Local cinema boss flirts with hopeful starlet
Horacr F Wellesterry, head of the Majestic cinema, sits with Gladys ONeill in the dining room. He offers tickets and a house admission after flattering her allure. She reveals plans to try for a screen test in Hollywood while he dangles praise and possible fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Horacr F. Wellesterry
Finch
Welles
Gluwer
The
Majestic
Horace Welleslerly
the Majestic
Welleslerly
New Suit and Theatre Threat at Westernville
A new boarder demands a dramatic chase to the Majestic Theatre as a tense scene unfolds in Westernville. Dan Ryan enters the dining room to indulge in cattle industry purchases while Gladys seeks a screen test, asking for an hour off as she preps in her room and heads toward the theatre amid potential officials and intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Ryan
Gladys
Coul
Westernville
Majestic Theatre
Rheumatic Remedy Advert From Petersham
A jumble of ad copy claims relief from neuritis and rheumatic pain. The notice, attributed to V. Brendan of 7 Albert St Petersham NS, promotes a sour treatment brand with a money-back guarantee from Street & Parish Ltd. It offers a “tree hooklet” and markets a cure touted as a wonderful result after one course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Brendan
Albert St. Petersham
Ns.w
Street & Parish Ltd
Hollywood Dreams and a Cowtown Audition
In a theatre office, Gladys meets Wellesterry and Mr Manderstedt of Hollywood who condemns small-town talent. A casual producer urges her to audition, recounting past proproom escapades and a bum actor’s breaks. The room overflows with stage fittings as she imagines a Hollywood future. TO BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesterry
Mr. Manderstedt
Hollywood
Gladys
Picture Show
Teman
Plaster of Paris
Jimmy Bryan
Hermie
Wellesterly
Paradise
Drought Drives Dairyman to Strain at Stock and Land
A distressed dairyman laments relentless heat and drought causing dry waterholes and withered pasture. He digs, hauls water, and prays for relief while prices and access to supplies hinder relief. He recalls biblical water from a rock as a hopeful but distant memory.
Notable London Landmarks and Historic Broadcasts
The passage notes 1100 rooms and 2.5 miles of corridors in London's Law Courts over five and a half acres. It mentions the first global broadcast of a death sentence in Germany. It also cites over 2,000,000 annual visitors to London Zoo and 1,000,000 visitors each to the British Museum and Kew Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Law Courts
Germany
London Zoo
British Museum
Kew Gardens
Tales of Rawdon Vale and the Black Workers Wrongs
An 1830sอ era chronicle recalls brutal abuse of enslaved Black workers by assigned convicts and settlers in Rawdon Vale and nearby. It recounts poisonings, beatings, massacres, and a later tribal clash near Gloucester, with stark reflections on white indifference and the long memory of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advocate
Rawdon Vale
Rawden Bros
Cobakn
Ber~ Vies
McKengie
Kerripil
Kangatioa
Tin Creek
Newcastle
Bakers Creeley
Tucker
Wattenhakh
Barrington River
Pont Devils
Mekenzie Chitts
Kerripit River
Wallaby
Battle of Gloucoator Ends in Tribal Clash
The scene recounts a tribal battle where the Kabooks rout the Walumabas after a scrubman kills a man with a taunting shout. The fight ends with no known casualties and unclear spellings for places like Cobak, Watterbakh, Wombotn, and the old terms renaming locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallam
Anil
Gloucoator
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Flemington
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
Pitt
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Winchcombe House
Bridge St
Farmers & Graziers
Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company
Gloucester
Dodgers
Gloucester Advocate
Barrington ST
Dan
By A. E Yarra
Pretty Girl
Porget
Great Wide West
Gladys O'Neill
Tim
Argus
Greta Garbo
Miss O'Neill
W. Bates
King Street
W. T. Howard
Taree
Dungog
Golden Gate Cafe
Tom Hicks
Sunshine Cafe
E. Patmore
Connelly
A.M.P
Miracle
A.M.P. Societ
Samuel Hordern
K.B.E
A. W. Sneddon
FLA
A. E Webb
New South Wales
Pitt Street
Victoria & Pulteney Std
W. B. G. Davidson
T.M. Breckenridge
D. K, McLeod
Australia
Motor Spirit
Australian Motorists Petrol CO. Ltd
N.S.W
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