Postal rates and routes for British Empire to various territories
The document lists mail classifications and rates for communications to Commonwealth regions, Lodh Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Papus, and other colonies. It covers printed matter, books, periodicals, commercial papers, and merchandise with specific rates per weight or item, noting changes effective from 1934 and issued by local postmaster L. A. O'Couper for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Lodh Howe Island
Norfolk Island
Papus
New Guinee
Biemarck
New Britain
New Hanover
Admira
At & General Prat
Asnoral Post
Woman Known as Resiata Defies Top Boxers in Stunt
A Pathe Gazette image shows British weight-lifters failing to lift Resiata from a box while she demonstrates an astonishing strength. The article notes she has defeated rivals including Kid Lewis Wilde Burns Platts Hackenschmidt and others, attributing her power to nerve impulses and claiming offers of up to a thousand pounds from fighters, though she has no explanation for the ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Platts
Hackenschmidt
Tim
Resist
Sequel to a Childhood Betrothal in Peking Courts
A pedlar sues a government official for breach of promise after the heiress, betrothed in childhood, was moved to marry a rich suitor. The court will decide if poverty justifies annulment of childhood betrothals, a decision with wide social implications in Peking society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speciar
Peking
Curious Claims and Facts from an Early Science Notebook
A scattered collection of purported curiosities covers wireless message gaps in California, timekeeping with candies, parachute jumps from 24 200 feet, and milk preservation by red gin bottles. It cites long air delays, cork buoyancy, animal rib counts, kangaroo leaps, and the growth of elephants, with speculative notes on wind, water power, and building scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
King Alfred
United States Army Aviation Corps
Hart
Woolworth
New York
Queensland
Fragmented Readable Snippets From A Broadside Column
A garbled excerpt blends jokes and anecdotes with references to Mark Twain and readers. It includes brief scenes of a man tumbled into water shouting to throw him a rope and a wife tricking a hungry husband with a rabbit supper. The text appears as stray columns and misreadings from a humorous weekly page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mark Twain
Cory
Mark
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E. Knight
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Gari Regan
Rees
Cahet
Sealeev Cuban
T. N. Harris
Bank Street
MR. C. Lovey
China
Coburg Avenue
Melbourne
A. R. Wadeson
Lowe
Luu Liusiees Baurs
Zealane
Gane Agency Coy
Lusurapee Coy
Cobrans
Fortal
Richard’s
Adelaide
Rene
DODGE
Cobram Garage
Mate’s Timber Mills
Albury
Ahold
Chrysler
PlymouTh
Tuck
Morris
Anaya Sipe
Milind
Halanend
Texaco
Australia
Tre
Texaco Motor
Texas Company
Brown Corke & Co. Pty. Ltd
the Texas Co
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Cobram, Vic
Tresk Line
O'Couper
Yes
Fae Sen Fae Zo
Cobram T
Albury Ardmoos
Ballarat
Bevehworth
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Berrigua
Benaiga Central & Sub
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Cobram Mechanics Institute
Ubrery
Appi
Vanden Alumpany
Seem
Butline
O'Hanlon & Company
Natbalia
Bourke St
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