Wilkins Expedition Names Coast Features in Graham Land
Reports from London dated December 31 recount Sir Hubert Wilkins naming Bowman Coast and other Antarctic features during his expedition. He notes channels, basins, and islands honored for supporters and Australian benefactors while detailing flight plans and gear for ongoing exploration.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Chanel
Grafamland
Mount Napeer Birks
Adelaide Tan
Antarcte
Grahamland
Major Casey
Cumnity
Australia
Peant
Robinsom Island
Herberton Court News Summary of Local Driving and Council Cases
The page reports Herberton Shire Court proceedings. Defendant charged with wheel tax evasion and driving a lorry without tax faced a verdict of 2 1/4, costs, and expenses. another case against AL Horsey brought similar judgement for 3 10. The council, inspector Mr Leahy, prosecuted both cases.
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Herberteg Shirr
T He ‘Shire Cheri Als
Assista
Ty Leahy
T. Leahy
Downeslay
Ihe
Shire
AL Horsey
Licensing Court in Innishfail Hears Adjournments and Certificates
Innisfail Licensing Court before Magistrate Aitlin adjourned two hotel certificate applications for two weeks and postponed Garradunga hotel matter to February. Regs discussed include covering slats with lino and new lengthy rules. Applications for provisional certificates for hotels at Arish and Champ Point were struck out. James Hing's renewal request withdrawn.
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I Wal Wicensine Court
A. E Aitlin
Menu Creek
T. McNamee
Mr Aitkin
Sergeant Tuohy
Mr. Aitkin
Sr McNamee
Cnider
Aitkin
Timothy Falloe
Garradunga
J. T. McNamee
Licensing Court
Elizabeth Mad Stewant JP Howrig
Sotel
It Arish
Champ Point
Mammoth Shed In London Through January
A fragmented report notes a massive shed in London awaiting completion by January. The text mentions existing shells and wreckage, with unclear references to locations and dates, leaving the scale and purpose of the shed only partially described.
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London
Huang
Modern woman seeks method to repurpose surplus cradle
A remark notes that today’s woman desires a practical solution to transform an unused cradle into a functional card table, reflecting a trend toward multipurpose household items and clever thrift.
Secret treatment ban spreads in Switzerlaed law
A garbled January 2 report from Weneva notes a new law forbidding sale and use of certain therapies. The text is unclear but implies state action restricting treatment claims and possibly medical products.
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Weneva
Janmary
Switzerlaed Neday
Alvertae
572 Lives Saved in New Year Fire Rescue Report
A 1928 era report notes 572 lives saved in a series of fire rescues and safety efforts. Details appear fragmented but highlight notable acts by firefighters and dispatchers during the emergency response.
Proposed Freight Increases for London to Australia
The Merchants' Association prepared a schedule proposing freight rate hikes to Australia, about ten percent on average. The plan awaits decision at a Friday meeting.
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London
Australia
Ane 2 Merchants’ Association
Still Supreme Steamship Tonnage Trends Hit Modern Vessels
Lloyds Registry shows motor ships rising but steamships remain dominant. The Bauer Wach exhaust turbine with a Vulcan Clutch boosts propulsive efficiency, saving 18 to 25 percent fuel and delivering 19 to 40 percent power gains on conversion. Several liners for Clan and Anchor Lines feature the system from Beardmore in Scotland, with over 80 ships fitted.
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Lloyd's Registry
Starling
Bauer Wach
Eables Enery
Beardmore Vulcan
Vulcan
Clan
Bauer- Wach
Clyde Shipbuilder
Messrs
Beardmore
Scotland
Recalling Babyhood and Psycho analysis Methods
Dr W Brows, Oxford professor and Bethlem physician, discusses deep memory recall in long psychoanalytic sessions. He cites cases where adults vividly relive childhood events such as mumps memories and cutting teeth, arguing extended analysis refines self knowledge and therapeutic insight.
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W. Brows
Brown
Oxford
Bethlem
Hosptal
London
Lencia Daily’ Telegraph
Tomyler
Guim
Hay Aime
Brown Cotsumerd
Risking Death for a Week of Film Work
British film pioneer recalls early 1910s cinema stunts and stints as a stuntman. He describes dangerous scenes in films like Deadwood Dick thrillers, the 1913 Jane Shore, and a Devil’s Dyke sequence, with real fires, explosions, and near-fatal injuries.
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Twas
Athambrik
Yaprang
Blanche Forsythe
Jane Shore
Edward IV
Devil's Dyke
Brighton
Lewes Ol
Moscow's State Shops Sell Luxury Amid Shortages
In Moscow near the Kremlin, state and cooperative shops stock rare delicacies, vintage champagne, and luxurious lingerie while ordinary citizens struggle to afford them. Private shops linger under government control as shortages grow, and queues outside Univermag stores symbolize the stark contrast between luxuries for officials and basic goods for the masses.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Mosscow
Univermag
Soviet
Russia
Ber
Lenin
Trotsky
Ellieseiffs
la Land
Eliseieff
Hgh
Toarias
Vineyard Gold Champagne Secrets of Patience and War
A reflective tour of Rheims cellars reveals seven years of patient toil behind champagne. The piece notes the work from grape to bottle, the war’s scars, and hopes for renewal as vines blossom anew despite hardship.
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Vineyard
Rheims
Epernay
Sen
Christ
Street Trade in Moscow Faces Official Stalls
A long passage notes Moscow’s street trading culture with public markets selling bread, fish, meat, vegetables, and official kiosks for newspapers. It describes government stalls, ice cream hawkers, and the contrast between traditional peasant bargaining and state control, highlighting the state as a provider.
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Moscow
Siice
Swi
London
Ressias
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Wilkins
Loxdun
Saipensinn
Crast
Thudes A
Hearstland
Reengmiscn
Voilllain
South
Grahami
Bowman Coast
Americas Society
Shaw
Herberton Court News
Innisfail News
Eee Licensing Court
Mammoth
Switzerland
T.B
Lifeguards
STILL_ SUPREME STEAMSHIP TONNAGE
Motor Craft
Edward
Ravenspur
Bodiham Castle
Regents” Casal
Pathan
Lord Roberts
New Milton
Hamnehire
Bunmah
Aniovimist
Edowird Luboff
Masw
Winifred James
London “Daily Chronicle
Anmly
Boland
Boland’s Ltd
O.S
W. Boland
Waiabe Boland
Land
S.woland
House OF Fashion
Cairns
James Lyons 11 Ltd
Sawmillera
Ticairne
Telephone
Cairne
Toby
Eakibiom Torie
T. McDonald
Cairns “Post
Abbott-St. Cairns
Rankin-St. Innisfail
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