Tragic Farmhouse Fight Ends in Bandit Death near Keeton
On a July night Alec Hodge of a prosperous Keeton area fought off a masked cattle thief in his dark farmhouse. The intruder was killed after a brutal struggle, revealing stolen goods and a complex web of crime traced to Dan Forsythe, with arrests and loot spread across miles of countryside.
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Alec Hodge
Hodge
Mr. Hodge
Presbyterian
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Ronseloud
Elds
Boeton
Canberra Highland Society and Burns Club Annual Meeting
The annual general meeting at Acton Hall elected officers led by Patron Lord Stonehaven and President Mr. Walker Scott. Officials include Hon Treasurer A F Phillips, Hon Secretary A Bruart, and Musical Director A Doig. A strong committee was formed for the upcoming Highland Gathering in February.
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Clyde Fislay
Robert Sempleim
A. K
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James AlGregor
W. Tille
K. Templeton
Loeb
Floating Palace Service at Sea Introduces In-Ship Chapel
The Brenneh iner lle de France features a permanent chapel built inside the ship with a two-deck high church space and a balcony organ. The liner, largest since the war, scales 43 544 gross tons and sails at over two knots, competing with British French German and Italian rivals for the Atlantic crown. It also offers two tennis courts a large promenade and a marble adorned dining room with art by French artists.
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France
Germany
United States
Italy
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Thermo
Mle de France
Mauretania
Ve de France
Pyrenees
Siamese Twins of Berbian Town Remembered
The text recalls a pair of Siamese twins from a Mohammedan family in Nays hazar aged 19 who appear 14. They are conjoined at the back and cannot speak, moving in turns with one carried on the other’s back. It notes a previous famed pair who lived to 43 and died in 1874 two hours apart.
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Nayshazar
Future of wool values and market outlook in Australia
Winchcombe Carron Ltd reports wool values likely to hold with continued strong demand. Private sales mainly local, auctions moving significant bales, with forecasts of half a million bales available this year and continued buyer interest in Japan Germany and America amid fluctuating regional demand. Auctions run in Sydney from Oct 11 to Nov 36 with 6,600 bales offered Nov 1.
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Winchcombe, Carron Ltd
Sydney
Australia
France
Belgium
Continent
Japan
Ake
Ikely
Germany
Commonwealth
America
Howe
Brisbane
Nations face ICJ hearing at The Hague for disputes
Nations seeking legal action may appear before the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague. The court comprises regular judges and four deputies, each of a distinct nationality. It delivered its first verdict in August 1922.
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Permanent Court of International Justice
Hager
Cattle Rustling Ring Tied to Forsythe Gangs Across Two Counties
Report details a two year, two county spree with sheep and cattle stolen by night. Cattle moved through separate gangs, horns removed and dye markers used, as investigators linked the activity to Alec Hodge and mass Forsythe allied groups. Rumors of poisoning and warnings circulated amid sparse official action.
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Thin Forsythe
Toromio
Alec Hodge
Joe McDermott
Cliax
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