Barmaid's view on customers and the craft of charm
An Auckland interview piece presents a barmaid urged by Magistrate Kettle to be observant and “nice to the customers.” She explains the psychology of patrons, the need to tailor talk and service, and how she sees customers as bottles while longing for rest and reflection away from the bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Barl
Auckland
The
Enquirer
Inc
Kettle
Miss Hook
Holaye
Duisburg’s Miracle Town of Industry and Hope
British observer Ramsay Macdonald describes Duisburg’s transformation from a quiet Hanseatic town to a booming industrial city. Coal and iron work, canals and harbours expanded with State aid, unemployment shifting to municipal projects, and workers welcoming visitors with pride and song as cranes and barges dominate the Rhine landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ramsay Macdonald
M.P
London Daily Chronicle
Dalphart
Duisburg
Poland
Italy
Hanseatic League
Rhine
Hamburg
Ruismirg
Krupp Iron Works
Medical witness displays skulls at Barnet County Court
A medical witness presented several skulls at Barnet County Court to illustrate nervous diseases. The note adds that the new governor of Worcester Gaol is the Hon. Harold FitzClarence, heir presumptive of the Earl of Munster and a great great grandson of William IV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnet County Court
England
Worgester Gaol
Harold FitzClarence
Earl of Munster
William IV
FitzClarence
William the Fourth
Ex Shah Mohammed Ali Mirza of Persia Described
The article profiles Mohammed Ali Mirza born in Tabriz, eldest son of Muzatter-ed-Din, educated in Persian and European subjects, fluent in French, a skilled calligrapher and military leader, with Azerbaijan under his future rule. It notes his cautious rise in the army and his political influence, plus a patrol of his alliances with England and Russia. A separate note covers a Birr fire where Mrs. Kearns and family escaped a fast spread blaze destroying their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Persia
Muzatter-ed-Din
Mirza Taki Khan
Tabriz
Shah
Europe
Amon
Nasr ed-Din
Azerbaijan
Teheran
Vamberg
Labares
Fersia
England
Russia
Rexona Promoted for Burns and Skin Irritations
An old advertisement urges immediate home treatment for burns and scalds with Rexona as the top remedy. It advises keeping Rexona at home, applying to the entire affected area, and using Saxo Tonic Pills for shock or nerve fatigue.
Patten Profits On Record Wheat Deal At Chicago Board
James Patten emerges with a personal profit of £400,000 after the May wheat contract closed near a peak in the Chicago Board of Trade. May wheat hovered around 1.34 dollars, close to the bull market high last October. Clerks celebrated with bonuses of 10 percent of salaries as Patten’s firm tied up the historic sale amid supply and demand forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
James Patten
Patten
Coasiier
Mr Patten
Printing press work begun in Solomona region
Sydney reports first printing on a Solomona press set up in a missionary's bedroom. English bulldog Young Jack, winner of over 400 prizes, sold for £1050 to J Cooper Mott of Long Island. Paris court awards £60 to Mile Bernheim for damage from a waiter accident including ruined dress and burnt shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Solomona
England
W.B. Cannon
Hove
J. Cooper Mott
Great Neck
Long Island
New York
Paris
Mile
Bernheim
Mile Bernheim
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miki
the New
NEW Zealand Shipping Company
ROYAL
MAIL
London
Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Clayton
Torakini
Emtoua
Tohgarire
Vaparoa
Gail
Pape Egept
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Tate
Wellington
NEW Zealand Insurance Company ‘ » Ltd
HK Premier and Wealthiest Colonial Company
Nicoll Bros
Islington Ferth Esers
Islinngton
Islington
Turnip
Slington
Aslington Potato & Mangel
Migoll Bros
Kaye and Carter
Grain and Seed Merchants
PTICH
Ancade
Ashburton
Wes Ane
Nsuranty FP Department
Fact Ne. S
Ue Department
Uth
Iupgother
Sterling
Colman
Ballantynae’s., Correspondences Department
J. Ballantyne
Christchurch
Manchester Bros
Zealandia
Rae
Dominion
Ironmongers
Barningham & Co., Ltd
George St
Dunedin
Knox Church
Jones and Sons
High Street
Earlir
Underwood
Edison
Excelsior
Adams and King, Ltd
Hereford Street
Christshurch
Amet Rap
G. Meddinge
People's
Burnett Street
I Renry
Fuehes
Complete Furnishin! Undertakers
Telephone
Ieee
J. Newman
European Agency
William Wilson. and Sons
Agburgh Lane
E.C
Annuaire
Beath
NEW Zealand Coals
Westport
Stockton State
Kaitangata Mount
Somers
Newcastle Pelaw-Main
Fror British
East Greta Aberdare Hepsurn
Joshua Tucker
West Street
Ayer
Ayar’s
J. G. Ayer
Saxo-Tonic Pill Co
O'Connell Gt
S.W
Seal
Ene
Seunders
Bunz
Topposite Mail Office
Westport Pelawar
East Greta
Aberdare
Newcastle Hetton
Kaitangata
Hount Somers
Westport Nuts
J. Argyle
Havelock Street
Chapman & Davis
Moresco
Birnett Street
Allike
Timothy and Trefoil
Boot Importer
Tancred St
Tancred Street
Building Society
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