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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1924
Page
4
The article notes Sydney's shift from sunny spell to winterlike conditions with grey skies and rain. A southeasterly wind grows stronger as seas rise, shipping receives a warning, and small colliers seek shelter in Sydney Harbor while others return to port awaiting calmer seas.
A Sydney Radio operator relays urgent distress from a stricken vessel as three ships race to the scene amid hurricane seas. British warship arrives to assist while the search highlights humanity uniting across nations at sea.
A London Daily Mail piece recounts the origin of the Ancient Olympic Games as a sacred rite tied to kingship and lunar cycles. It describes the early mortal games, the divine associations with Zeus and Hera, funeral rites, and the evolution from deadly contests to organized athletic competition.
Adolphus Tween Kimpton was fined £5 and £8 costs for selling a pistol without a proper register entry. James Neil received £2 and costs for possessing a weapon without a license. P M Geddes called the offence serious and warned dealers to follow the Guns Act provisions.
A Sierra Nevada slope is reportedly sliding toward Monnehill Granada at three miles per hour after torrential rain. Residents flee as earth cracks widen, olive groves and irrigation channels are ruined. A separate Wellington New Plymouth line landslide left a hillside detached, nearly toppling a train.
In Houston a one pound newborn weighs five inches long and is cared for with eye dropper feeds. The mother, Mrs Mary Rodgers, is on t W years old and the baby’s grandmother Mrs Blane, age 28, is said to be Texas’s youngest grandmother. Doctors expect the infant to live.
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