Land of Illusions and Australia’s Hard-Won Prosperity
Sir Percival Phillips reports from London on his Empire Press delegation tour of Australia. He portraysAustralians as proud, hard‑working, and sport-obsessed, praising the “workman’s paradise” while noting social tensions, lavish cities, and a looming reckoning. He warns against slackness and criticizes Pommie prejudice.
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London
Percival Philiips
Commonwealth
Empire Press Union
Saturny
Natalice
Australa
Australians
Percival Phillip
Empire Press
Whiel
Berela
Loverexer
Australia
Perciyal
Lnckhwacks
Sydney
Melbourne
Percival
Cigar Prices Noted In London West End Sale
A sale in London’s West End offers cigars priced at three shillings and threepence each while a group of seventy five teachers travels from Britain to Canada to study the educational system.
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West End
London
Britain
Canada
Unity Call Spurred by St David’s Jubilee in Auckland
Arch bishop Averill urged Christian unity during St David’s Presbyterian Church diamond jubilee in Auckland. He prayed for obstacles to unity be removed and for all Christians to meet to promote high social values. Rev G H Laws agreed unity matters more than differences, noting shared creeds despite divisions.
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Averill
St. David's Presbyterian Church
Auckland
Council of Christian Congregations
Dir
G. H. Laws
Methodist Theological College
Elimination in Senate voting system explained
Lineville Headlight explains how senators are elected under the current system. It describes preference distribution from second to fourth choices, showing how these transfers produce a definite result and smooth out apparent inequities.
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Senate
Lineville
Ala
How the instant runoff voting works in NSW Senate
An English account explains the transfer of second preferences in multi candidate Senate elections. It details how first preferences set the field, then successive distributions of second preferences elect the final candidates, with nine or ten counts possible before any winner is declared. The piece notes the mechanics and implications for proportional representation and party strategies.
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Duncan
Cox
Hoxen
NRW
Conaling
Ous
Nsw
Tts
Iit
Otis
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Unity OF Churches
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Tirst
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Plant of
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Carnegie Museum
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Leicester
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Goodyear
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DE Luxe
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