White Silence of Amundsen Maud Arctic Drift Ends
Nome reports Capt Westing and five Norwegians recount the Maud expedition duration in polar ice. Death of assistant engineer Zigersen, a lone Eskimo deserter, bear intrusions, and a near capsizing mark harsh conditions. The Maud aims to reach Seattle with overdue news.
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Spitzbergen
Maud
Amundsen
Nome
Advien 1
Cape
Seattle
Point Barrow
Isation
Milking by Radio Inspires Dairy Farm Plan
Mechanic Mozier of the Medusa plans to return to New Zealand to run a dairy farm by radio. He notes his father has a radio in the milking shed, claims cows yield twice as much milk with radio music, and he will install four speakers to monitor Sydney broadcasts while in New Zealand.
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Australia
New Zealand
Sydney
A Knowing One
Mrs Macpherson offers tea coffee or whiskey while a visiting minister declines each item in turn. The exchange ends with a request for cocoa.
Rich silver find in Tasmania raises mining hopes
In Hobart on Tuesday urgent reports outlined a rich silver discovery on the north-west coast. Assays from Launceston show ore containing 480 to 220 ounces of silver per ton with high lead. The site lies on the seashore near Penguin, reviving the old silver lead field. A second potential find near Biato promises tin and alluvial gold. Mr Reid will tour the northwest to assess both discoveries along with Mutillesex Plains gold prospects.
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Tuesdy
North-Wear
Rell
Launceston
Reid
Biato
Mutillesex Plains
Molina
Kesitish
Keb
The Unlucky Caddy in a Scottish Winter
A visitor questions a remote Scottish golfer about cad dying in winter. The caddy replies the conditions vary: snow equals frost, frost brings rain, rain brings wind. If a fine day occurs, the reply predicts the Sanheth with gloom.
Thrift Advice Urges Saving and Wise Spending
I Smith, Director of Education, urges careful use of money to avoid waste and to save for sickness or need. He emphasizes charity, hard work, and prudent investments, noting government loans as a safe savings option. Also urges addressing health threats and seeks prompt care for illnesses.
Middleman Government Bill Sparks State Reform Plan
State Ministers are gathering information in Parliament to draft a seven point bill to reduce middleman profits. The Premier Lang aims to convene a conference of primary producers and consumers to probe price disparities and waste, with plans for compulsory pools and stabilising farm product prices including dairy and meat. The government also seeks compulsory cold store labeling, tenant farmer improvements, and land settlement rules, pending the producers and consumers conference decisions.
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Lang
State Country Party
Brusner
In Ty
Asaueition
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T de Farmier
Grand Conference of Producers and Consumers
Osmi
Hobart Tuesday reports harsh conditions at Adams River osmiridium field. About 260 prospectors flock there as weather limits access and supplies arrive by packhorse. Two brothers named Fenton earned 24 ounces valued at £768 after two days work.
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Adams River
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Fragmentary lecture night encounter text
A professor returning home from a lecture senses a presence in his bedroom. He calls out and a voice responds that no one is there, leaving the moment oddly unresolved and puzzling.
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Poppet Cure
Bex
Street & Parish Ltd
Middleman
Osmiridium Diggers
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Emises and Guarantee
R. Lord
W. Batger Taree
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