,el_o‘L'._ Q ‘ " -
7'55]. Mad tland Road,Me:yfiAéI<‘:'£*"We§tj"“Sep‘t';3;-st-;-$956 ».
Dear Dad_,§:.e__A;'thp.::_,__ Don't g[...]. I have to cdfi‘é"'to 15’er£ci‘1‘,"""f-orw- -I——eoean4t-~forzr1..e~a.. I .c
pen in th..e.c.11_911,§.e9,,[...]t
write with that. l&Ei'i37W&3rj""I‘ ‘"n*ot‘-wristi-ng—-ito---exeuee a- -,-
pen; £or>\.'y‘9§§..j93g J19 to write 8: tell you jrthur to be-su-.2
re to get. some grea‘§é’“ ‘1iifi15eds_::1:nt’<r-the*«wheei_s»-not~t e oars:
'et it umpep_._into the ack ‘wheelsf-. ‘
ow ‘bot of yeti’ho1’cI“7ou:r’hats-~von~ tigsht«,~~i—£--I.-you...hmzo,them...931.,.,.,_,
when you nlfgcethre[...]ver a
new arrival . ”“ Iv“y‘'‘had"‘'n*-*sorr—to--day4e:t~2. .e!c1o.ck_: «_so,._n9Y,I,.P9!¢:,_ _
the-grand:-children are moulfxting up. I have nottseen it yet.
I went up "th’ié‘mox'ni‘ng~‘awthenv~eam-e--.-hane..-.I'J.o:r:rice.has_h.e6,nc111?‘
anlnfiday 8:. I am going up to-nr-.§ht,but only for 5 minutes. I
won't stojpfas 'sh’e"*:t-s-—sownervye-~—Keith &..Dezphnee,_sre eti1§_L in
bed, but I thin[...]up to morrows. “ ' ‘
Jose has‘ n'ot"b‘een-to~-swork-——toe—c1a:y:_he,_i.easflp eased as Punch.

He‘ reminds me-.of yourself when the event came off. -

We are &11'"W3I1"116165"8:--h.Op3~--¥—Ou..£.O3.111d_.$13-.,_.é'QEY'_§_»\th6r6 the same,
8: especially Au[...]return, ta?'l’thoi1‘gh"wes' have
iiasted"'to-day; A
Well. I think. this is all the cheek I cz:1i”’g'i‘\‘fe"i‘n‘ ow1‘itisng*,~*&s- I
don't want-evidence .against,.. zne_..,e.I,1,1__91?_¢,,Y011[...]ll c1ose_with_;1ove. Mum. ~ I ~ I
Let Art feaé-fithisetco,e-.Dade_.e,_c.E:§.911_§§,l3§n°i1- Don‘? fore‘ 6% that
Art. ' '7'" *""“”"""‘ " ' —-- smile eve: your verses- they were lovely. I like them as

A . , . _ quto an 1. 16 _-
§§§?u“?,;“Eg 59% _3.°.°....M",m?:§h9h1§~8._§§?Z:IJ§<5_boe;t1:sg..._fle-,h
P °_ 53? :for_ha:1f eufhour, 8.-

‘’’‘° “*3 '°1'Y'‘''111i!¥< to %0*f.~P@9k__;_§o J0.‘O.d}-,8ha...1'.s...ve1!v‘E"

. ..,._._ , . .. _,.,,.... ..___._,.,,_,,.. . ,_ ., _.-,_. - (L ‘' I ‘I i’
want.’ x read yoounlg §§t_€§§ $5 1§§§:°’- . &}f9£;°f§f§‘3;g1,;fte;LljsO§e%Q3".v;‘e ‘

— *Y:0‘r1¥* ~ho:1:i—de$r;—— ~bv:*t"--'Iz:y"e
* -119We5°nr~I--~h013*6-"$136! d0"~'0&1‘I*him':Rob ertrrr‘-ehave“'w‘eatkue?ee"“‘
501- that name.’ ' _ V ‘ .- . - '
he «cu ~muet~—exouee—«-this:~wri~1:1— —-~~_—U - —1» ‘b—"b1e ' ’
‘ohis"tim,e-4-i‘t is the ink; ‘%1"c'I1§gngW_ "ch:t?£gn't[...]nethe » n‘ew'57I~1¥1%'w&1‘:§_a:«::b gags V-M133:
Monday. He is_ the leading hand carpenteg. &V3_3;F 13 3 twehge
' 0- 6“ -r-ewaxpec. A ”d“ e v
$9: 7. Vera tad boy_-;.i'_rier1;1_-;E9r.__:bh_e._meek.,..en e 7.’ _ °m‘_
I ,$\1DIJ~0E56, Unc}-9’; YOU will 1..1ave.meny_a p1"eaea‘nt« hour ’ch_:i.nking
* 9:Vh6I‘::e¥91_1I';-e 1_3_1.c?,iI2;._-'f_i‘oo.,,Axr1.eI_‘La:.p;L.tx-,;;ou_e.e_heu1cL-fi;1d hmn ,i3_1_,_.;._.bu.t an e
loved 8861173 You[...]='i?3i13§iDE’5?12'O'L11i.YQ1l*. .. ‘
_. do-LW1_1_l__- OQI}Ql1z1£3:§__I£QY‘l_.Y!i,1?1¥-.i.9.£;1§§.h,_.1.eo3I,e_,eto._y.ou,,& all . . Lotrzeunaifi-
your loving; neice Nell:Le.xx:<2«:xXx." "

