On Saturday October 5 the Dulwich Hill Band boarded the train en route for Wollongong. The Wollongong comrades were kindness itself, and during the Sunday we took part in some real blood-and-fire meetings. The inside meetings were held in the Town Hall, a means of blessing to all. In the afternoon we held a meeting outside the gaol where one of our bandsmen Ben Castles was incarcerated with Major Jeffries and others for marching the streets of this town. At night our meeting was a decided success, the hall being crammed to the doors
