Legendary NSW tracking feat by Red Tank Jack in girl search
In 1896 Edith Bignell, six, vanished near W Tree NSW. Red Tank Jack, a teenage Aboriginal tracker, followed the girl’s trail through dense scrub for days, ultimately locating her sixty miles from home after a 90 mile odyssey. The tale contrasts trackers' skill and notes not all Blackfellas or gins possess tracking gifts.
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Bluebutt
New South Wales
Edith Bignell
Alec. McDonald
W Tree
Cobar
McDonald
Mossgiel
Paddington Station
Paddington
Keenong Atallone
Yullock
Moolal
Red Tank Jack
Abo
Red Tomk
Red Tank
Jimmy
Joe Governor
Castlereagh
Demand for rabbit skins rises in Sydney market
An improved demand was seen for rabbit skins at Wednesday's Sydney market with offerings totaling 85 tons. Prices across grades rose an average of 14 compared with the prior week, listing precise per pound rates by grade from 1st Winters to mixed greasy and blacks, and noting mint and sugar commentary amid marked market adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Wales
Buying by Television and the Future of Home Viewing
A historical note outlines a practical television future six years after its invention. It describes home receivers, live broadcasts from domestic and international stations, and stereoscopic color vision. Applications include fashion displays, shopper demonstrations, and maritime navigation aided by the noctoviewer televisor.
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Islegiaion
London
Paris
New York
Buenos Ayres
Mariner
Neon lamp paves path to television era claims foreshadowing
The article describes television's potential, aided by neon lamps enabling rapid on off control and near perfect synchronization. It notes teleview receivers in fifteen thousand American homes growing daily and predicts major progress in crime monitoring and aerial observation as the technology matures.
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America
Buffalo gore survivor after near Blacktown attack
A half bred buffalo charged near Blacktown injuring Mrs Jean Wheeldon at Parklea dairy. The animal was shot after it gored the woman and threatened others. Mrs Wheeldon, shaken and injured, was aided by her son George and Constable Lind who responded to the scene.
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Blacktown
Northern Territory
Mr Wheeldon
Parklea
Jean Wheeldon
Golf handicaps new system in Britain sparks revolution
The Daily Express reports a major shift in golf scoring as St Andrew's considers a unified system to replace an outdated handicap method. The Princes Club at Sandwich abolishes bogey 79, adopting par 72 scoring and par five ratings, prompting calls for nationwide revisions to handicaps and potential shifts for many players.
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St. Andrew's
Yew Lulu Telegraph
George Grovewood
Britain
London
Daily Xpress
Princes “Club
Sandwich
Princes Club
Menjie Hartley
Torrine
Princes
Mallaby Deeley
Were a God and the Parishioner’s Joke on Heaven
A humorous dialogue excerpt from Alice Johnston quotes a parishioner with twins and triplets, the vicar, and a quip about Heaven not smiling on the man. The verse contemplates power, happiness, and human limits, ending with a jocular exchange about divine fortune.
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Street & Parish Ltd
Selel
Ghereter
Weistler
A. I. Cavanaugh
Gloucester Pharmacy
Eter
L. A. Harris
Gloucester
Gloucester Electric Supply Company Ltd
Church
Gloucestef
Comino Bros. Garden OF Roses Cafe
Comino Bros
Goodyear
Roy Gyde
the Reliable Bootman
Commercial Hotel
MR. Russell Hall
Gloucester Township
Council
Tom Hicks
Gloucester Investments
W. A. Dan
Alice Johnston
BENZS
C. Walmsley
W. G. Kent
A. J. White
Beaconlight
Dover
Maitland
Newcastle
SEGA
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