3: Sun. Sept: ‘Last. S{};;d§.;y-mo%rning. I hallked to old ,

, 'I3aeab“tenoo&oo[...]"the"’”’c"oi~p'e.
The officers in charge are-- , to be a very nice, earnest woman who does‘ the best tlxa-.15; she kno
?" ' B‘;‘P1'i'V&“t'6"._"H-- In - -the {afternoon wentwt O"“fi1f16"1’83;i‘T1R[...]I"3t"‘901116
9 speeches the war in Spain. ‘x.-ire. Lozngworthfiwzace one of the
ep eake r-e—~.-I—~ aekeel he-1! eef~teevrwa~rc1Ae~ e—t—o--tak.,_e:- -‘Eh-e» - ag-e-no-3% -£01‘-T, ,- '
"World Peace"; 3: she ;ee;ic1 she would write 84 1e‘a..nae know.
~—eI~--hewew ervegei-v/ed~the ef-o11owing_-~.ee-1»etter—- £~ro»m~F.1—oreno-e ~—I’u~lveyw- (nee
Pettigrew‘, my neioe:-4 ‘ ~ . .. 4 . -
-"-M1-;=;.e L.,..Du1ey,.2,59.Peri-nc.e.!ee.H:Lghway,. meto.~»$—ur;laye.v6..—a2-T.L.m.
Dear Uncle & Amnty, al-so family. In most sinoere.thanke for Vm:}‘f‘-.
. .. book,” which...i.s,.ve:r:y nicapl- “try: ng,....oa.ginger_ap.onge.;z:eceipt -
out of it to"d.e.y,tha.t:my old book did -- bronohitier:et'tao1;,hut *_¢ery.the.=.-»
Ree >7 T’ nk£u1_ 12.0.. .ea-hy.ehee-.on:L.y,.ehee._“oh.e_.__yeryi...IDes.d..._deer. }'J~’L._&1,1_."«T._.'_v1/,§!e_”§_1_’1.__.,!_'e""'
-, now. She is slowly growing out of it. Mum is improvine 6.1-
< gwly; she is up‘ but not like her old se1:_E --very urlinterestd

“talks W19?‘ V011 sneak to her ' but cannot niazke her own con-
versation; & only }éz: '

‘ in over her[...]

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Florenceyie still nursing; cloot‘-priThompeo‘n'e\8L Chi3éd§,'%-lfi,-£2-35?‘
Q. ‘UT.

Shé"oe:iri1e‘-'f’1ifor;3‘é” ff ore?‘ £e\'?‘nti‘1iut¢‘ée..= tj‘o"-'fiai$?“-'_'(.v. ‘STJ«'I1_"."* “$33575 2‘: ' ‘

The Fr. f_&‘*hi§_» tire Abroug'§ht"§heat‘” 1161;;-'6-?*in tli-_efi.rr:‘~.oa:1fg.-‘ Yeetlerctw
day I re -fir&fi3Pl*¥¥f°’6d ; $110 ‘l?'6’°;"’°u9;°.j plants "°1n“‘?-’.°‘ 3‘!’*°1F. 't§8‘“evV°*‘ 31"
', as they ewereV'no't “growing we13.'~irn the clay.-*‘-F1§ed"&j_¢_’w‘bN‘?
were bueyVca;rpenteri‘ng & pai_nting_ about the houee\<Se«'g;_air-
age yeete,;:aey, I did not go’ to a.-ny-church this morning as
theweamh-er‘~wege“ tdc’s'€o.o1,d. 8,E.?:fbh1‘635'b'6fli§nS"-f_‘b.O 5 _;‘_

u. ‘Cat: In". 5. <0 1 —~ .p.
- 1 -.- .. .. - --. , , - W,

( Later)’ ?‘l.orenge£fiT5i3?1Eeci ~r":Erei11e$-ate "‘hom:{3§5fi'§ to day?
S3f‘5'L11‘C1‘3:Y,-_-39p-‘G-. 5rd. 1'936.V01d Mre.- Sheldon, widow d
George Sheldon of W - leend is dead. Jose attended her
funeral lest Sun[...]t night to Tom Webb. they are to reside etromvs mo-
ther's house. Florence attendee the wedding. Fred[...]:EenceFy‘'eet"erd;e2y. «
Fred was up late ainti-ng the inside of the kitchenette.

The civil war i[...]28th,1956.Last Sunday m_orning I went to the Hay.-
field West church in Reumda. street 8: heard a yo[...]ch to&“oout.,_ six persons on Naaman 8: his re]:-

, uctame. to do ‘an eiz;1;%le.a.ct to be cured of ‘ r-osy...A£t.er.wa.=rde i

I had a long ezrgumen with Symee 8: foundltha -he beliewav
e in war & would probably go to the ;next wholesale murder.
Since mygleet ._e-ntrjr I have been to the New Lambton Salvat-
ion Army 2Ia1l,; -where Ac1j_u.joa7n~‘b: _Stra,?ng-e .8: e. glieutenant -are’ M
in charge,& saw old. Sol.V-Ioodbury &:"Me.;] or Drylie 8: [lick ‘ ’
Smith[...]nt with him on war

6’: discovered that; he is a-.-,-loyal- jirg._o-ImpeAria1Ai.et who 181-£1 1’
favour of war 8: honour- rolls. There is no roll in that church. .

