Tourists Increase in Canberra Holiday Visitors
Canberra's Boxing Day turnout rose modestly from recent years with about 3000 tourists toured Parliament House in groups of 20. Last year set a record but weather and floods affected camping and travel. a steady flow is expected through Easter. Beer sales fluctuated with temperatures around 38.5 C and many residents abroad while hoteliers hope stocks are consumed by rising tourist numbers.
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Canberra
Boxing Day
Parliament House
East Gippeland
Tt Ds
Unti
Vendora
Melbourne
Sydney
Coast
Hotela
Eating Matches Of Old Time Feats And Feasts
A fragment describes historic eating contests where champions consumed vast meals. It notes wagers by gentlemen of fashion and records a letter detailing a winner who consumed so much as to outeat his rival by a late struggle, ending with pig and an apple pie.
Old Man Lost Near Canberra Cathedral
An elderly man, staying with a family of treasury officials, vanished Thursday night and was located hours later near the Presbyterian Cathedral after a police search. He appeared unharmed, though many criticized the planner of Canberra for the confusing curved streets that delayed the search.
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Treasury
Canberra
Presbyterian
Boy Injured After Fall From Lorry Near Queanbeyan
Jack Gallagher aged 14 sustained severe head injuries when he fell from a motor lorry driven by his father near the Queanbeyan traffic bridge. He was seated at the rear with a younger brother and lost his balance on a sharp bend.
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Jack Gallagher
Queanbeyan
Ind
Woman Robbed At Phone Box In Sydney
Kathleen Goodwin of Redfern was struck in the mouth by a man in a Liverpool Street phone box near Mustam railway at night. He forced the door open demanded money and took her bag containing a 10 shilling note. The blow injured her lip and she reported the assault.
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Sydney
Kathleen Goodwin
Redfern
Liverpool Street
Mustum Railway
Merrill's Savings and the Unsettled Alfair
Merrill grapples with betrayal and guilt after Emily Carr accuses him of breaking a betrothal with Julia. He writes to Julia, visits Watson and Giles, and faces legal pressure as James Rodney’s scandal emerges. Merrill contemplates duty, love, and repayment while the bank hides his vanished funds.
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Emily
Gus
Gua
Merrill
Mra. Turner
Julie
Turner
James Rodney
Kailly i Iipessibaliny
Herbert Merrill
Emily Carr
Conaiderbie
Misa Emily Carr
Matice
Tor
Watson
Giles
Jim Rodney Diag
Merrigan
Prince's Highway Blocked Near Lakes Entrance
Traffic from Sydney to Melbourne cannot pass Prince's Highway until Monday due to extensive damage two miles on the Sydney side at Lakes Entrance where a bridge was carried away and culverts washed out eleven miles south of Cann River. Reuters World Service reports the situation with additional information from other sources.
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Sydney
Roada
Trafic
Melbourne
Prince's Highway
Lakes Entrance
Cann River
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Aes
Uncle Tobys Oats
Wrigley
Weigley
Yichiew Wrigley
Epotte
Wrigleys
Merrill’s Savings
Algernon Gissing
Reuters World Bervice
Svares
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Resch
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