Hundreds of antique arms sought for Eureka Stockade film
Australian film Eureka Stockade began production with nearly 400 actors needed to be armed. Director Harry Watt seeks muskets and carbines from the 1850s and asks owners to lend relics. The Police Museum will lend rifles and props include swords sabres hats saddles sent to Ealing Studios in Sydney.
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Eureka Stockade
Australia
Harry Watt
Police Museum
Watt
Ealing Studios
Darling Point Road
Sydney
British Team Troublin Dublin Wins International Jump
At Dublin’s International Horse Show 152000 spectators queued for bars as British riders claimed the main international military jumping contest. A landau near overturn spooked hussars, while Eamon de Valera watched as the British team prevailed under changing skies and a diverse crowd of hunt enthusiasts from around the world.
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Dublin
Eiie
No. 1 Army Band
Eamon de Valera
Wee
Gilda the dachshund travels solo by air and rail
Gilda a two month old dachshund travelled alone on air and rail routes from Brisbane to Melbourne after a train trip to Sydney. The dog wore a wool vest with leg holes and rode in her own box. Despite being listed as freight she drew attention at Central Station and the TAA office as staff fed her and posed for photos.
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Gilda
Brisbane
Sydney
Pap
Mordialloe
Vic
Melbourne
Central Station
TAA
Australian Wool Board touts Mules operation against blowfly
An Australian Wool Board spokesman praised the modified Mules operation as the greatest development against blowfly strike in 30 years. Chairman Douglas T. Boyd noted skilled, safely applied use is key, citing reduced losses, higher wool returns, and lower dressing costs through farm records from Dungabear Walgett NSW and Makeig's station. The board warns eradication of the fly remains the ultimate goal and backs continued research into new solutions.
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Australian Wool Board
Douglas T. Boyd
Boyd
F. M. Makeig
Dungabear
Walgett
N.S.W
Beard
Bush Rider eyed as Harrison leads original Australian yarn
ALM ME Rer Harrison seeks a dramatic breakout with a Bush Rider story set in Australia. While his current film commitments run through 1948, he is keen on the project amid talks of a strong English accent role and a vivid backstory. Meanwhile Maureen O Hara plans England Ireland work between projects as she anticipates a possible second child. Paramount buys Web of Days from Edna Lee with Paulette Goddard slated to star. Ward Bond portrays a brutal Pittsburgh forge foreman in Unconquered.
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Rer Harrison
For
Harrison
Will Price
Maureen O'Hara
Bromayn
Maureen
England
Ireland
Paramount
Edna Lee
Paulette Goddard
Turned Tables On The Tide
At Cockatoo Island in Yampi Sound a coastal settlement near the iron ore project held a sports carnival. With a 30 ft tide rise and fall, organizers ran field events on the beach in the morning and held swimming events on the same sand in the afternoon to fit the tides.
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Western Australia
Cockatoo Island
Yampi Sound
Yampi
Australia
Louise Allbritten Appears Calm Amid Hollywood Heat Wave
Hollywood faces a record heat spell while actress Louise Allbritten stays composed on set. Photographs show her wearing light attire as temperatures rise nationwide.
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Hollywood
Louise Allbritten
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