Alsatian Goes Bush In Central Australia Claim
The Australian reports in 1932 that Alsatian blood was found in dogs shot in Central Australia and cases of half Alsatian dogs. A stock inspector in Western Australia captured a dingo pup with an Alsatian, sparking investigations. Defenders note dogs go bush. critics warn of a dangerous, strong, intelligent hybrid risking sheep cattle and people. PALING'S Player-Pianos offer easy play and companionship.
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Central Australia
Henry Foster
Seaton
Kars Station
Broken Hill
Thos Martyn
Inverloch
Western Australia
Mussolini vows hard year for bachelors in Italy
The 12th year of the Fascist era will be hard for bachelors, a Mussolini remark indicates higher taxes and mass dismissals of unmarried civil servants to favor families. Italy marks a Wedding Fair with 2000 couples receiving 1000 lire each, and first offspring baptism at St Peter’s Basilica.
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Signor
Mussolini
Italy
Basilica of St. Peter's
Rome
Memories of a 1775 Torres Strait massacre on Stephens Island
The tale recalls a Spanish vessel wrecked near Stephens Island in 1775. Survivors, including the captain and his wife, were killed by natives, with the wife spared then later disappeared. Old Namai told the legend of the idol Zogo and a buried hoard, believed hidden with jewels. Recently George Bruce, a Cape York prospector, recovered the idol Zoo and three rubies from a grassy glade 2 feet underground.
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Stephens Island
Cape York
Old Namai
Zogo
Namai
George Bruce
Cape York Peninsula
Zoo
Bruce
Hoover Dam details revealed by New Zealand engineer
T G Beck, a New Zealand civil engineer studying hydraulic problems in the United States, outlines the Hoover Dam project on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada. He notes the dam will flood control water supply and irrigation, supply Los Angeles, power Southern California, and support mining in the region, with massive concrete use and 3000 workers.
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Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Arizona
Nevada
T. G. Beck
Public Works Department
Dunedin
New Zealand
Sydney
Beck
United State
Harkness Foundation
Los Angeles
California
United States
Panama Canal
Mr. Beck
Burrenjuck
England
Land of the Lord of Hell Area Yields Buddhist Findings
Explorers from the United States National Museum and Academia Sinica search between Lolo and the Kong Ka hills near Tibet. They report a large statue of the Lord of Hell and a Minya Kong Ka cave document about Buddhist miracle plays, greatly expanding knowledge of the site and ceremony.
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China
Tibet
Lolo
Kong Ka Hills
United States National Museum
Academia Sinica
Nanking
Oberam ‘Mergau
Bavaria
Minya Kong Ka
Island find sparks Cairns intrigue over ancient idol
Bruce found a gold ring of peculiar design and other relics as tides rose. He plans to return to the island to search for the rest of the relies near the idol site. The discovery has stirred widespread interest across Cairns and North Queensland ports. Delighted guests can enjoy Paling's new or serviced player pianos and pianos for entertaining evenings.
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Bruce
Cairns
Queensland
Paling
Remarkable Feat After Humble Beginnings in 1933
On Friday November 3, 1933 a man who once could not lift a teaspoon or brush his hair proves his critics wrong by earning 123 hours a day of work. At 70 years old he defies the doubters, moving heavy weights despite earlier predictions of inactivity.
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Carswood
Cory
Dwarf soft wooded shrubs for bright garden color
The article highlights hardy soft wooded shrubs ideal for hot, well watered sites. Cuphea Firefly and Cuphea scarlet varieties, Veronica Amethystina, Acclepia Rubra, Butterfly Flowers, Heeria Rowsea, and the dwarf pomegranate are noted for vivid blooms, foliage, and suitability for pots, rockeries, and garden beds. It advises buying ready grown stock and mentions terraced rockwork and spill over Plant ideas.
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Rowsea
Impersonation Pranks and Old Time Paling’s Ads
A fragment recounts a joke where two sisters impersonated men to steal horses, nearly jailed before a magistrate’s caution. The rest advertises PALING'S seed and piano goods with fertilizer pills, plant aids, and garden items including dahlias and gramophone records.
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Young
Colossal tomato seeds offer hardy 2 pounders with vigor
Colossal seeds boast large heavy fruits with few seeds and wilt resistance. Available in red or yellow, the 106 year firm guarantees seed performance with a free replacement if the packet fails. Post free 6d per packet, extra charges for peas and beans. Other vegetables and flowers sold in 4d packets, all post free except peas and beans.
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Tesov-Bapany i
The
New England North and North- West Producers’ Company, Limited
Nenco
Newcastle
P.O. Newcastle
C. Wilshire & Co
Newcastia
Commonwealth Savings Bank
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Commonwealth
Schute Bell Ocr “Sone
Manilla Newspaper Co
Alton Richmond McLeod
Manila Expresa
Manilla Street
Manilla
State of
New South Wales
Goldsbrough
Goldsbrough House
Macquarie Place
Edward Dips
Barclay Rabbit
Konkrele
Callums
Vr Swaybills
A, C
Veness & Son
Edie
Torres Strait
Queer Find
Lismore
Matae
Sreenar
P. L
Shepherd & Bon Lid Trees
Parker Bt. Sydhey
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