Overlander Francis Birtles Completes 6000 Mile NSW Queensland Trip
Mr Francis Birtles traverses New South Wales and Queensland in a Ford V-B caravan bringing suburban comforts to the open outback. He describes the engine’s reliability, fuel consumption of about 20 miles per gallon on good roads, and an average 17 miles per gallon overall while hauling a 44 ton load. His wife accompanies him and he compliments Ford Motor Company in a letter. Britain informs the United States that war debt payments will not be made, with arrears at 1.5 million dollars.
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Francis Birtles
New South Wales
Queensland
Outback
Tn Au
Ford Motor Combarly
Britain
U.S.A
Famffy
M. H. Pickles
British Wool Federation
Rheumatism Terrors Affects Woman’s Mobility
Fragmentary account describes a woman’s crippling rheumatism and fear of stairs. It notes belief in uric acid crystals and a remedy claim by a nameless source, with suggestions about internal cleansing and reducing pain.
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Peter of
Salta
Wool market faces tariff uncertainty and mixed demand
Goldsbrough Mort & Co notes new Commonwealth tariff regulations and Japan pulling out of wool purchases. France Germany and Belgium buy sparingly while Bradford abstains. Adelaide Sydney and Brisbane sales scheduled, with 1 20,000 bales expected. leaders urge balanced export markets and optimism if international issues ease.
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Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd
Commonwealth
Japan
Melbourne
France
Germany
Belgium
Bradford
United Kingdom
French Junior cyclists Despalat and Berthou head to Australia
The French champions Despalat and Berthou are en route to Australia to challenge local riders in the Malvern Star Junior Championship Grand Final. Despalat won a gruelling 24 mile French semi final, with a long sprint to victory. The pair will tour multiple centres during their stay, arriving Fremantle June 23.
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Guy Despalat
Jean Berthou
Australia
Paix Si Vlares
Despalat
Ditta
Beave Small
Fremantle
Sydney
Aunt Mary's Baking Powder Gets Modern Lever Lid
The old Tid brand changes to a new lever lid that opens with a click and seals airtight with parchment. Aunt Mary's Baking Powder remains a pure product of the grape and free of adulterants. Millions of tins are sold annually.
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Aunt Mary
England Seeks A New Bradman Amid Bowling Material
The Star columnist notes England has ample material to build a winning side but emphasizes the enduring challenge of replacing Bradman. He praises Bradman’s dominance, compares Grace, Larwood, and English bowlers like Bowes Copson Verity Robins Allen Nichols Langridge, and stresses Bradman remains the key hurdle for England.
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England
Bradman
the Star
A. G. Gardiner
Tie
Grace
Larwood
Bowes
Copson
Verity
Robins
Allen,Nichols
James Langridge
Immigration policy shifts spark hope amid Australian population decline
Paul Cheyne notes Federal plans to ease alien immigration limits as official data show 3,396 left permanently and 3,329 arrived with intent to settle, a net loss of 67 this quarter. British resident departures total 677 and 841 in early 1935. Colonel D Haysted warns Australia has five years to recruit manpower for defense, urging Britain migration propaganda while criticizing emigrants overestimating fortune here.
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Paul Cheyne
Australis
D. Haysted
Royal Engineering Works
British War Office
Melbourne
Ormonde
Australia
Commonwealth
Hoysted
Great Britain
Princess Assa Elopes And Marries Hotel Porter
A royal romance shocks Troy as Princess Assa and hotel porter Anastasios Charalambi wed in secret in Athens. The couple plan a honeymoon in England while Assa rejects her family and converts to Christianity. The tale follows a Rhodes romance two years old and notes on Commonwealth security debates.
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Assa
Troy
Ghazi I
Athens
Rajihah
Anastassia
Anastassios Charalambi
Asia
England
Rhodes
The Australian Journal June issue highlights fiction and features
The June issue showcases fiction by Starr Grayson Rhodes Shepherd Muir Woodford Dunlop Abbott Gray Barmore and others. It includes a celebrity identification contest, fashion and radio sections, needlework, dressmaking, knitting, and a children’s segment in a 52 page illustrated issue. Newsagents stock it.
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Joyce Owen Starr
Rex Grayson
Captain F. Rhodes
Catherine Shepherd
Augustus Muir
Cam Woodford
Dulcie Dunlop
J. H. M. Abbott
Bery Gray
Frederick Barmore
Tangier Island Cornish Colony Faces Starvation Crisis
Descendants of 14 Cornish fishing families on Tangier Island Maryland live in a tight community of about 100. Fishing dominates livelihood while winter clam digging and oyster raking sustain the economy. The island shows strong religious life with ancestral grave stones along cottage fronts and limited mainland influence.
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Tangier Island
Maryland
America
Evry
Vaat
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Birtles
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Midia
Mr. Birtles
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Ruschen
Wool Report
Adelaide
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Armaddle Teachers’ College
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Packer
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