Eccentric Will Leaves Large Toronto Bequests
A Toronto millionaire lawyer and investor’s will bequeaths 100000 pounds to the mother who helps the largest population increase between October 1926 and October 1936. The will also leaves shares in the Ontario Jockey Club to opponents of racing and gifts to ministers and Orange lodges in Windsor Walkerville Sandwich and Toronto.
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Toronto
Canada
Charla Millar
Ontario
Millar
Chui
Windsor
Walkerville
Sandwich
Kenilworth
O'Keefe
VISITOR VIEW ON RUSSIA AND MARRIAGE COMEDY
New Zealand visitor Mr G T Wilson returning from England notes Russians let visitors roam but to study the country one must know Russian or German English and French help little. A humorous Finglish marriage column says divorce rulings are odd with women seeking to move husbands to free rooms for new spouses before their current divorce is known.
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G. T. Wilson
New Zealand
England
Cambridge
Russia
Good Cheese Longevity and British Farm Seasonal Labor Rise
A note on long keeping cheese claims a four year shelf life with one case said to retain ten tues as Tong and still edible. Britain sees summer farm work supply exceeding 100000 seasonal hands beyond usual rural labor. Blind runners now compete using a guiding wire threaded along the track for racing.
Coast Line Falls At Perth Amid High Western Australia Tides
News from Perth reports unusually high water along the Western Australia coast near Perth attributed to heavy Indian Ocean weather. Government astronomer C B Curlewis notes the transit observatory block sinking about 20 inches has tilted the hill, possibly allowing higher tides to reach beaches, including a popular one now non existent.
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Perth
West Australia
Western Australia
Indian Ocean
C. B. Curlewis
Curlewis
Address to the Jury on a Ducks Theft Trial
The prisoner stood trial for stealing ducks as his counsel urged the jury that evidence was inconclusive. Ducks found in a cottage were not proven to be the prosecutor’s, and the defense argued the accused had an absolute lid up. The judge began to sum up when the prisoner asked to speak, muttering an insult about the case.
Twins and triplets birth in Bosnian village Shebenik
In Shebenik village Bosnia five children were born in one house to two women. One woman bore twins and the other triplets, delivering a total of five babies in the same residence.
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Shebenik
Bosnia
Unpunctual brides and a blind cow’s keen senses
A Christchurch vicar recalls six brides who were punctual for weddings, noting it is unlucky for a bride. In New South Wales, Jessie the Shorthorn cow lives 30 years with no sight but exceptional hearing and smell, navigating her paddock without accident and bringing wealth.
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W. H. Gay
Christchurch
Hampshire
Jessie
Gilmore
New South Wales
Disjointed Snippets Gather in Cross-Sectional Telegraph and Oceanic Items
A jumbled column reports on Britain's new simpler telegraph form aimed at reducing excess print, outlines a dismal outlook for migratory birds due to eel-grass scarcity, and records local notes including the death of Dr. Maurice John O'Reilly at 67. It also mentions a Port Macquarie sea snake sighting, declining British oyster landings, an aged herring in the Firth of Forth, a Portsmouth mayor’s bequest for chess, and an upcoming optometrist visit at the Commercial Hotel with local chemist bookings.
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British Post Office
Office of Origin
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Britain
the Prudential
Prudential
Heritage Endowment
Prudental
Ths
Prudential Assurance Company
Herald Building
Pitt Street
Sydney
Donald Colmer
TAREE
SIL
PRTTY
R. J. Colvin
North America
Magdalen Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gaspe
Maurice John O'Reilly
St. John’s College
University of Sydney
Yeserday
Pt. Beach
R. V. Dulhunty
Port
Port Macquarie
Firth of Forth
William Depree
Portamouth
Eng
Brighton
Portsmouth
D. I. McDonald
F.B.C.A
F.S.M.C
London
Webster, Jack and McDonald
W. A. Dan
Bargain Arcade
Gloucester and
Keener Vailwes
Gloucester
Ronnie Prince
Newmatik
Marshall
Street & Parish Ltd
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