Yesterday I was ill with-«stomach & bowel trouble, & had
to go to bed in t[...]side. This morning Florence is i1l.eShe was vomit-

ing last night. ‘ “ - ~ '

Toemorrow night Fred &.JoeeCinten to start by steamer for

-Melbourne, as Jose had his holidays from then , & Fred has

-

}~—~Dez‘r Bob. "’” " ; V , «ii

I I .the stren[...]J‘ T,§, ave manfully stood at the wicket

:",_1-. your score is now seventy pne. _ .
;- And in stormy or pleaeanter weather, 1 E
L %:g yo[...]o go to Me1bourbe'by trein(not by steamer ae*I=tho-
ght , & they are to be away only one week, though[...]J '
Yesterday I got this letter from egother Rob:-
"Got. 53th, Liemore'Street, Abermain; Dear Joe, Your ex-
tremely ehort note to hand on Monday. I thought at first
you had-run entirely out of writing paper; then again I ha[...]endeavours to convert me into your way of thn‘:-_

nking & beccming a diecifile of that Atheietic nation-— Ruesiag
yet when.I come to think of it I feel sur[...]in a living, creative God, to“be a convert of So-
.viet'Rueeia.. _ e V A g,-1‘,.', _

Then, again,NI thought you had become[...]had come to the conclusion that I am not worth bo-
ethering~3bqut. Yee,fI hate~readvBondyyHgere'e pr[...]minds us
that women work/;tin,.n,t,he:coa1 pit_s.'- ‘ « "

However, I might say that I have no de[...]r anyone e1ee.over whatgifithink bf Russia; o. .i-,
I have the courage of my convictions tcxeay what[...]ar,What For ?”. 1 hope you will save thém”&1l—up‘for me & ” 3
send them along. I do enjoy reading them. As a matter of fad
I abetre.-ct a‘ lot of their contents: for a 1eeson_for_A_the eon-

ior c1ase'at the Sunday School. ‘

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than

_.. ‘“s

‘ - .~.!.. .. ,_ '~ _ V ' ‘ilh
Thanks for the nice[...]all to'te
young women's Methodist Church zuild. T-ey bring them over to
the Kurri Hospital along wit[...]ne away from here for work in.the country.
our one-horse town ie.now composed chiefly of tennis clubs[...]other breeds of mongrels, bikes,'idle miners,
bush-fires, clouds of smoke, dust &’dirt, beer &'bad.[...]f '

As I have an everlasting dislike to this sin-etricken_;1ace

I would welcome a change intoone o[...]ve him a canary: also a cage; but, alas a_cat kill-
ed the canary. As one of the girls in.my class is[...]or a birthday present, an idea struck me to the ef- :y

fact if the cage is still empty, & he has no bird in ir,he=
Could send it up to-me to cage my canary in. It would Le more
suitable[...]k in the
inside of the hut at the tqp of our yard -& have nearly fin-
ished the work. I am Iinins it with sheet iron, I have plantei
the B4 tomato plants that I bought at the Co-operative store,
& have a packet of dwarf peas to plant. ’ ’ —-two they wont look like Aether,
perhaps. I[...]

We are having a lot of very d[...]n your new home...It
means alotof work removing. l-ieany thanks for the crowds cf
of papers you sentu[...]e“"Syc1ney Mail": Pa enjoys looking through & re-

. ading them. He is almost well‘ again. I beli[...]ooking, has helped him; You said you were praying -for
him to get better; an now“he's grand. I beli[...]t «real. We trust Mrs. Ooclci ng 3:: all your fam-
ily are well. V _. . ._

That was sadhbout that'poor‘1':‘ellow your rlaugynter nureed—-
poor chap 1 We heme hacl lots of neonle here in t[...]ust lately; the am» ‘oulanoe has been kept busy--.--

rt-‘rérolcent

’-My 2 girls are e-plenzmrl. Kath has been home a fortnight —-‘just

gone back. We had. a nice time;‘it‘we[...]atller
took me around a. bit. I was indoor 6 weeks--no time
while ourpeople were here. —

so she
get out

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»4NowV_, ‘;'Ir__. cooking, we all send our kii1<ie"st' regards to you all.

-We‘remainjyour ei noere friends & E", We[...]

th§.r6m&- in MrB.Webeter : 1etter:— "v ; ife 13---ved-onee,true azkind
Who paseed.from dreams away to r alme where Life is R§AL—-

Wha mystery is Life £ & what a m.ze s .ea .
Thee ends decay & strife by stop-ing human.breath 2

Inst notively we-dread the adve t of this foe,

Who ~11e the earth[...]n be e t$rHmr"give5 he

8 %
In Heaven's amp qp Ity—to~1ive—~—~————~—~

Though Life may be a trance, beyond the %tarr¥[...]nr¢£g;; n@ne'&;a&ire§e. I " '_' . ‘_§
A33E§-”08i%h;”0Q£*nS,‘$31;iMa3tlad.rd;,-M§y£ a West, N.S
E. _tlwhat peg o’ ioe is your[...]. ,j ~_n_.; ____ _
5.Ehat is Your for p1ght;y_rate-of §
‘ ' I,‘ ‘r innu-
4}Are“you sing e,m 4 r’
‘.Ana;UMarr1ed.o *-

¢.a-an--rgs;r 0" w fa -i?* t ~39}?r1£ELE§B§LQ£L____;?,U o L

; é, gave You been emp oye_ d-r1n%ft£e figet 13 months. stat; njg
Ane.“§g._.- -_---- -,f”5 97’ 7” W employera

7:--

Ya Ane.No. .~
,3,Are you in receipt of 3 W3? Pen[...]patriation.departmen$¢
1» perannuation a11owanG5- 15 30»

f.1ns, N0. ' " j V . ‘J 9 r boa[...]

