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Port Macquarie,Port Macquarie area,Hastings River area,Mid North Coast,New South Wales,:Alfred Edward Pountney,1882-1950.
Link:6518701Web ResourceDigital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
Note/s:
'Printed and published by the proprietor, Alfred Edward Pountney, at his general printing office, Clarence-street, Port Macquarie.' (Colophon, 29 July 1882: 4)
Digitised issues available for the period 8 July 1882 to 6 October 1950. (Correct as of 14 October 2013.)
'Circulating in the Bellinger, Nambucca, Macleay, Wilson, Camden Haven, and Manning Rivers, and throughout the whole of the Port Macquarie and Hastings River district' (Trove)
'This story gives a vivid portrayal of the spirit still animating the ex-members of the historical A.I.F. It is not a war story, but a well-written account of the adventures of a few hard-case ex-soldiers and their trials and troubles since their return from the great war. Reading it, one is impressed by the stark realism of the characters and with the natural course of the love interest which runs so charmingly thoughout the story. The underworld characters are true to life and in no wise overdrawn, while the human interest is maintained throughout.' Inside back cover of The Lash End (1933).
E. Morris Miller's Australian Literature From its Beginnings to 1935 (1940): 791 comments: 'In The Whip-Hand some down-and-out Anzacs make good use of a first prize lottery ticket and protect a girl against a gang of drug-runners.'
E. Morris Miller's Australian Literature From its Foundations to 1935 (1940): 791 comments: 'In Lash-End some ex-soldiers run down Chinese smugglers in Sydney.'
