The Stuart Affair Reconsidered and Royal Commission
A summary of the 1958 59 Stuart case in South Australia, the murder conviction of Mas Stuart, and the Royal Commission's 1959 findings. It discusses political pressure, legal questions, key figures such as Sir Roderic Chamberlain and Rohan Kyvett, and later scholarly analysis by Ken Inglis. The piece notes debates over evidence, confessions, and justice administration, with broader implications for the Playford government and state institutions.
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Mas Stuart
South Australin
High Court of Australia
Council
Stash High Court
Asi Shou
Tomes Dison
T.G. ‘Suiebiow
Rohan Kyvett
Adelaide News
Royal Commission
Playford
Stuart
Art Easuty
Roderic Chamberlain
Star
Supreme Court of South Australia
Remainig
Suute Pa Tole
Ken Inglis
Univerity of
Papua New Guinea
Pudisne
Roderic
Chsc
Sturt
Playfund
Ax Royal Commis
Stugri
Chamberlain
Royal
Stuart Dixon-Strehlow
Strehlow
Indias
Rohan River
Chimeberlain
Stuarts
Iines
sa mulch @ parti pris
The Face of Jalawath a Desperate Tale of Espionage
Ronald Hardy adapts a Cold War espionage plot into a high stakes thriller about a multinational cadre with a hidden past. A Himalayan sabotage plan targets a secret thermonuclear facility on the Chinese side, risking global conflict as climbers traverse ice and peril.
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Himalayas
Jalawath
Keeping Safe Keeping Safe Ty Be a Boce 7 ot Brae
The fragment discusses advice on keeping property and people safe and notes accountability for community security. It references Iain Figueras and a noble owner or cosupiet figure, with unclear details and garbled text.
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Iain Figueras
Hove
Australian Grants Scheme and Book Output
A discussion on Australia’s new grants for writers predicts a surge in published works across poetry and novels. It argues subsidies may distort the market, risking a glut while pretending to preserve private enterprise within a creeping socialist framework.
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Australia
Subsidising Books Like Butter and Sugar
The Literature Board proposes subsidies to cut retail prices of Alsatian novels short stories and non fiction of merit. Authors and publishers would share grants, with printing and selling subsidies aimed at keeping books in print longer. Retailers would gain a high take, while taxpayers fund the program, raising concerns of creeping socialism.
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Sovestene
Scharge
Publihers
Pally Australi
Australan
Board of Financial Fstisignee Sougnt
Angut
Roberson
Horwitz
Jacaranda
Etree
Busines
Ciation
Dogu & Cat
Private Eyes in Europe. American detective in Europe with Davies
An expatriate American sleuth James Fones, in Pars, relocates to Europe where murders, decadence, and a jaundiced view of society color his hunt. Davies is a tough fiftyish man, lacking redemption, moving through a venomous island scene with a crowd of villains and few allies. The work blends noir mood with a biting critique of decadence, promising further Davies adventures.
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Europe
Truffaut
Melville
James Fones
Pars
Lobo Davies
Davies
Chere
Lew Archer
Ale
Jones
Cooper
Facts on the Jet Marvels of Jet Aircraft
A juvenile science guide by Maurice Allward, Collins, 157 pages, $4.95. It explains jet aircraft concepts, aerodynamics, controls, and airport layouts in student friendly language. The book aims to answer common questions about jets and includes diagrams to aid understanding.
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Maurice Allward
Collins
Kation
Cao Weiss
Iarie
Gabon
Early Asimov Review Collects 27 Old Tales and Career Sketches
The volume gathers 27 early Isaac Asimov stories with commentary tracing his development from pulp era adventures to more mature science fiction. It notes space opera elements in The Callistan Menace, casual spaceflight portrayals, and occasional stronger insights like To Connection and Time Busy while praising overall readability and historical value.
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Asimov
Tom
Theaby
Yeiber
Orantie
Munch Seu
Lepal Rios
All about China CHINA a Handbook edited by Yuan-li Wu
A review of All about China CHINA: A Handbook edited by Yuan-li Wu professor of economics at the University of San Francisco. The volume, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc, runs over 90 million pages and costs 28.50 dollars. It contains maps and tables and features a distinguished list of contributors from US and Chinese institutions. The work surveys history doctrines government and society, with emphasis on physical geography resources and foreign relations.
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China
Yuan-li Wu
San Francisco
London School of Economics
Berlin
Cha
Encyclopathia Ariannica Inc
Jonn 8
Aird
Foreign
Hic
US Deparment of Commerce
John A. Berheret
US Army
Ohn Lowh
Apulia Economics
University of Nanking i
King
Chen
Poli Ent
Rustweis Univversity
Columbia University
Sampmnes IA
Pein Chie
Alwats
Pat Cus
Papi O
Chinese Communist Party
Socm
Nao Vat
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Ay Roderic Chamberlain
Rigby
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Ronald Hardy
Coller-Macmillan
Harry Black
Donald” Hardy
Hydro
Phwe
Jalanash
Tokin
Posal
Bao
If Engine
Avery
Baglin — Dintum Dune
Wien
Bob Dylan
SRS
Maclean
Dusty
Walley — Qussadar Colom — Fes
Capital
Canberra City
Hmestome
Cedan
Thevenard
Private Eyes
Fiy Jamiey Jones
Callins
Letfire Cooper
Gollancz
Bruce Graeme
Muchinson
Trouble Maker
Jean Potts
Gollates
Jonathan Dawson
John Cressey
Graeme
London
Pris
America
Lisa
Carls
Stiry
Patricia Highsmith
Emerson
Frank Cranston
S.F
Isaac Asimov
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Raham Stone
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