Tramp Explains Fainting Scam Across Counties
A London Evening Standard correspondent reports a tramp describing a traveling scam network across Sussex Kent Hampshire Devon Yorkshire and Suffolk. He claims to faint repeatedly to collect five to ten shillings from crowds, boasting earnings of at least one pound daily through staged distress and convincing stories.
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Tramp
Worthing
Chichester
Evening Standard
London
Sussex
Kent
Hampshire
Devon
Yorkshire
Suffolk
Taya
Commercial Homebush stock sales market remains steady
Sydney reports Winchcombe Carson Ltd yarded 2530 cattle with prices largely unchanged. good to prime beef 25/30 per hundredweight. Pilt Son and Badgery Ltd yarded 2520 cattle, mostly firm with some prime heavy. market generally unchanged. Maitland stock sales note smaller fat cattle yarding of 850 with firm to 10s dearer bullocks, best to £10 8/6. cows up to £7 3/6. calves in large supply with best heavy calves 34/6 to 49/6 and hobbies 24/6 to 37/6.
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Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Pilt, Son and Badgery, Ltd
Maitland
Trespass on Farms Sparks Calls for Tighter Law
Complaints voiced at te Poni Meetings OF the Central Execu tive of the PP Union about trespass and damage on private country property. At the September conference Lower Hunter and Gloucester district pressers urged a tightening of laws to curb intrusion on unfenced waterfronts. The inquiry noted trespassers may rely on an old rule that reserved all land between high and low water for common use, a claim now challenged. The matter was referred to authorities and the General Secretary reported that lands by rivers be reguyled as inclosed lands for the Act, with amending legislation to be introduced soon.
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Te Poni
PP. Union
Lower Hunter and
Gloucester
Shute
Unsien
Minister of Justice
Savings bank deposits hit peak since 1928 in Australia
Savings banks in Australia report deposits ending September at 45,000, the highest since September 1928 when deposits reached a record £225,963. The figures underscore continued public confidence in savings institutions amid postwar financial shifts.
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Australia
City Children's Country Holiday Scheme Urged
A plea highlights harsh conditions for children in Sydney suburbs where unemployment, crowded housing, and poor nutrition affect well being. It outlines families living in single or two rooms and asks readers if they have heard of a proposed City children's Country Holiday Scheme to offer hospitality and a healthier childhood experience.
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Sydney
Holiday for city children in need in New South Wales
A special city committee plans a Christmas country holiday for disadvantaged children. Hosts are sought to shelter up to 200 kids for about two weeks during the school holiday, with medical checks and free fares covered by the committee. Last year 143 children were sent, and a brief note from hosts and a child express gratitude for the experience. Contacts are A. B. Lalhree and G. Slade at Box 167RIS, GPO Sydney.
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Socrates
New South Wales
Thad
A. B. Lalhree
GH. Slade
Sydney
Death from the Air Over Madrid as Rebels Strike
London dispatch reports three air raids on Madrid causing 17 deaths and 120 injuries. Atocha railway station narrowly avoided a bombing while civilians were killed by shrapnel near Gloria de Atocha Square. Insurgents fought loyalist forces near the Manzanares crossing and prepared to advance west of Segovia and Toledo.
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Madrid
Atocha
Mediocla
Bomba
Gloria de Atocha
Lit City
Manzanares
Casa del Campo
Segovia
Toledo
Princess Bridges
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