Newspaper Files

The popular West Gippsland Trader history feature called “From the Newspaper Files” will now feature in The Gazette each week.

Publication of The Trader is currently suspended but readers have been missing the popular history feature.

From the Newspaper Files looks back at what was making news in West Gippsland 100 and 50 years ago.

A most interesting and enjoyable evening was spent at the Public Hall by those who were privileged to hear the second address by Chaplain Capt Tregear on “A Padre and his job”.

Capt Tregear, having paid a glowing tribute to the bravery of our Australian boys, said the people here had no idea of the trails endured by them during the five years of war.

Whether it was the torrid heat of Egypt and Palestine, or the frozen trenches of Flanders and the camps in England, it was all the same. They endured all in a magnificent spirit of cheerfulness.

Neither did we in Australia realise what the people in England had to endure.

There, whole families for many months, and even years, had to go to bed hungry. The food supply felt so low, and the rationing of provisions were so severe, that two pounds of potatoes had to do for father and mother and a family of five for three days.

“Anzac Day” 1920 will be remember by the fifty odd soldiers from Warragul and other Gippsland towns who entertained General Tivey at lunch at the Orient Hotel.

Mr E. A. Turner, President of the Warragul branch RSSILA, occupied the chair.

After the loyal toast of the King had been honoured, President Turner proposed the health of General Tivey, who was well known to the soldiers as being in command of Tivey’s Brigade, or “Tivey’s Pets”, as they were familiarly termed.

They were all proud to have such a distinguished General come to Warragul to present the stars.