Tennis Council notes New Year meeting and championships
The first FOTSTA council meeting of the New Year was held at the Pavilion with small attendance due to holidays. Tentative dates for Bromwich and Huxley visit were set for February 22 after conflicts with the Hall show. AGM fixed for March 1. Championship events during Australia Day weekend were outlined, with entries closing January 18. Referee Harry Waterman to officiate. committee draws planned January 19. A February conference will set definitive pennant rules. American Tournament at Manuka attracts entries. play begins January 9. A list of players for 9.15 am and 9.15 am sharp sessions was published, with many names from clubs and dames events noted.
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Fotsta
Bromvich
Huxley
Wal Pierson
Gus
Faylor
Stephen
Canberra
Australia
Cluu
Harry Waterman
Remedies for a Cold and its Simple Treatments
A Daily Mail medical note surveys common cold remedies. Baking soda alkali drinks, tincture of iodine in milk, calcium lactate placed between cheek and jaw, quinine in sherry, ephedrine decongestants, aspirin for constitutional symptoms, and hot lemonade with alcohol plus Dover's powders followed by bed rest are described as widely used or claimed preventive or curative options.
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Daily Mail
Dover
Raters Waris Servien Compilation Noted
A terse note references Waris Servien in an unrestored compilation of intelligence publications. It notes rights held and reverence for the material within a larger archival lemon and related special sources.
High Commissioner Sir Geoffrey Whiskard to Australia
Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, the first British High Commissioner to Australia, will depart England February 1 and reach Sydney March 13. He will assume duties in Canberra, with Mr W. Jansonson leaving Canberra after acting as British representative since E. Crutchiey’s departure. Preparations for the High Commissioner's duties include alterations estimated at about £5000.
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Australia
Sir Geoffrey Whiskard
England
Sronsay
Sydney
Geoffrey
Canberra
W. 2
Minjanson
E. T. Crutchiey
Puzzling Insect Glow Worm Secrets
The glow worm emits light without heat and is not phosphorescent. Theories include oxidation driven luminescence, a fermenting blood substance, or luminescent bacteria nests. Males fly. females wingless, and glow worms prefer soft tissue prey, with debate on how they capture prey alive.
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ATA
Holt Holbrook
Holbrooks
Manuka
Sharp
Hicks
Jones
Brown
Crawford
A. Gibbs
B. Hicks
Willington
Droop
W. Barry
Goodwin
Cordron
Jacobson
Pierson
Joyce
Cusack
Gourley
O. Burnie
Maroney
Elliott
Edwards
Piggin
Carnall
de Salli
Maloney
Barry
Bennett
H. Weaver
Newland
Byrne
Fielding
McArthur
Turner
Blumenthal
Read
Cavanagh
Johnson
Ware
C. Read
Pola
Shumack
K. Weaver
Reynolds
Higgins
Kevans
Naughton
Besdames
Hammond
Douglas
Gee
Gourlay
Boyd
Weaver
Geoffrey Whiskard
Siren
Cassidy & Notaras
Thea
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