Dazed newsroom mystery grips the Mirror staff
Roylston discovers the Mirror reporters in a trance like sleep across the gathering room. Hardy, O'Sullivan, and the managing editor lie unconscious or near death while Roy interrogates the silent switchboard girl and contemplates the strange scene. He phones Police Headquarters and seeks Inspector Frost amid the eerie quiet of the newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roylston
Roy
Robert Hardy
Troy Bent Tower Maurdy
Mani
Vurkons
Mirrie
Harry
Bin
Hardy
Tim O'sulivin
O'Sullivan
Bob Hardy
Alphonse Thomas
Tm!ine
Alwoasy
Bre Fle
Maisie
Police Headquarters
Ray
Mystery airship hovers over Sydney reports
Roy and inspector Frost rush to the newspaper office after a sudden sleep-like calamity at the heart of the city. A mysterious airship seen near South Head by lighthouse keeper Seeman travels at high speed, bearing no marks and heading toward the center of Sydney, prompting urgent inquiries and a rush to verify the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Roy Ision
Roy
Reporer
Red
Bob Hardy
Tim
Frost
Ray
Prost
Hardy
Sydney
Mystery airship over Sydney intrigues authorities
Naval authorities deny ownership by aero clubs and note the silent powerful engines. The mysterious airship, an apparent advance over existing aircraft, was seen above Sydney for about ten minutes then moved seaward. Journalists and police reacted with astonishment as the report ends with the line To be Continued.
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Commonwealth
Sydney
Air supply and snowbound gold camps of Swayze City
An English prospector and wife are snowbound as Canadian air pilots drop bread meat and mail to sustain the winter at Swayze City. The piece notes the new air era in Canadian gold camps, contrasting doomed Klondike scenes with modern aerial provisioning and rugged Yukon miners with tempered knowledge.
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Witte
Canadian Airways
Swayze City
Tiik
Navy
Kelipre Airways
Wit and
Sways Peaky
Canada
Toronto
Radio Dia
Madison Square Garden
Chiteout Pass
Swayze Oly
Yukon
Buying Husbands and Dowry Reform in Hindu Amil Community
Twenty Hindu Amit girls in Hyderabad threaten self harm to protest dowry practices. They aim to convert to Islam, viewing dowry as purchase price for brides. Amili community, once clerks to Sind’s rulers, now educated and in government service, faces uprisings of unmarried women against arranged marriages and dowry costs. The piece notes the cigarette’s centenary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy-detabad
Amil
Sind
Oing
Keep the Homes Fires Burning Best Firewood From Gloucester
Bob Johnston on Barrington Street Gloucester offers ready firewood supply. Local ad promotes prompt delivery and dependable heat, urging readers to secure fuel for cold times with consistent quality and service. Describes availability and proximity to Gloucester households.
Savings Advice From A Cautious Citizen
A cautious citizen discusses budgeting to save money and prepare for big future calls. The text references a savings mindset and a friendly bank offering efficient savings services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Shvingy Banke
Rough Pond Creek days where Spicey and Tom spiked the show
A reminiscence recalls rough but lively times at the old show ground near Spicey Head. Tom Hancock and Spicey led stunts, practical jokes, and mountain humor amid crowd laughter and danger, with old residents like Grammy Webber and Miss Lysaght shaping a vivid frontier memory.
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M. Malev
FBI
Tom
Spivey
Walt
Spicey
Ami
Harry Dark
Sven Parnell
Tom Hancock
Harry Bark
Quivily
Ube
Bebe
Mt Olay
Fry
Harry Davis
Wallis
Ilappy Vale
Grammy Webber
Mra. Lys
Ann Lysaght
Aly Webber
Welker
Gant
Matey
Pierce Sanders
Bill Gatlin
Dark
John Tierney
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A.e.shultz
G. B. Nash
F. A. Isaac
Gloucester Funeral Director
A. Isaac Aanaiee
Gloucester
M. Thurlow
Church ST
General Carrier
G. B. Nash Wavenshaw
Mlouce
PS & B
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
O'Connell Street
the Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd
Kates
Dee
the Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency CO. Ltd
Circular Quay
N.3
Farmers & Graziers
Ees
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G.P.C
Debatetelefeu
Pri
Bapgenye
Homebush Yards
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd
Winchcombe
Carson, Ltd
Homebush Markets
Winchcombe House
Ridge Street
Aidan DE Brune
Blue Bird Cafe
Comino Bros. Garden OF Roses Cafe
Glocester
Peter
K Cigarettes
Comino Bros
Golden Gate Cafe
Church St., Gloucester
E. Young
Corbett
Sunshine Cafe
PHONT
L. Ziehlke
Lyndob
Hordern Bran
Syd
Gloucester Advocate
P.O. Box
Speedy
Bob Johnston
Barrington Street
Fis
Commonwealth Savings Bank of
Ahstralia
Dungog
A. E. Smith
Mune & Onlin
Imrce
T. Hicks
Livek — Station — Trucking
General Commission
Sloucester
Advocate
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