‘en-full particulars;

~;. or in anyrother manner. If so give «art 3 5 S’
1 - Ans. No-bonds, stock,or sheres°are 5§ne§,u%ut 40 s were[...].3

. c.; _:59;j;7*’Z-j""TIi_f f oo..n. ~
» duct :3. business ofsny kin[...]ss receipts 8: profits made during the last 13 mon-
.. 5. K V A ',
Ans. No.) '

;fL'1l. What other in[...].
aeAns.’From repayment of mortgage, 5 4;O:O; Co—qp. div. & int.
Aa*£l1O:2:6; Commonwealth Bank in[...]you an interest in any any house or let
331131355--pT§>p€.?L‘13Y.-PrO;oeI"GY.inC1udeB,.2333e€ho1d, leaseholcl, 8: 'p1'0p€’1“a¥
T“ -being;purohased by instalments. Give.situation of[...]or have an interest in only one house, do you
“--1iye‘in.it.

l Ans‘. Yes

:;;l4, If you own_[...]or any vehicles, f so give particulars &

3 Vans. -'

-Ans. ‘No, b
17; Have you any interest in a decea[...],879;_£ 59:
due on 1 th May, l957.’5ns for Kdm:- "Yes;Yes. by T.& Gl".
Policy No, is 7,lT7,580, £[...]you disposei of any real or personal property by
- sale, transfer or Dead of Gift since the pension was gna-

nted. If so give full particulars. .

. Anso Noe[...]have you lent money to any person on mortgag

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1mm‘%e sc[...]b sent me from Abermsin with the following
1etter:- ’ “ ' I
"Lismore St. Abermain,Nov. 5th, 1956.[...]ry: it thrills my soul with Heaven's sweetest melo-
dies. I would be the last one.in this earth to in[...]I set them.free:ewell,.this is.what would.happen»— on
account of their color nearly every bird in th[...]ould try to destroy the very thought that your kid-
ney is not right. If you get rid of the thought t[...]l. mpeeynss elsevfvherew

______‘___............-...,.........J...y . ,-

. .-...... . .....,7_...-r. ,

as &.man thinketh so he is.‘
I feel[...]

1 see‘; rtvaixt ¥:E»o:3~, .'on1.eoné &,_hel§ them: ano-
,‘ heme elves . A

then: class get in & m {e an effor to--e-minute ! He is erelief worker & his

god is e. Pag[...]ne of the thousands
who.se.:\god is he horse. ...;-I.=whe;v.e, - since being here,,th1ed to _

make the lot of some better, but my/1._e£forts_ha:ve been,~un_-

— . n‘etc'eeeary:'~1‘n most y,_.caee§.«;<be_,csuse if)’131'tbB,9.—tpA—s.op1e-.;wou1d,.,1I1"SHE.9 A
some little we.y_,y make eff[...]to“
say there is no one in need of help. . .

I-shelltry to show you how things 3.l‘6‘\‘L1pA[...]y6«t. will be very much

suf:p_ri;sed;Whe,I1, Y0?-Jread ow things axfed./V, . . _.o. ‘

_; First’ oifallg‘ there‘ are ‘5 de.nce_.-clubs” held twice a week agen-

' ts .}& ladies; one «oshi11:';.«1‘,)g’/en[...]e. I "am still in a. thick.

.. fog. ss,:;to»,.;.-where they get the shilling from. It is not

only[...]op1e~'theut e.tt‘e‘rx_1.~theee places, but man-

ied couples as well--Bob 8: Glazdys "included. Dancing is so

‘rampan[...]te necessary to ,g
build.V:.enother large dancing;-hallnctwithstandingthat there is;

a. re 8‘ ‘b[...]you_//fees,‘ they‘ are engaged by i‘
,de.nce-clubs‘»n:tg,ht1y. , = h A ' ’ . I_
Then we.ha1v"e' 2 hovtelsfihere inoxigytown doing a splendid trade.

—-pfice-bookies. They seem to flourish on the mugs—

a minute‘. 5311611. We have’ something like 50 g'reyho’und dogs here,
to’ be-fed de.il"y'; 8: "how they -do -it i"6e:.'b6YOnd my comprehensi on;
-Then we have 5 tennis o ube he s“. F01} e..{p1ayer.-it needs a. ’

. new ball every gnome, (--

ance of me‘. of course Gladys 8: Bobfare membe[...]I‘don't krifiw how it will all end up. ‘

-- You will be surprised.to.know that Sunday is the[...]here. I think that most of‘ the young people wou-

ld be justified in seeking to be admitted into t[...]they vruold grace the remks of the Moscow Brother-
hood. I amquite sure they possess the needful qualifications ’
for admission, - " . _ l
The senior class of girls at the Snrday[...]I'.11‘151d.9 was enclosed a lovely ‘

polished-top hair brush & e. whelebone canb w ' ’

}

I

"All that's rightful see[...]this world where saints go under . v
In the never--
. -tinues. . ‘

Fri. my. 80th , 1936; Our waiter ha” had another advance in
, his wages, 8: now gets fi-'s=e-—p-ou-nde-_-- six pounds five shillings
per week. «

Sat. Nov.[...]ut the house. I am etillhlining the hut with sheet-iron.

