Feast of the Dead Bon Matsuri in Japan
The Bon Matsuri festival runs from mid July for a week with graves lit by countless lights and incense rising daily to honor ancestral spirits. The Bon Croft Dance of the Dead brings villagers together, especially youths, in a ceremonial display that blends welcome with social tension, seen as a moral test but celebrated as joyous reunion.
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Japan
London
Nebuchadnezzars
France
Lyons
M. Herriot
M. Mea
Syndical Chamber of French Booksellers
Germany
Mice Farm Near Essex Bred for Medicinal Research
About 290000 mice are kept on a special Essex farm for medicinal and other research work. In Dartmoor prison education is aided by voluntary teachers with foreign languages being the most popular subjects so far.
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Essex
Dartmoor
Eng
Wireless programmes schedule from morning to evening
A fragmented radio timetable detailing 7.30 am start with weather, news, music and readings, through mid‑day notes at 12 noon, afternoon sessions, and a 8.10 pm talk under the National Safety Council of Australia, featuring performers from the Queensland State and Municipal Orchestra and various vocalists.
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Commonwealth Weather Bureau
Australian Press Association
Sun-Herald” News Service Ltd
Courier
Sistine Choir
Landate Dominum
Palestrina
Alfred'sheatener
Liebestraume
Liszt
Grenadier Guards
le Benedie
Des Poignards
Myerbeer
Metropolitan Daily
Kane
Dorothea Webster
Pam
Roma-street
Aoreless News
Sturbo
Court Symphony Orchestra
Sullivan
Malcolm McEachern
Detmking
Francis Alda
Dens King
King
Coslow
International
Strauss
Amelita Galli-Curci
Bishop
Efram Zimbalist
Joe
Hal Williams
Allersen
Amy Castles
Minnetonka
Liewrence
Gillie Potter
Tag Bend
Potter
Lane Wilson
Frank Jolin
Ilo Po
Sandman
Kittsteners
Telegraph
National Safety Council of Australia
George Sampson
Pr.c.o
Queensland
National Safety Council of Aimwate
Queensland Association
Sampson
Mozart
vera = Parkes
Contealto
A Rowe Will
Violinigte
Wieniawski
C. R. Kolb
Senor
Commgaley-Clarks
Quintette in A Major for Piano and Strings and Related Pieces
A detailed program listing includes Dvorak Quintette in A major for piano and strings with Vera Parker and Richard Pike featured in vocal numbers, plus Rubenstein Melody in F and various pieces by Malling, Parry, MENDelssohn and others. The schedule cites performances by Tom Kane and his Orchestra with dance music and official wireless news segments.
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Dvorak
Vera Parker
Comteralto
Richard Pike
Rubenstein
Malling
Metropolitan Weather Forecast
Calcott
Max Muller
Forest
Schoenburg
Foster
Trevalsa
Widor
Sampson
Berenice
Handel
Huhn
Pierne
C. R. Kolb
Mendelssohn
Sylvia
Schubert
Sampson Nicer
The
Aw Come
Sun-Herald” News Service Ltd
Taphelty Association
Ms News Service
Tom Kane
British Official Wireless News
Passchendaele Memories From New Zealand Forces in France
The Auckland Weekly News recalls New Zealand Expeditionary Force memories of Passchendaele. Soldiers describe mud and misery from October 1917 battles, the failed Bellevue Spur assault, and the toll of trench feet as units were rebuilt with minimal training.
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New Zealand
France
Auckland
Battle of
Passchendaele
Iself
Dick” Travis
V.C
Bellevue Spur
Havin
Trentham
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Lier
Trek
Lyeperal
Seri
Ture Golf
RED Shop
Cairns
Northern) Ltd
NO Spectacle Ville
Brisbane
Qowocomba
Wen
Lormick
Nona
Eks
Rit Eet
Wnt
Paramount
Clara Bow
Mitzi Green
Skeets Gallagher
Stuart Erwin
Sones
Pauline Starken
New York
Paramount Sound News and Gazettes
la Rocque
Ann Harding
Universal Sound
Paris
W'S and Gazettes
Olive Lalder
Eleanor Blatamore
Marion Lees
Satrday
Hides
le Teese Eee
A. J. Draper Ltd
Maderia
Mederia
H.S. Osman
Chennille Border
Childs
IA. J. Draper Ltd
Abbott Street
Warner Baxter
Fox Outdoor Movietone
Arizona
Fairway
FOX Movietone News
Will Rogers
Boz
Pittard & Diack
Corner Lake
A. Abel
J. G. Wilks & CO
OLD Ambulance
Spence Street
Calrns
Tropical Theatre
Mickey Mouse
News Gazette
Foggcitt Jones Pty
LID
Greys
Army Club
Australia
Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd
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