Prisoner of Russia: Robert Greenfield's 14 year ordeal
Robert Greenfield of Perivale recalls being taken to Russia in 1921 as a boy of 14, living under Communist rule, enduring scarce food and looting, joining the Young Communists League, serving in the Red Army cavalry, facing spy charges, and finally gaining release only after agreeing to leave Russia. Now back in London, employed making electric cleaners, he vows not to return.
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Russia
Vras
London
England
Robert Greenfield
Perivale
Young Communists’ League
Red Army Cavalry
Sunday Chronicle
Argame
Revolutionary Party
Peter Paul's Fort
Young Communists League
Red Army
Marrial
Cmd
Greenfield
Irrigation And Pastures Improvement In New Zealand
An Auckland Weekly Times extract discusses shelter on reclaimed land using pampas grass along drains and paddock boundaries to aid shallow water tables. It notes pampas grass provides rough fodder in feed shortages, cites Hauraki Plains use, and recounts Whangarei trials where 25 acres yielded 30 tons of pasture hay from 12 months old pasture with minimal prep, enabling 87 cows to winter and requiring 200 sheep for aftermath on a 20 acre paddock.
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Hauraki
Whangarei
Hall
Kidman Driven Out Of Western Australia Stations
Sir Sidney Kidman has abandoned two large cattle stations in the King Leopold Ranges in Western Australia, forced by Indigenous resistance and the harsh terrain. Australian author Ton Idriess reports on the closures and a historic 2000 mile cattle drive undertaken eighteen months earlier, with heavy losses.
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Sidney Kidman
King Leopold Ranges
Western Australia
Derby
Melbourne
Ton the Thriess
Sir Sidney
Idriess
Northern Territory
Central Australia
South Australia
Peach Aphid Control Advice for Peach Growers
Spring aphid appearance on peach trees should prompt growers to apply nicotine sulphate and soap spray as advised by the Entomological Branch of the Department of Agriculture. Prepare 1 pint nicotine sulphate per 167 gallons of water plus 5 pounds of soap, spray at 200 to 300 pounds per square inch, ensure thorough wetting, and repeat with adjustments for severe infestations using winter-strength sulphate and mireline or cat sulphates as spreaders when combining with fungicides.
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Penely
Te Department of Agriculture
Wonder Airship LZ 129 Nears Completion in Germany
Germany's new Zeppelin LZ 129 at Preiriehshafen is nearing completion with innovations to passenger comfort and expansion of its promenade deck. It features a new ashtray system to vent smoke, a saloon planned for luxury, and a water intake device to adjust ballast from the atmosphere. A chemical process eliminates heavy calf intestine film to seal air, allowing a lighter hermetic envelope for the 59,000 square meter hull.
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Germany
Preiriehshafen
Eigar
Byeabe
Adventure in Africa recounts Masai clashes and near disaster
A Daily Telegraph correspondent recalls Major Buxton, Masai Reserve policing, and close encounters with Masai warriors and wildlife in East Africa. An ominous rogue elephant incident highlights peril on the Kenya wilds as Buxton and companions navigate tribal customs and frontier danger. Separately, Dutch pig imports trade 15 000 pigs for wheat from 1934 harvest.
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Buxton
Epond
Masai Warriers
Masai
East Aftrica
Daily Telegraph
London
Kenya Wilds
Capetown
Cairo
Ute
Nairobi
Tanganyika
Kajialo
Buston
Wilan
Repair Services Advert Run in Sydney Paper
An informal notice advertises repair work offered by a service at 16 Castlereagh Street Sydney. It mentions government savings bank building context and promises specialized repair capabilities. The text references willingness to visit for on site assessment and completion.
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Webster
Ace
McDonald
Sydney
Government Savings Bank
Castlereagh Street
Weighty Boar dominates Brisbane show again
The heaviest boar at the Brisbane show weighed 896 pounds, a Large White from Gatton College, topping many prime bulls. The title earlier held by the monster passed this year to his son Gatton David, who exceeds 800 pounds.
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Brisbane
Gatton College
Gatton David
Spring care of sown pastures guidance for herd rotation
Proper pasture management boosts returns on autumn sown mixtures. Begin grazing once roots are established, use short initial grazing, then extend periods as plants grow, rotate regularly, and avoid wet boggy ground to protect young grasses and clovers. The Department pamphlet from the Department of Agriculture Sydney offers detailed guidance on request.
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Departmentit
Fem
Department of Agricuture
G.P.O
Sydney
Old Coaching Days and the Death of Arthur Thompson
Old coaching days are recalled after the death of Mr. Arthur Thompson at TL years. He led the Hall way stage by Limehunner's Creek before the railway era. The Thompson family moved near Gostov, where the late Mr Thompson developed an orchard and grew vegetables that found a ready local market due to their quality.
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Arthur Thompson
Limehunner's Creek
Gostov
Thompson
Kitchenmaid's Romance at York Archbishops Palace
A cobbler and a kitchenmaid wed at Bishopthorpe near York with archbishop officiating. Dorothy Hawthorn, 25, a palace servant, married 32-year-old George Wilson in a ceremony marked by royal and church ceremony. Guests gathered in the palace common room as the couple moved from church to reception.
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Bishopthorpe
York
Dorothy Hawthorn
George Wilson
Temple
Nurse rescues bather at Croyde with life line
A young nurse ran fully clothed into the sea to rescue Mrs Surman of Balton after waves separated her from a tube near Croyde. Miss Trader James, an infirary nurse from Lancaster, reached 100 yards away and managed to hold Mrs Surman up as currents pulled them both out. Beach attendant Mr Jones and Lifeline crew recovered the rescuer ashore. Both women were exhausted while Mrs Shinman’s husband and child watched.
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Mna
Wen
Croyde
Iitrarumiss
Mra. Surman
Balton
Ais
Trader James
Mr. Jones
Wip
Mrs. Shinman
Trisband
Java
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Commonealth Savings Bank of Australia
M. Thurlow
the Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency Co., Ltd
Flemington
Farmers & Graziers
WOOL
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
Australia
Badgerye
Winchcombe
Carson
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Salcameh
Gloucester
Advocate
Gloucester -Advocate
Barrington ST
FIGHT
Auckland Weekly Times
Kidman
Wonder Airship
NEW Zeppelin
Golden Gate Cafe
Church St., Gloucester
Akes
Chokce
E. Young Tropez Fess
Corbett
Sunshine Cafe
Africa
Netherland
Goosensent
A. White
Plater
Paling
Hunter ST
Newcastle
Dorothy
Uy Archtiamp
Popptevon Onder WU
Lork
Alwys
Ming Cafe
Garden of Roses Cafe
E. Mino & CO. ‘Phone 2
H. Pile
T. Hicks
General Commission
E. Pathore
FISE
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