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SMH Column 8: Drummond’s pledge

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Tuesday 3 January 1950, The Sydney Morning Herald

[…]

A READER sends a clipping of Mr. D. H. Drummond’s pre-election ad. in the Walcha newspaper, in which the candidate was made to say he would free us of “the deadly fetters of civilisation.”

Mr. Drummond was elected. With the seasonal excesses fresh in mind, one hopes the new M.P. will get busy on that pledge.

[…]

Written by macalba

October 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm

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This blog presents local news taken from newspaper archives, recording the minutiae of everyday life in a bygone age.

Newspapers were the main, if not the only, source of news and information for much of that time. For this reason we can get a deeper glimpse into everyday life a century ago, than we might gleen from today's newspapers.

[... and in the process of doing this, I'll learn more about the history of the area in which I live. I'll concentrate on northern New England, at least initially, rather than the entire New England area, as that's the part I'm more familiar with.]

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