Christmas Charity Trees Brighten Brisbane Homes
Veronica reports a busy Brisbane week of Christmas trees and gifts organized by committees and public support. Santa visited the Children’s Hospital and other charities, with Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress attending events, while families endured heat shopping.
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Silvia
Santa Claus
Courier
Children’s Hospital
Sama
Mickey the Mouse
John
Lady Goodwin
Billing
Alec Paterson
The
Children's Hospital
Mesdames A. E. Moore
W. A. Jolly
T. Wilson
Father Christmas
Toe H
Children’s League
Sandgate
Imperial Service
W. R. Black
Goodwin
Mother Christmas
Santa
Os Gees
Einergarten
Faithful Newfoundland Dies for Master in Germany
A Newfoundland in Lucca mourns its master killed by a car. The dog, refusing food, purportedly leaped to its death on its own, chasing the fallen man through an open stairwell in a German newspaper account.
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Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Newfoundland
Lucca
Giest
Prison Valor Across Nations Highlighted in Sing Sing Note
A column recalls brave acts by inmates and guards at Sing Sing and other prisons. It cites a rescue of four by convicts during a Hudson River incident and other feats by lifers and escapees at Lincoln and Devil’s Island, including Henri Chabanne’s raft voyage to safety.
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New York
Sing Sing
T. C Bim
J. D. Rodd
Hudson River
Courbier
Mosella
Bordeaux
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nicholas Fox
Strauss
Berlin
Naugard
Henri Chabanne
Devil's Island
Nevers
Chabanne
Long speech falls to fatigue at dinner gathering
The chairman invites Mr Long to speak, but after ten minutes he continues beyond thirty, exhausting the audience. A listener quips that talk in our sleep is better than his verbose line.
Drowning Fatality at South Johnstone on Boxing Day
In Innisfail on Boxing Day five year old John Charles Henry Wright drowned after a family picnic at the Johnstone River. The sister escaped to a bridge. the father tried to save the boy, but the attempt failed. Police and ambulance provided aid, but the child died. Post mortem and interment arranged in Innisfail.
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South Johnstone
Innisfail
Moran
Empire Preference Shapes London Christmas Shopping
A London Christmas survey shows a rise in Empire consciousness due to nationwide Empire preference movements. Major stores feature Empire goods, wines, and tobaccos, reflecting the shift in consumer choices.
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London
Women Health Advice and Dr Sheldons Pills Ad
A vintage health advice advertisement urges women to guard their health, linking happiness and family wellbeing to wellness. It promotes kidney function and relieved symptoms with Dr Sheldons Pills, listing small and large sizes and ending with a quirky line about generosity.
Impington Hall Opens as Village College in Cambridge Shire
Impington Hall once home of Samuel Pepys is opened as a village college with 20 acres of land and workshops. A second village college is planned at Sawston to expand educational facilities in the area.
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Impington Hall
Cambridgeshire
Pepys
Diarist
Sawston
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