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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1929
Page
3
Sydney visitors look to a new Mongolia tour center with lodging options to suit travelers. The article notes hopes for accommodation and a revived route from Sydney, describing changes in the tourism package and shipboard experience aboard the P and O liner.
The report highlights Sydney Tote RS and Muante aed cewes with Alister, plus violinist Tom Willis and the Orpheiaatra ensemble. Coverage cites market chatter, cultural events, and a wedding between Margaret Cornehiew and others as part of a broader arts and society page.
A travel feature describes a cruise or train voyage with electric irons, dining programs, and decks for sports. It notes cabins with features like ward stuns and louvres, port-holes, fans, and reading rooms. The piece mentions Australian and English guides, tea services, afternoon events, and entertainment options for travelers.
A cryptic note describes washing and drying Woideniets followed by beating with an ordinary care theater, suggesting steps in wool treatment and testing in a lab setting. The phrase hints at quality checks and processes tied to wool fibers and lab procedures.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions lace curtains and water with salt added, hinting at a sewing or laundry procedure. The legible parts refer to stockings and a possible household instruction, but the text is incomplete and unclear. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
Almost the entire town of St Ma trey near Par Station in Cornwall is offered for sale as freehold property from the Alamey estate. About 220 acres yield £2631 annually. Shops, dwellings, cottages, town hall for 500, a hotel, dairy, smithy and wheelwright’s shop are included.
The article touts the Whippet chassis as built for durability with a seven bearing crankshaft full force lubrication and adjustable artillery-spoke wheels. Four speed forward transmission and third gear reduce engine strain and fuel use while a new body design and fingertip control enhance performance on rough country roads.
A Franco Venezuelan tale recalls a prisoner named Tourget sentenced to Devil's Island who escaped to the jungles of French Guiana with five others. Recaptured, he revealed the fate of the group and a harsh escape, famine, and capture ordeal. The Venezuelan government sought extradition as Tourget claimed to encounter an epidemic upon reaching Venezuela and to have since become a hospital owner with two apartment houses.
At the Institute of Journalism conference in Portsmouth Mr. J. A. Spender long editor of the Westminster state favors American news values. He cites that strong stories mix preservation romance and violence to drive readership and notes diary, crime, and romance themes outperform trivial tales.
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