Olympic The Mighty Cunard Liner Ends Atlantic Era
The Olympic built in 1913 by Cunard White Star endured WWI service as an armed transport. She rescued crews from Audacious and a French vessel, with seven sinking attempts by German subs in 1918. After 500 Atlantic crossings she yields to the Queen Mary in peacetime service between England and America.
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Cunard-White Star
Mediterranean
English Channel
England
America
Atlantic
Has Lassetter s Lost Reef Been Found
An Australian expedition returning from Central Australia reports finding rich specimens from Lassetter s Lost Reef. Morley Watlack claims the reef has been located 60 miles inside Western Australia near Lake Christopher. A white man’s skeleton was found about 26 miles from the reef, believed to be Hansetter. The reef is described as 12 miles long covering 40 square miles.
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Australia
Lassetter
Melbourne
Morley Watlack
Hansetter
Lake Christopher
Fritz Maller
Sailor Dreams of Sokotra Island Visit
A narrator recalls rushing to glimpse land as a voyage crosses the sea, describing Sokotra Island’s location, 1886 British possession, sultanate rule, rugged landscape, climate, and economy. The piece notes imports, exports, barter trade, and the diverse, 43,000 inhabitants split between Bedawin and southern island communities.
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Sokotra
Tamrida
Gharrah
Arabia
Arabian Coast
Zanzibar
Serial readers debate instalments versus whole novels
The Australian Journal discusses why readers favor instalments for gripping stories like Spring Melody and notes modern readers vary in preferring monthly releases. It highlights complete stories by Australian and New Zealand authors, plus features on fashions radio cookery puzzles and children’s section, price sixpence at Scotts.
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Valerie Fane
Myra Morris
Darrell Symmons
Cam Woodford
Rex Grayson
J. P. McKinney
Monte Holcroft
John Guthrie
H. McNeish
Scotts
Aborigines trade routes and administration issues noted
Sydney anthropologist Mr. W. E. A. Stanner reports organized inter tribal trade across central and northern Australia, including tobacco and native goods. He urges clear government aims, full anthropological survey, separate policies for half castes and full blood Aborigines, and recognition of varied adaptation to white life. He cites nomadic drift toward settlements and rare polyandry cases, with a report to the Australian National Research Council. In other notes, cricket highlights Les McCabe’s century and Tamrnda town features and climate.
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W. E. A. Stanner
Sydney
Australia
Stanner
Mr. Stanner
Australian National Research Council
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