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A disjointed list of world facts and trivia covers England’s lord mayors, cocktail variety, Churchill hats, Britain grass seed imports, waste at County Hall, private TV sets, Middlesex population figures, driving licences, world airways, Esperanto stamps, postwar farming gains, false farms in London, insect damage in India, fingerprint longevity, Britain's apple imports, Lewins works distribution, fashion gloves, hummingbird size, Vienna litter fines, shoplifter demographics, Islington lamp clinic, sweets spending, a buoyed Arctic expedition note, Paris dogs per capita, carbon dioxide gas effects on sales, Spains to Indo-China air route, and Vienna rubber tyre cost sharing for reducing traffic noise.
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England
Winston Churchill
Britain
New Zealand
County Hall
London
Middlesex
Brazil
India
Scotland Yard
Paris
Vienna
Islington
Pesra
Spains
Indo-China
Fourteenth Guest Fills Seat With Window Dresser
A dinner at Menzies Hotel Melbourne featured a window dresser as guest of honor after a guest declined to sit as the 13th. The man wore evening dress with a top hat. To break the superstition a fourteenth diner joined the table, provided by a city firm’s window display manager.
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Menzies' Hotel
Melbourne
Signs of erosion threaten New South Wales farmlands
Director E B Clayton warned at the New South Wales conference that erosion and gullying are affecting every district. He said surface soil loss endangers wheat regions on western slopes and warned Australia cannot afford to lose more of its best cultivated land, stressing limited land and rainfall in NSW.
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New South Wales
E. 8. Clayton
The
Soil Conservation Service
Institute of Inspectors of Stock of
United States
Clayton
America
Commonwealth
Maize Culture Emphasizes Early Ploughing for Higher Yields
A departmental pamphlet urges deep early ploughing and winter fallow to boost maize yields. It cites Graf ton Experiment Farm data showing May ploughed land averaged 59 bushels per acre, while June ploughing yielded less, and late ploughing into August reduced output.
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Grafton
How to Cook Rice Methods of cooking rie are legion
A Leeton Rice Research Station report outlines fundamental rice cooking principles. Wash thoroughly to remove starch. use salted boiling water in a 2 quarts to 1 cup ratio. add rice slowly and simmer 10 to 25 minutes. brown and unpolished rices cook longer but yield better texture. drain, rinse, and steam or bake briefly. proper method yields distinct, non sticky grains and versatile, digestible food.
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Leeton Rice Research Station
Romanians Flock to Mexican Legation for Emigration
Romanian Jews seek exit to Mexico, gathering at a Bucharest hotel’s Mexican Legation. Police were needed to manage a crowd at the entrance. Separately, three motor coaches carrying excursionists, including women and children, were snowbound for three days at 5,600 feet on Mount Etna in Sicily and later rescued by a digging party.
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Mexico
Legation
Bucharest
Mount Etna
Sicily
Drying Off a Cow A Dairy Farm Problem
A University of Minnesota study reports on methods to dry off cows in fall. Intermittent milking and incomplete milking prove less effective than complete cessation for cows producing up to 20 pounds daily, with faster drying and no significant difference in milk quality or subsequent bacterial content.
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University of Minnesota
U.S.A
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Plain Facts About William and the Hound
Mary Whisper recalls a dramatic scene where the narrator suspects William’s misbehavior. She tracks him to a hotel bar, confronts him as he drinks with companions, and decides to keep him under watch. The tale ends with resolve to prevent further folly and restore trust.
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Mary
Easter and Good Friday church services listed in Gloucester area
The notice lists multiple denominations and locations for Holy Week services. Church of England and Presbyterian services occur in Gloucester and Barrington with times including 11.15 2.30 and 7.30 for Good Friday and Easter. Methodist, Congregational, Free Church, Stroud Baptist and Booral Union Hall schedule services across Gloucester Stroud and surrounding areas with pastors named.
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Church of England
Gloucester
H.C . Barrington
Copeland
H.C Gloucester
H. W. Rogers
Bowman Farm
Upper Barrington
Radford
Stratford
D. Glyn Jones
Craven
Lower Barrington Church
P.m
J. A. Webster
Donald McDonald
Scotland
Stroud Baptist Church
Stroud
Allworth
Booral Union Hall
A. Baker
T. M. Hooke
Lighthouse on Pattle Island aids Southeast Asia shipping
The French have built a lighthouse on Pattle Island in the Paracel Islands about 170 miles southeast of Hainan. The light is visible for 12 miles and will aid shipping between Singapore and Sigon and Hongkong.
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Pattle Island
Paracel Islands
Hainan
Singapore
Si Gon
Hongkong
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Samuel Hordern
A. W. Sneddon
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D. E. Walker
Victoria & Pulteney
Taree
W. BG. Davidson
T. M. Breckenridge
Industrial Department
D. K. McLeod
William
Willian
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S.W
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