. Sun. Nov. 83nd, 1956. As Mrs. Lucas wante[...]pounds that I
lent her about 3 years ago to go to—the Sydney Army congress,’e
& arranged to pay me[...]es.

', I Tues .L Nov. 24th 1956. Poorold ex-Sergeant Corner, whom Flo- Y
rence nursed some months ago when he suffered with bad eyes,

I died on Monday , 8: is to be buried to‘- day, Florence went over
_& saw Mrs. Corner to-clay. ' ’

’ Wed. Nov. '.:35th 19.56. This mor[...]e 14th for their set of books
on Modern Science." -

Sun. ‘Nov 29th, 1956- This morningl reel ived from Mrs.
Lucas‘ boy th[...]‘}?ighe's Hill Sarmy hall. Jim Stanbury 8: candidate

Coles led the ,ti": . I h I ntfto the .
Mayfield[...]to"§ee €113 §hf'fé.°§§z€‘9§nanmW§er -sary ser-

--~ ~———--———--——n+...%._.._ . .‘.«..- —-w—-——-~....u—n—v-.-—~...._._. —g~.*—

‘ Mon. Dec. 14th 195 . I

H -‘—--*‘~'*.- ~x ~. 4.» - ~ .. z»;,,.».n.-_.——.-=...p .‘;’.,,._.—-..

.' ,t4'4';d .
services. Th[...]hall this morni ng wi th ei1t‘e'z~"‘e“c‘ai-.* Legsf ‘rrfui-erday‘ ‘I ‘Ire-
ceivgd from Anges'& Re ertson ten volumes of " The Story
or M dern S,ience', w -ch Jose brought from the Warateh ra-
ilway station. Amy (yr: Wgbb) was here this eveni[...]lately to write
my diary, but hothing very star T-ng has happened to me
since the art entry. The most su prising event tn Eng-
land is tve abu stion of king Ted to marry Mrs.wS[...]lot
of se seless f .= has been made about the late-king, as ifgfi
matte ed who we: 1 ng, or if there werz-no kings at a.1.
' Now th: patriot c n=wspapers have begun to eulogise t*’
new fig re-head -£ th=ir capitalist empirs. '
Last ho -zy week F1ore~ce be an to nurse L s.Oohsn of '
Newcasv e who hsd a.st -ks. he poor old Jen-sh lady di
on-tneoilowi ct Friday '& was buried in the Jewish ---'6 I =- sent 4
befo e_ so «.set,with-its 1 e -»o case, cost me
- /10. K. Yesterdy th boy iled own we loae
jaoards[...]the he .~& can now do slop photogra; ic platewwd -
/ films there iyg aylight. Ye= erday I made a 1 ttIe'cuq—
/ board or *umR:..er the wash ubs. ‘ '.
= hou[...]hs.ae§IvLs ne§#1y'fini= ed; The one on the Ea:t-
side is £1 ed & goupied. r A family named Pat c
lives in th=- ° $e_v house - at we tenanted by the H.
Doris Cayley \ 3 Si ' ==[...]ek. She 1: vsiy
thin, but theg by p 4‘! & st ong--<1 lovely ch11.

\ K[...]

“bled?! V
I[...]0n8 V. For worlxers, badly housed and fed,
of Daub-erised _ . ' Who slaved in low positions,

’Twas mustard minus bread and ‘,2.-'

Struggle Continues.

The queens and kings who come and
pass . -
Have never freed thevworking class
From bondage t[...]without relief‘ ' » I
E§@9B4 & alga‘); ' '-Oftpauperised conditions. — -

01' 6

~ -: ‘h. Des ite the fact that
B-ut._e$£-l:iJ-,he workersh age 10138 fié D mm
For nberty & trut[...]° ed’

“And some supposed to be renowiied
Con-ti nueg on for ever v. For being bold and clever,

'The 'workers’ bitter, age‘-long fight
For liberty and truth and right"
Continues on; for ever.

beef-

kings/. -‘Al . are

But liberty th0Y'11 never 336
In that[...]And wrongs will not oe righiied 81 C“
while wage-sla we worflhip maftithror
r And still with knnes[...]gtefgggselvl vinen wiorkers learn to ‘trust them-
..;;,~‘,Instead of kings use ' i .s°V°s '

O[...]k f
or hifiher shines Wm ‘31>°1”° 3‘ C”-'1 q
Their struggle will be ended. “ii i
, Then[...]ould 1'1
a Not welcoming a pampered R1118,» ) .

-. ‘( For none would pet 8: feed om

‘ But welc[...]1° sage '

The Age of P6836 &'FI'9e<1°m 3' A W —— .
JWL. ’ nwfid p“,¢¢; 7.:/12../3!», ~ _[...]e,’

And wrongs will not be righted,
,While wage-slaves worship martial

drones

or And ‘still wi[...]ing the Golden Age’
Foreseen by each poetic sage——
The Age of Peace and Freedom!

——“Taraxacu.m," 20/12/’36.

- a_ij;"‘r’:l'.d.Ili.93h"3 Eb ,=-,
Florence 8 _ , b‘ m3_}.[acksvi1le,on the
nt at Bowravilleag ‘£11163 .°V§n~e has a young Son-
North coast. Harry Worléif 9 d b t the

nohe .[...]it y maaeidffita " ‘
I have made up *1 °a%te-Er 8 Leclanehé cell?“ .

AM“ ,4, . . ,,....- .

