Worship By Torture In Malay Festival Procession
A Singapore letter describes a Malay religious festival with a costly idol carried in a procession to a temple. Participants wear gold jewelry, endure fire and pain, place offerings on the altar, and perform endurance feats amid smoky altars and ritual coconut fragments. The account notes the intense spectacle and brutal aspects of the rites.
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Singapore
Christina ix Tom
Priesta
Notises
Teault Acarcely
Live Bomb Tests On Warships To Weigh Air Attack Vulnerability
Nine former German warships and two obsolete American battleships will be used as live bomb targets in a joint Army and Navy program to study air attack vulnerability and offshore strike techniques. The German vessels include the Frankfurt and Ostfriesland. Iowa will be bombed under wireless control. Bombs will weigh 20 to 1000 pounds.
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Army and Navy
Hghteraiser
Frankfurt
Ostfrienland
Council of Ambassadors
Iowa
Geran
Better Church Atten dans Sermon Provokes Ford Car Gibe
In a city church the pastor jokes that cars pull people from church and send them to hell. An elderly parishioner claps and exclaims praise the Lord while a Ford car ad joke follows urging Northamites to buy a Ford and consider their afterlife.
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Messrs, Dwards
Fitzgerald Mreet
H—R
Fortnight's end nears as merchant and clerk clash in tavern
A merchant accuses a clerk of entering a public house and threatens dismissal. The clerk retorts the promise was only for exiting. Meanwhile Mr Newman relates a recovery from surgery and a friend discusses payment plans, including selling a motor car to cover bills.
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Calil
Excess Profits Duty Hinges On Dividend Decisions
The chairman of Waring and Gillow told shareholders the Excess Profits Duty could reach £1,000,000, influencing whether to propose dividends. A Selfridge’s director cited £45,000 already set aside for reserves, while Gamage’s estimated £60,000 liability underscored the tax’s crippling effect on industry and new builds. Sir Rodman Burbidge of Harrods linked unemployment to the tax as traders cannot expand business.
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Messrs. Waring and Gillow, Sd
William J. Jennings
London “Daily Chronicle
Messrs. Selfridge’s
Daily Chronicle
Mesars
Gamage's, Ltd
Rodman Burbidge
Harrod’s
Treasury
Busic
Farewell gathering for Hawkes at Morrells in Meckering
A pleasant evening at Mr and Mrs A Morrells Bulgin home bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Hawkes after ten years in Meckering. Hawkes contributed to concerts and dances with singing and piano, and their absence will be felt. The notice also mentions Mrs Richards and Miss Kate Bruton’s travels and other local movements, with a note on hopes for early rains to aid returning soldiers starting farming.
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A Morrell
Richards
Lawley
Lynn
Kate Bruton
Indies
W.A
New South Wales
Coleman
Serbia
Lady Paget
Lipton’s Windfall Tale Of A Gracious Motorist
A Sir Thomas Lipton anecdote recalls a motorist who overtook a dog on a country lane. He stopped after the dog’s death, handed Treasury notes to the farmer, who stared at the money and whispered a regretful inquiry about the dog’s fate.
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Thomas Lipton
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Heal Mr Pyke's Pain
A York man Mr Geo Pyke recalls crippling backache and kidney trouble relieved by Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. He credits rapid relief and lasting cure after five bottles, noting no recurrence for two years. Sold by chemists at 2/9 or via Foster-McClellan Murray Street Perth.
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Dean
Geo. Pyke
Blands Road
York
Doan
Foster-McClellan
Murray Street
Perth
The New Dances Offer Quiet Ballroom Art
Miss Jennie Brenan returns from London Paris and America to present winter ballroom trends emphasizing quiet dignified movement. The Tango and Spanish Scottische debut with refined steps based on two-step and one-step foundations. Dancers will pair with new partners, three-step waltzes return briefly, and dances align to specific melodies, marking an era of grace.
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Jennie Brenan
London
Paris
America
Miss Brenan
Bre
Biggest bird egg on display at New York Museum
The New York Museum shows an enormous extinct bird egg from a species named in the article. The shell is about 1/8 inch thick, 28 inches in circumference, and it could hold two gallons. The piece is described as the largest egg known.
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New York Museum
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