Inheritoms praise and wool sale notes mix in review
A Sydney publication lauds the novel Inheritoms as a refined evolution of Landtakers with strong characters and powerful wording. The piece highlights the author’s style and conception while noting the book’s national significance. The report then shifts to a wool sales update from Sydney with 11,091 bales involved, 9,215 sold at auction and 609 privately, including fleece from Thorndale and Mungindi.
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Angus and Robertson, Publishers
Sydney
Price
Mungindi
Sydney Woolserling Brokers’ Association
Tuuesday
Thorndale
Spain's Civil War explained at Grafton Town Hall
Professor J L G Wilson outlined Spain's 1931 Republican reforms, church conflicts, land redistribution, and army opposition that fueled turmoil leading to the 1936 revolution. He noted the Left's 1933 setback, regional secessionism, and the rise of Radical Republican governance amid clashes with church and grandees. The report also mentions a separate London domestic case involving the Tisburnes and the pirate trawler Girl Pat.
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Grafton Town Hall
J. L.G. Wilson
Sydney University
W.E.A
Wilson
Spain
Alfonso
Centre
Leroux
Catalonia
Foreign Legion
Tiners Stoke
Popular Front
France
Asana
Elions
Atlantic
London
Ororgetown
Guiana
George Oosborne
Pat
Jim
Scotland Yard
Tisburnes
Bow Street
Marstrand Shipping Company
Hugh D. Melntosh
Sydney
Melntosh
Orsbornes
England
Jim Orshurne
Groerr
Food Costs in Australia Compared With English Families
Commonwealth Nutrition Inquiry findings show Australian families spend about 6 to 7d per head weekly on food, versus 8s 1d for English families. Studies continue on lower wage groups, with 1910 and 1920 inquiries indicating per head costs around 4s 5d to 4s 8d, while current estimates place present value at roughly 5s 1d to 7s 4d.
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Commonwealth Nutrition Inquiry
Basic Wage Commission
Australian Journal September Issue Review
The Australian Journal September issue features lively cover art by L Gladstone McPherson. It showcases Australian and New Zealand writers such as Rex Grayson and Margaret Fane, with fiction, features, fashion, radio notes, cookery hints, knitting, dressmaking, and colour illustrations across 152 pages priced at sixpence.
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Delightul
L. Gladstone McPherson
Rgger
New Zealand
Rex Grayson
Charlotte Westfield
Tl. McNessh
Louis Kaye
Myra Mor
F. Rhodes
Margaret Fane
Hillary Lolling
Beryl
Gray
Ladye Jane
Pigeon Reunion After Eight Years Return From Old Race
A racing pigeon released October 5 1988 from GirilamBone to Lithgow reached its destination July 16 this year. Owned by railway worker A G Went of Hamilton, the bird hatched in Lithgow loft and previously won the Musgrave and McKenzie Cup for Neverthey Lithgow races in 1927 and 1928. A storm disrupted the 1988 race and it was thought lost. Went moved to Hamilton in 1980. Last month a Lithgow resident found the exhausted bird near the old loft site, identified it by its numbered line, and notified Went.
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Girilambone
Lithgow
A. G. Went
Hamilton
Mr. Went
Dye
Neverthe
Went
Thamilton
Kruschen Salts touted as cure for headaches
A reader testifies after two years of daily morning headaches and bilious feelings improving with Kruschen Salts. The letter claims elimination of sluggish organs and waste purification of the blood, with restored energy and skin tone. Bottles sold by chemists and stores at 1/0 and 2/9 per bottle.
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Kroschen
S.O.B
Fleetwood Smith Finger Injury Weighs Testimonial Match
Secretary Harlod Haydon received a letter from Victorian spin bowler Plentyom Smith proposing Fleetwood Smith may yet play in the Bardsley testimonial. Smith has a damaged left finger but aims to avoid impairing his season in Victoria. If the finger does not respond to treatment, Smith may miss the match.
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New South Wales Cricket Association
Harlod Haydon
Lefer
Pleetyyom Smith
Bardsley
Fleetwood Smith
Pennant Matelus
Victoria
Mooryad Smith
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Welpful Service
Ausralia
Bank of New Fet
Aled
Pei
Wingo
Anciland
Chridchurch
Newcastle
Couy
John Hogan
FAT Stock, Wool & Produce CO. Ltd
NENCO
Brian Penton
Landtakers
Matai
Handtakers
J. M. Phelan
Bona Vista School and Agricultural Bureau
Eay
Bicycle Rage
W. J. O'Shannessy
Attanza
Attunya
E. Coulton
Ebay
MES
T. Norris
JM. Phelan
Esq
Rtl Quick
E. A. Chaffey
Somerton
D. Horniman
Manilla
Somertow
Australia
Britain
THE
Australian Journal
Kruschen
Pal Hgee Ay
THES
Mary
Bellacolrp
Bridge Street
Sydice
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