2%?»

r,._.....__

‘ 46. . _
.¥95§“£d&?*huT8[...]56;Yesterday we received the following
letter from-F1orence:-
"o/5 Mrs . John Argent, High Street, Bowraville.[...]body, I oen.pretty well guess what You.wil1 be say-
ing about me when the postman arrives to marrow,[...]w, by the time I arrived I had quitesgot over it, —
ready to take over the job. Here was a surprise f[...]r bank. . ‘ _
I don't know how long I'll be here--som” time I think. Dr. thin:
the old chap wont p[...]got to te11
keep on the job.

of course"
dear" dar—’
so everything in.

ou that F .' t run d[...]

‘ ' . mi: niornim I‘have - repared Gardfi 3
o se%3%o"%%§%§ %§§%e, Rog White,3& Pearl7%hite. On Pearl
card I have written:— ”
Fain would_I write to Pearly White
In.poetry[...]kind regards. ......

.".

he 4

ifif ’ . T " . -vi) l-AA- N M"- . ~. -,

.3 1~a190iQr5Ear?d ?ar§3r¥°r myngister Elize[...]nior,:3im 3unior,rF1orence Daley , Les Duley, MeI:- ;r --

Kieville Duleyémgna Duley, Vera Du1ey,_Joy Duley, @eorgemR1¢haga—A

}§.Song Barry xiehardson, Norman George Richarfison’ alila fiichardgf
s on whee card I wrote:— - i

If actions Q0rreSp0dVmithU1ooks;
Of saints we[...]our handsome face

Eith angels I would class you; -

90, printed on this Christmas card

Are wishes w[...]Alice; the Pettigrew familyfs housemaid; I nroh
.- I hope the coming year will bring

All pleasure f[...]May evil circumstances flee ' .

From. all th' h — ?
And all thet?s aEBXa§%%”ii§§e%ei"

2/was

"To Lovely Lila. < ~ y

;«;~ -—-—~ 4” __ v ——~———-——~« -—«-— «A-A.

- the parcel. I do so thank you for the beautiful. pair of sod:
» eocke & the reading-matter. The reading came in handy,

’ 49. .: U?
He'll take a bayonet & prod ‘

A brother's heart--then worship G

with pioue satisfaction, __

Belie[...]s not for those who cry or bleed,
But Empire's re -extension ‘
By force & fraud. o'r land 8: sea .'[...]be
jxflzgceede my comprehension 3 V

Jar ‘{“=-’£ja»u2.vL»:¢‘l/I/3?. .Lr"7/V. rleeei‘ 2[...]ts mentioned
on page 48 Mum received a black table-cover 8: white hand}: or-
chiefe from Mrdrack & Mrs. Weston, oi‘. Lithgow[...]ce white he.ndkerchie:t",, I have received the fol-

lowing; letter from brother'Rob :- ~

" Dec. 39. Lismore St. ,‘Abermain. Dear -‘foe Yourlshort ¢
note to hand, Recently I went[...]children go short of toys: so taking things in com-.

1".

parieon wehave be cause to complain. — .
'I.‘he:a,the best of all, we all are blessed[...]nt depths 8: give me eomething. _
ggvgver, I an; .-i3.waye pleased to see them when they come[...]

We 11€‘=<1.c~ storm hero ‘Ian:,;~neeh~_:.:y.e_e;iirwae»..cl=rec1..:.etormr:;1t-
it was .. the._lvo1"-ct fohct-L_eyer-e2sper1enceqL.i:1-mv 1if§...,..L13_.Sta3;'1:ed l
at Cessnookl “he lightning struck the hospital 5 times-; knocked’

the tiles off the roof than it knock[...]tolg9;s9 farWaw§yMto_nurseqthe.

sick. Sho._,.hae-th,o ezzitminlller a.l1..;ciehts.-1;..: enreiyou 88 elinnv
“are proud to be the pa[...]gain let me know how those cucumber seeds
came ong—if they grow or not. ,Now, in conclusion, give my[...]tricrbell in the hut when_ehe wantshmeh',l have
»-made a"crystal,setA§ccording to directions in the[...]pounds. Ferd & Art were painting the house.again -
yesterda“. l

Tues. Jan 5th, 1957. elorence cam[...]tion. We received t_
following letter from Arthur:- ‘- ‘ ,
19 Allen Street, “late Point, flear Folk[...]ve
found a parking place, & not a bad one, either.— ‘
There's another school—teachar staying at the joint, to I have.
scme mental company; The coet»'is 35/- per week. L?-‘S_ T112311’? I
slept at Carp‘s place. I did[...]though the sofa on Wh1Cfl
‘lay looked all right—-i'vc learnt to my sorrow that B unbur nt
backs get[...]because the usual lecturer is not ont
Although the-his lectures are interesting enough, the pr[...]

‘ _ ~. H W I . “H . "_ . . -
Wed. Jam. 6th, 1957. Yesterday c1iv.o.0one 3c hi[...]ey are off on a holiday trip‘, 3: 511:1 not 8159-‘Y
hegge long, They‘ seem to be nice young rnenJ.‘_F‘re.nk i‘-lobineon
also came. He wanted to borrow anouger-bra, cc to 8h.3—=1'99n 3

‘chisel’. I gave him 2 percmoricie o[...]boil onhis right arm_. // Thor. ..Tan.'7‘t:h,19-3' .
Sister Na,nl-".1" Slept in 3,‘1'orenoe'»‘=‘ room last ni[...]ell. My verses‘ "The §:3is:1.1g;rr1e‘ Continu-
~ es" were printed in the issue of é0mmQ1’l C3-1183 diited
.'.fan.. 9th , which arrived to day. It also contains the £011-
rowing poem by Rudyard Kipling, which must have been written
before he sold hisgeoul to Guts. =-

V OMMON 'C‘A.US-_E. Tms_ Jan; 3,

__ '; Dividend-s, rent, and interest,

—""“““‘—"‘—+'; _.Chicane.ry. lies and brag.— - T . “hi?3”5h. 71937 . '
. . ’ ’ _ 44 These are-the gods of Empire, P oer’ old Phil '
.Th'i b1——‘thB'tihfl. ‘ .. > .

