Redistribution of seats reshapes regional representation
The editorial notes the 1950 redistribution of seats, increasing metropolitan seats from 17 to 20, with two seats moved from mining and pastoral areas and one from the North West. Many seat names change as boundaries adjust, prompting widespread political rethinking. Objections are due within two months, then final plans go to the Lieut Governor. the plan takes effect at the general election around March 1950, with current boundaries used for by elections in the interim.
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Marcy
Fine Glassware and the Lost Art of Drinking
The piece reflects on rare fine glassware in Australia and how drinks are now served in plain containers. It nostalgically contrasts modern mugs with historic tankards and Jacobean glasses, noting toastful, politically tinged symbolism and the decline of elegant drinking vessels. It mentions English glasses labeled Tinker and King as relics of a bygone era.
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Australia
Glorious Glasses and Barroom Antiquities of Yesteryear
Robert Downes surveys historic drinkware from yard glasses to Venetian and German opaque glass. He notes yard glasses sparked jets of ale, old Venetian pieces are rare but fragile, and authentic German porcelain glass once used bone ash.
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Middle East
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Muraro
Coat for Spuds Causes Radio Slip and 497 Potatoes
An American radio announcer bungled a commercial for a furrier by using potatoes as slang for dollars. Listener Cecil Linebeck counted 497 potatoes into sacks, thinking they paid for a beaver coat. The furrier faced letters and calls, but awarded the coat to Linebeck who then gave it to his wife. The furrier kept the potato bounty to eat.
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Cecil Linebeck
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Furrier
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