The Archive · 1940

Observe New Year

Will Bow This Morning To Imperial Palace In observance of New Year's Day,

Japanese officers and men at 9.15 o'clock on Monday morning will bow towards the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the "Tairiku Shimpo" reported yesterday.

The officers and men will gather in the headquarters of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party, in the Japanese Resident Naval Officers'

Mr. J. J. Sheridan Enlists In Australian Forces Distance is no object to Mr. J. J. Sheridan, a former Shanghai boy! and a resident in this city until two and half years ago, when England \is at war. This was the reason Mr. Sheridan recently made a long trek from Barringun, 100 miles north of Bourke on the Queensland border in Australia, to Bathurst to offer his services along with crowds of other young Australians the Second Australian Land Forces.

Mr. Sheridan was born in Shanghai of an Irish father and left the city two and a half years ago for Australia. Since his arrival in that country he has been employed on stations in various places, his last position being at Barringun looking after sheep, Standing 6 feet 2 inches, land 28 years old, Mr. Sheridan is typical of the finely built men of the Australian outback. He has had previous militia experience, The president of the Bathurst subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League arranged for the League to take care of Mr. Sheridan until his enlistment while an offer of a temporary position was made by a firm.

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