T ’ BY-‘gfilillesyaixlido craft , tile Slandgg that _ V1331 , ~ '37:}-331 3y ‘B,-
: l Did "Ki lin Write This? '“*“%h°“ , .[...]ing was Yet, if blood be ~the.,price~ ‘of aton4e- ve3yy'a_ct1v9 gr ’
essentially a singer of empire and 1 - ment,; - ‘I “ ‘ ’ I - ‘

the powers that be. Reproduced Good God! We have ransomed"lre111' " - prominent ma.~n

under his name in “The Socialist” _ ‘ , _ ./ 5 . ‘ in -Labor L9-
(Edinbllrgh). this p0WeI‘f111 Doem We have served the rich for a thou- ‘

Goocigagltisdi We have bought ‘the ‘ fran Harry‘ drew {-1 T

earth. ‘."Ir-ish Harp,» oa;c_1‘,' Prospect, Adelaide,

W Jan[...]1,'v_you «twelve months .ago‘that a yourg ..

5-._,fI‘he1'e’s never a war been waged but
~ ._x[...]led;
' We've left our bones in all their lands

.(-Rigxl;td,)we11»are.theY mapped out ? clergymafi[...]hare are the medals { thesis . He sailed, .;Eor 8- month
we wear," - ‘ ‘

While -the widows andjorphans wail. S ag°° He oallad to sea ‘the. family in Ad-
Who writes the story of ‘Empire,

._ . ;_e1aida: we thouglitiie was a delightful
Good God! wimtes-a shameful tale. Young. man fran :1osc'r1,;;)ti’bn of Whé
}Theres neverra per published now fwhat he -has-v_vr1tten.. H’c"L'.Z'I'y"8' 11 f9 We

1

., but tellsig, ow? the worker died, 2 , 2 ‘ - - —. fie ‘L133
. A . _! were all very muoh__1n1;,r[...]th might be in , gone to Englarfl for further Stu-di es. :

creased and capital justlfied. ,
I Go, ‘count our dead bylthe grim pit-v §'intend'8 to be away 2 yearn‘

head—— A ;” He was not ‘overburdened with money
Distorted and scorched and rent——!' not in a PO31-ti on fig {get the Tu. Bit

' If blood-be the price of. dividends, ; . _ _ -, . I .. -
Good God! They are cent. per cent. i he was Working on £31-1*')""‘ "ha-1' Roy. -Wald‘

, , ....m.__,,, _ .

N35?

has the Kiplin[...]nd years, ' j. v ' 1 n the ea‘ I
Kipling theme.——“Lithgowite.’f sparing neither a‘ige nor sex; rly .da.ys Of ‘U118
1 -V . ' White,‘§_laves n the r “hivesof indus- " I
We have served the rich for a thou- .. ';j‘t'1‘‘-‘3’'I,?.''..';4_‘. ’ X - ‘ _ ' mevgmenta he
sand years. . - White rats on their sinking wrecks. .. triad. ‘[...]our manhood gave From all that makesvlife fairfi-,-'3 . to Par.1iam,e 1;
To win them wealth and fame. The blood of our martyred class cries La.bO1' m9m0e3-',
They have slain our best in their vilef ' out: . . — v, - ' L ' ' a ‘ 9
gold quest, ,. Lord God! There’[...]are. but? f 11 °
V B)’ war and toil and dearth— ‘ * _‘ ” _ ~.?'~ . . ~ . I‘ .
_lf blood[...]of their hoarded“I;iY’g‘g"fi§1' 3., “re-ce:.‘;ved.n 7- 9 following letter T

P- 3. Could you set me the paper with the eccount of Mr5,0on—

s,t_qd--bJC...MJ:9- HQ11and'a.Trema:rk..=s-91.;s§tii,toTHarry To:,1ee_, W’f_1enV.I__.

is[...]a‘.?:”f3?£fce:‘*tha:t T we" ewou1d~not~v1~1—ve—»~-V
'?‘ g__,§e,e,_§9_<;i_gJ;1§_1y_,__He than sa[...]n bene'f1ht"’Dy‘“any“sacrifice~ the;teeVex—».»m~.
nyg.};_§AZ___£Zg;g__j_I}§_'gbO<3. of Suffering humanity."

