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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
7
Revival trends in blouses span from tailored to feminine, with checks candy stripes and floral prints competing in popularity. Cotton and art silk blouses appear in daywear while lacquered satin and chiffon variants suit evening events, in colors from pale blues and pinks to navy brown and black.
A spirited Colours revue led by Mike Foley and Queenie Paul delighted Brisbane audiences yesterday. The show, touring from Melbourne, features 50 artistes, including Benny Foles Morton and Tom Collins, with dances, ballet, and comedy interludes that display vibrant production values and star turns.
The 340th anniversary events at the University of Edinburgh opened with a Lord Provost reception in the Assembly Room. Honorary degrees were presented and Sir James Barrie, the Chancellor, spoke, while Barrie opened a building at Kirk o Field funded by Prof D P D Wilkie for working-class education. The Lord Provost praised civic unity with the university. Barrie, in response, recalled a former quack, Graham, and the Town Council’s past resistance, noting future cooperation with the university.
The final piece by G. E. Bunning traces the 1880s to 1890s turmoil in Queensland politics. It links the shearers strike to the formation of the Australian Labour Party, emigration schemes to Paraguay, federation moves, and the 1893 financial crisis under Griffith and Meriwraith, detailing policy shifts and economic collapse impact on industry.
The excerpt traces repeated financial strain in Australia from 1883 to the 1890s driven by excessive borrowing and lavish public and private spending. It notes Victoria's five day moratorium, bank failures across Australia, currency upheavals, and eventual moves toward government-backed note control and the creation of the Commonwealth Bank. It also highlights generous bailouts and the impact on Queensland agriculture amid flood and policy shifts aiding settlers.
The listing outlines radio programming across stations featuring Madame Pompateur with Alan Priore and the Cosmck Quartet, drama on Canadian Mounted Police, boxing and tennis talk, educational and children’s programs, weather and news updates, and performances from Carlton and Bendigo bands, plus broadcasts from Melbourne and Brisbane stations.
Plainclothes Constables Ho Blackman and H Pulkenthegen questioned two men acting suspiciously on Charlotte Street yesterday morning. Officers found welgoite fuse and detonators. The men were charged with having breaking implements and will appear in Pollew County morning.
A fragmentary, colloquial scene features a speaker defending another, claiming a lack of wrongdoing and choosing to act nobly in response to a prior remark. The dialogue hints at playful deception and unsuccessful plans, ending with a rough, unfinished image of drunken interaction.
Bir Jotim Lindsay dies after learning The Cobra is captured. Diana is recaptured and taken to The Cobra’s palace where Alam Khan plots a wedding and tortures themes of fear. Col in Gray awakens in a torture chamber for a trial as the siege tightens.
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