Description | Includes material relating to the First World War. Applications from war exemptions and appeals for: William Masson, Sydney Stewart Smith, Alfred Blacklaws, William Whyte, W.J. Grant, Charles Riddell, James Taylor, Thomas Young, H.R. Howe, John H. Horn, William R, Waldie, Alexander C. Knox and John S. Thomson (Mackie Academy), Dennis Innes Gellaty, David Rae, James Robb, William Masson, William Joseph Mullen, Gordon Paterson, Henry Smart Taylor, Henry Pirie, Alexander Thom, County Cashier (unnamed), William Joseph Mullen, Robert Leiper, Robert Spark, James Masson, George Milne's son, William Shewan, Charles William Cargill, Charles Riddell, William White, James Buchan, Alexander Oliphant, Request from James Jack & Sons Limited, fishing net manufacturer, for employment of aliens forms (with illustrated letterhead); letter re. employment of Austrian at wireless installation in Stonehaven. Letter re. Potato supply from Board of Agriculture; re. paper economising from the Scottish Office; Summer Time Act; from Burgh Surveyor concerning application for wage increase from workmen due to increased cost of living; calling up of Alexander S. Porter; Fundraising e.g. Russia Flag Day, Belgian Refugees, National Rumanian Relief Fund Flag Day, Prisoners of War Fund. Also arrangements at harbour, cinema licences, appointment of public analyst, slaughterhouse licences. |