-. “‘ “511;'ITH‘;*Hop’H:;*~*&—e-~e}1A—R;e*r¥;-—~A~-~—-T-TTTT T.TTT_T_,TT,___v__~

"" 4’‘‘'‘‘wj_ffi‘'‘‘gfi5n‘‘’*g-’’fa1*-1;h—~&-;;u¢hvva~hvope.

we of beneigtagsa 5% the scope
E ‘ Of WOTIBA ;‘ taxi-etenee~,~—~Ae————~~——..~~.TT T. .____T ,,,,,, __

No wonder Harry ba[...]" “"""A"8’Ei‘n617*3h0“'eCu*nI1i49&*~é’r—1?h—8~—8134?¢I3&~~—-~-——.WT TTTT___TT. _._T,_Te T. ,___,,_g

T.____.___ t

1 A In oft rejected tempting brlhee."
: .u1o.-T;).o:L.n_t_h,eT.TT_.:1Tou3:1&1_i6’0;LQ_ 1301110[...]ce’fTzi'"3ii‘ent"5f“3T6'Té‘ T ‘A
.-_.TI:1iB___,T§_01L1 dTe_tTee_tec1 shedding gore[...]r thi eves "whet ‘ewn“the t'o"<71e 8:" land -— _~_T-T.;
Agad treat their slaves as‘ cattle.
A__._[...]é"Tg“JI6’rY“”6‘f”"'th‘e"“1fioI:g-ed--‘for-A-—Stae.1‘—-—-—~&~-s~neera~—- T T. . TT TT

’ Of loyalists 8: profiteere S
1““’Tffii”'treat‘1au—ch~di'e%meHvi-3ch~—~aearning, « T , _,_§V

__._.—..._._—.——..._,--'ar~-~~

Wg.tiif3such a rare pereietence 1 '

_ 1‘. No thought of self sustained his mind--
V *"**e*'"H1ea~e&cri4fi-cee ——£or~hu1nankLnd.--..T- T..H“_._.M-- _ 5
' Was nobly made for o_thera—— ' “"7
; " He—*wro?re~we&--439 ok6Tw1wth—-f«asit1A_m1lD_1:Lm§4T_;____ _ 3
That surely there would .come”e.-_t1me " ’ ‘*7
~—~—When4n.a;1_wou.1.:1 .11;3ze__,a.»3__b_ r(;4j;jk_;t_e_1j§_TT,_ ' I
He——--1-'eé1d,.-T&.. Tth ought, 8.: I2.1‘1nt_e<1__ bookg[...]

._T_____._,. _ ,,,,i...,_._.___,__.,____._-___.__, ,,_,_____,,-_ _______

T i ‘ t A ’
»ee~.us1v+.ap[...]’"‘“”’
ices‘ <1ox_n1nion_s _

1 -_--. ._.Jd’. Ye:t;_Ha1!ry_.”Ho1J,arx11._b1na:v:o::a..-e_ A_
serenely etood. 8: freely gave
‘+»_~_— a- T ‘all _to._li£t-_the.toi.le.'ce..M-.- ..-_.--e_-..h./in
From servitude 8: martial strife 1 V‘[...],

, Against repacioue ehirkere,

1_____ We fI?2_-£_1:e:9ie _wes_9_:l5=1Yee _£3=_9rLn2aSfq:q;‘_s[...]d. win the wealth the world eonfaine, ‘
g With 1-1-b~ert.;,=.napp1 n6.88 fornwork ere.

9 ‘#1 Truth[...];o‘ett’“‘to‘rrno“r:tiegracefu1*"*ru~ee-_; — *

. Nor ever sank to think or use 1 _ .
‘iv-—e-——~~—— —-Thrianguage-o£**ti'r‘e~g1:_r'bte1“-; ---- ~ 7 ~~ - ~ ~-—~~
6

3 lb No monument was ever raised

0fi_or1_e_era9;fee wgrthv '69 be Praifiad» - A
EXC6p.’G the b1essed".“Savi_.ou-1'; " ' V

‘ And few deserve such world.-applause

'"'“"‘i‘”“”F of ‘i'i7g"I1A[...]down he1:,e._7b11a_,n _I _thought_ I 1§_v_9u1d.,-':'c1’6houg1_1 _:Lnc:ldentae1I}L
I ‘vs picked[...]§_O£LIEl$_.1§&ih&I_fiI(lO1£_iIL.thE,1i£ht~Of—Wha:t~—
[ I am going to say‘ now.’ xrm not b1.[...]

i for more then-‘la.-;yea;r, & we're a. dead cert. to "go places 8: see[...]. Aiooordingly, Do be obliged if you would send a
-‘;;.q11i<1 to me'by‘Wire. I know my cheque is[...]ned the Leclano‘he' cells but I wontneencl thm :-
im because, iudging,‘ b their Weight, --hey would cost a small
=£ortune to eepatoh oyou.[...].a.y last I
went to Leic1'}he.rc1 to see some lawn-mowers. The cheapest pow-
V .9: mowers (13 ) reconditioned, was 2?. 25. 1. was told, how:-.ve-3’
that possibly cheaper ones could be obtained[...]petrol motor mower costs an :3:l0:Q,
is not eelf-propelling in that the motor slrivee the blaclee
o[...]get /a return ticket /by tfitein, so that totelfe.-roe are _;
voing to be 18 4 ijetead of 6. I eaw &[...]w me. I'll go out to _Pea1'l'e place to marrow ;
- A gh . T e time clvmanner of my arrive.-l-‘home c:l,e‘-:enfl.e_ alafioet eni *
: rely on Charlie Re-land's -.=.nclir».afuione."I alnzoet forgot: ‘-1. - ‘
‘ ‘W’ the Asset .C3h3'.e:£:‘ Ina-pector laet week. He t-eke:-n.-e e,«5s«_«,1~er_1 mg
_'m almost a sure thing; f[...]dead. 1 Arthur.
anke in '€3.n13iCip£1"G3':OI1—4'§OI' the dough," .

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