Australia’s Greatest Benefactor Farror and the Wheat Breed
The biographer Archer Russell calls Farrer's achievements Australia’s greatest benefactor. Arriving in 1870 at 25, he shifted from medicine to agricultural science. He advanced wheat breeding, creating seed varieties like Federation and Nawaba, and built a pioneering agronomy that spread beyond Australia.
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Fighting Their Battles Over Again at Port War Veterans
Edward Gaskell, 85, of Sidney sells a slay to Jack Dube at a Port War Veterans gathering. South African Soldiers Association of New South Wales arranged the event. About 290 Boer War veterans attended. The tally reported 63 gallons of beer consumed.
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No. 1 Film Star Monty Clift Tops Poll for Tomorrow
Montgomery Clift tops the Herald's ninth annual Exibitors' poll as leading new star for tomorrow, following acclaimed turns in The Search and Red River. He co stars with Olivia de Havilland and Ralph Richardson in The Heiress. On location at Lake Tahoe for A Place in the Sun, the cast includes Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters. A large crowd caused diversion at Saint Maria del Fiore during a Fontaine Cotton scene for September, prompting early camera moves. Ruth Hussey signs to co star with Bing Crosby in Mr Music, leaving Broadway for Hollywood.
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Hollywood
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Joseph Cotton
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Victor Milner
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Ruth Hussey
Bing Crosby
Miss Hussey
New York
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Champagne Baptisms Stir French Parish Row
Clergy in the Nancy diocese protest baptisms of newborns in champagne at Epernay, the heart of the champagne district. Parents defend the custom linking two baptisms one with champagne and one with traditional water, champagne baptism usually first. An Epernay father recalls his child cried loudly at Moet baptism at ten days.
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