Journey to Hermansburg and Alice Springs Mission Life
A traveler describes train trips to Alice Springs via Terrowic and Quorn, then visits Hermansburg 20 miles SW of Alice Springs. She notes a mission station with church, school, store, and native gardens, water supply from Kipritja Springs, and a close white native community. They describe agriculture for 200 natives, date palms, oleander hedges, and village crafts. They attend church, witness a christening, and observe milking, butter making, and food distribution. Tourists visit Palm Valley, and camp life includes camel rides and family-like relations between whites and blacks. The account highlights native schooling, crafts, and daily life.
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Misa Harriett Hag Deen
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Terrowic
Quorn
Hermansburg
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Que
Edna
Mammy
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Mission Bugsy
Incident reports and fallout in Asia turmoil
Shanghai and Canton dispatches describe ongoing clashes. Japanese forces reportedly fired on a sampan, injuring a woman and a man while rescuing two Chinese. A captain denied responsibility for consequences. The Junk bombing killed several Japanese officers as tensions escalate and foreign residents prepare for possible evacuation.
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Canton
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Japanese ambassador radio apology over bombing incident
The Japanese ambassador Ar. Saito delivered an apology by wireless in Washington on Sunday for the bombing event. The broadcast followed a high tension episode with naval officers held responsible being dismissed amid the shock.
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Stony Velthou
Ar. Saito
Japanese Cotton Mills Bombed in Tsingtao Blast
Report from London says Japanese cotton mills at Tsingtao were destroyed in a blast caused when Japanese planes, attempting to bomb a route, accidentally hit a mill. Nine factories employing about 24,000 workers were ruined, valued at £17,500,000, amid four months of ceaseless warfare. General Matsui acknowledged fatigue in the army and a push to influence the Chinese National Government.
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Japan
Tsingtao
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