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7 September 1917

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  • The Leader reports that the war-induced worldwide shortage of paper is becoming acute, and that no new supplies are expected to reach Australia come 1918. Shortage of Paper
  • Prisoner of war, Landy Creel Thompson of East Orange, sends news to say that he is in the best of health. Prisoners in Germany
  • Plowman’s store on the corner of Peisley and Kite streets displays a collection of German war trophies from France sent home by Private Henry Lane of East Orange. German War Trophies