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Newspaper

Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Sep 11, 1936

Page

4

In the Steps of St Paul in Cyprus

A journalist follows the traditional Paul and Barnabas route through Cyprus from Salamis to Citium and Tamassos. The journey explores copper mining history, ancient olive groves symbolizing peace, and ends at a Byzantine church near Pera where a villager guards a box containing a saintly skull.

Cyprus Paul Barnabas Sergius Paulus Elymas Paphos Salamia Mark Salamis Citium Larnaka Tamascos Ana Homer Odysseus Tamassoa Nic' ‘Esi Mediterranean Jerusalem Titus CLC Tankjed St. Paul St. Barnabas Tihis Tamass Herakleides Leonidas

Saint Herakleides and Mnason in Cyprus Mortuary Chamber

The narrator and Leonidas explore a Cypriot church mortuary chapel housing the tombs of St. Herakleides and three other saints. An old village priest identifies the tomb of Mnason of Cyprus, linked to Acts of the Apostles and legends of John the Divine. The scene is thick with dust, decay, and a lingering odor of death. The tale continues.

Cyprus St. Herakleides Apollo Tamasson Paul St. Barnabas Cypri Tamaason Leonidas Theodoros St. Mnason Mnason Caesarea John the Divine Jerusalem Barnabas Cyprua

London Chinatown a Disappointed Visitor Seeks Dope and Vice

A London journalist tours Chinatown in Limehouse and Pennyfields, finding a quiet street scene with mixed English and Chinese families. An opium or fan tan scene is not evident. a Chinese doctor downplays vice and alcohol, praising Chinese fathers and cautioning about excessive talk. The Chung Hwa School hosts young Chinese Britons who feel English outside, Chinese inside, amid polite, educated youth and tea rather than revelry.

London Chinatown Aldgate Pump Bank of England England Anna Wibberley London Journal Cnany Pennyfielda Limehouse Causeway Rink China Tally Shanghai Whitechapel Way Knife Chung Hwa Anna May Wonglke China Town

Obituary: Mrs Mary McLeod of Coff's Harbour Jetty

Mrs Mary McLeod died at Dunvegan Coff's Harbour Jetty at 9 p.m. Saturday aged 74. She and her late husband Angus McLeod pioneered land development from 1890. She leaves five sons, two daughters, and 40 grandchildren. Funeral from Camperdown Street to Coff's Harbour Jetty Presbyterian burial site conducted by Rev Hy Ramsay.

Mary McLeod Mary Mc Leod Dunvegan Coffs Harbor Coff's Harbor Angus McLeod Barrington Gloucester Coft's Harbor McLeod A. W Wallace William Karangi Ald Donald High Palmer's Island Alexander Coff's Harbor Jetty Shea Henry Lawrence West Kempsey Camperdown Street Cote Harbor Jetty Hy. W. Ramsay Grafton

Penny Postage Triumph and Postwar Costs Reflected

A clipping contrasts Sir Henniker Heaton’s penny postage victory with later rises during war years and subsequent reversals. It notes 11d, 2d, and other shifts, urges readers to contact Federal MPs about postal reforms, and cites Sir Harry Budge’s views. Additional items mention an optician’s visit and reflections on Chinatown experiences in Limehouse and Chinatown.

Henniker Heaton Harry Budge Postage Reductions League

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