This week in history: April 25, 1924
A collection is taken for veterans with tuberculosis on Anzac Day, Murray Bridge police deal with itinerant workmen and a newly elected MP thanks the local press.
From the archives of the River Murray Advocate, April 25, 1924…
Lest we forget
Sunday next has been set apart in Murray Bridge for the recognition of Anzac Day, in the form of a religious service which will be held in the Institute Hall at 8.15pm, and will thus not interfere with the ordinary church services in the town.
To those Murray Bridge residents who assisted so well with the furnishing of fighting men for the empire in the great struggle, there will be no need to appeal for their attendance, as the service is largely a memorial service for those who fell in the war, and those who lost sons, brothers, fathers, husbands and pals will be only too ready to avail themselves of the opportunity to pay a tribute to those men who never came back, but whose sacrifice will last in the memory of the British Empire so long as that empire shall last.
But there is another aspect to the service, a humanitarian one, which will appeal to every resident of the town.
The collection which will be taken up is to be devoted to the funds for the benefit of those unfortunate soldiers who have contracted tuberculosis as the result of the war.
Already the local branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association has donated a sum.
Police court cases
Attracted probably by the work on the new bridge at Murray Bridge, a number of itinerant workmen have drifted into the town, and some of them have caused the police a deal of trouble.
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