Moving Picture Brightens Brisbane Gaol Inmate Routine
Brisbane prisoners enjoyed a special screening of The Old Nest on Saturday to break the monotony of gaol life. The audience consisted of 78 long timars and the event offered a brief respite from routine. Queensland and Australia protest plans to exclude stud rams from the Empire Exhibition wool exhibits, fearing reduced participation in wool and meat displays. Protests will be raised at the Australian Committees meeting on July 11.
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Brisbane
Timars
Queensland
Australia
Sharks Sink Skiff. Three Men Drowned Off Bellambi Reef
Sydney reports three married men drowned and a fourth rescued after a school of sharks overturned a 14 foot sailing skiff while fishing off Bellambi Reef on Saturday. The attack occurred without warning.
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Sydney
School of Sharks
Bellambi Reef
Executed for Baby Murder at Wellington
Daniel Cooper, executed for the murder of a baby at Newlands, faced death without flinching. He confessed half an hour before, but not to the full extent he was credited with. The report notes the era and tone of the capital punishment case.
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Welington
Daniel Cooper
Newlands
Republicans Committed for Trial in England Sedition Roundup
London reports Art O'Brien and others were committed for trial on sedition charges following a roundup of Truish Republicans in England.
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London
Art O'Brien
England
Bulgarian ex Premier shot dead as escape ends
London report says Stambouliaki was killed by Revolutionary Government troops while trying to escape after capture. The same dispatch notes heavy concern over Bonar Law’s frail health and the impact on his government.
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London
Bulgaria
Stambouliaki
Bonar Law
De Valera Says Republicans Seek Fair Play at Elections
London report states De Valera vows no chance of Republicans winning fair play but aims to field a candidate in each constituency. If elected, candidates would refuse to take the oath of allegiance to any foreign king.
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London
Devalera
World's Largest Submarine Launched at Chatham
London reports the launch of the world's largest submarine at Chatham with a submerged displacement of 3600 tons, 1300 more than the largest German sub. Paris recounts the rescue tale of Fran coie Plantagenet and three shipmates after the Raymond foundered near Newfoundland Bank, detailing hunger thirst exposure and deaths among the crew.
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London
Chatham
Paris
Francoie Plantagenet
Raymond
Newfoundland Bank
Albert Cripenall
Plantagenet
Crepinal
Carricu
Cecil B DeMille epic crocodile pit spectacle
Dorothy Dalton Theo Koslof and Mildred Harris star in a sensational Cecil DeMille production billed as the greatest show on earth. Eighteen crocodiles figure in a famed temple sequence as the hero faces danger to rescue a rival and confronts a girl’s whim that drives him into the reptile pit.
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Cecil de Mille
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Returned Soldiers
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Tivoli Theatre
Cecil B. de Mille
Paradise
Dorothy Dalton
Theo Koslof
Mildred Harris
Conrad Nagel
DeMille
Crocodiles
Liam
Thait
Tivoli Orchestra
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