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Gloucester Advocate in Gloucester, New South Wales
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1934
Page
4
Night’s demand and a paper chase for Ruth Halliday
Roy Iston writes a standout Mirror story on Dr Night and the hidden leverage behind the vanished Murino. The plot tightens as Thomas hints at a risky payback while Ruth Halliday’s fate and the gravity plates loom. A meeting of twenty financiers is looming as Night’s threat escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Frost
Dr. Night
Mirra
Alphonze Thomas
Murino
Thomas
Wilson
Sydney
Wales
Night
Mosman
Air
Bo Hardy
Mr. Thomas
Max
Halliday
Hardy
Pott's Point
Ruth Halliday
Ruth
Young Wales
Roy Iston
Thomas Dropper
Jetter
Mystery blackmailer entraps financiers in hotel meeting
At the Hotel Splendide a tense gathering of twenty financiers, led by Britten Chambers, confronts a looming threat from a cunning blackmailer Dr Night. The room senses danger as accusations fly and Roy Frost notices a whispered accusation naming Britten Chambers amid the fear of further extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Thomas
Britten Chambers
Hotel Splendide
Roy
Hardy
Heston-Wales
Albert Wilson
Dr Night Intervenes In Britten Chambers Dispute
In a tense scene in grey tones, Dr Night arrives as Britten Chambers is corrected on a £40,000 to £50,000 error. Roy, Heston Wales, and Billy confront the Asian visitor who speaks coolly and asserts control over Britten’s miscalculation. Night warns of consequences as the situation unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Inspector Frost
Thomas
Hardy
Chambers
Sullivan
Chalmers
Dr. Night
Heston-Wales
Albert Wilkon
Night
Helston-Wales
Wilson
Blackmaited
Lafty
Edward Letty
Mr. Letty
Britten Chambers
Frost
Someoté
Mr. Chambers
Gloucester District Feeds Five Thousand Needy Residents
A Gloucester district effort mobilizes to provide essential services for about 5,000 residents in need. Volunteers organize food, clothing, and transport solutions to ensure basic support reaches the most vulnerable segments of the community.
Wreck Saga of the Governor Philip Continues on Van Diemen's Land
After a shipwreck, the survivors push to safety in a boat toward Hobart and Clark's Island. They endure fatigue and starvation, reach a hut occupied by sealers, and learn Captain Moriarty and the Surveyor General are visiting to license island settlements. The group is aided by locals including two black women and a Calcutta-born wife, as they rest and regain strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Diemans Land
van Start Island
Swat Island
Armstrong's Channel
Cape Barren
Passage Island
Clark's Island
Islam Light House
Basa Strait
Mats Saint
Ligami
Lempriere
Adams
Bolstead Wilson
Rimsay
Matehild
Mr. Ramsay
Belstead
Adame
Usleayy
Iiy Bend
Moriarty
Hobart Town
Clark's Teland
Vansittart Island
Launceston
Calcutta
Mer
Surplorat to foal and island voyage with Captain Moriarty
The narrative describes a rough coastal expedition with Captain Moriarty and a mixed party including prisoners and sailors. Boats land on an island near Bumk's Strait with a distant view of the Porneaux group and a night aboard a rugged camp. The scene depicts danger, hunger, and a Viking like supper as fires burn along the shoreline and the crew observes a stark, violent setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moriarty
Potter
Islan
Waid Altwrwynda
Adams
V.d.b
Bumk's Strait
Porneaux
Joe
Moriary Bitme
Qope Barren
Why Do Flies Die From Insect Sprays
A fragment discusses researchers noting that perfectly healthy flies drop dead after exposure to liquid insect spray. It explains the fly’s breathing apparatus is large, making it highly vulnerable, causing suffocation-like death when sprayed. The piece urges spraying broadly to observe flies crash to earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Ressarch
Rex
Buying back our own New South Wales turkeys in London
New South Wales turkeys sold in London at sixpence per pound are now being returned to Sydney for sale at one shilling. Metropolitan poulterers and exporters, via their Simion representative, report first quality birds were fetching sixpence per pound. One hundred to two hundred were immediately purchased and sent back to Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
London
Sydney
Simion
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Gloucester
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Etrewood
Bob Johnston
Barrington Street
F. A. Isaac
Gloucester Funeral Director
Funertis Confuuts
Merritt Iy
Loteesta
Aidan DE Brune
Thurlow Saddler Church
ST. Gloucester
GeNeral
Nagle
G. B. Nash Ravenshaw
Bloucester
Continus
R. J. Colvin
BAR Pepper No. Street & Parish Ltd
the Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd
Parbruinrs
Parish Ltd
the Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency CO. Ltd
Circular Quay
Flemington
Pitt, Fon & Badgery's
Prin.Son
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd
Winchcombe Fome
Bridge Street
Carson
Golden Gate Gate
Church St., Gloucester
Ubo
Mrse
Young
Blue Bird Cafe
Gloucester Golf Links
A. Db, Laurte
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Gloucester Advocate
P.O. Box
Philip
Commonwealth Savings Bank
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Wlytox
Australia
Sunshine Cafe
Faure Asd Confectionery
T. Hicks
Truskina
General Commission
Aloucester
E. Patmore
Advocate
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Barrington Street, Gloucester
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