Australian trade musings and oddities in wartime whispers
An Australian report from Nhill Victoria recounts Mr Sanders from West Wimmera describing Japanese trade shifts and intensive farming methods abroad. It notes cheap labor in Japan, price examples for goods, and a local firm’s failed attempt to sell one pound notes for 19 shillings, revealing skeptical shoppers and waning faith in such schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sanders
West Wimmera
Victoria
Baxt
Japan
Dayan
Manchuria
Drapers
Caledon Bay Pursuit and Police Camp Evacuated
A 1925 report details a German ship Geranium delivering an armed party to Caledon Bay to assist in locating Bridgeland and George Wilkins. The investigation faced rugged terrain, dense scrub, and hostile Arnhem Land natives, prompting the decision to relocate police and abandon the camp for safety.
Quotations on Kindness and Courage From Noted Figures
A compilation of famous quotes and verses unearthed in town letters and public notices. Readers cite thoughts from Lloyd George Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Wordsworth as examples of kindness, hope, and resilience amid daily life. The column notes adaptive crafts and poems by amateur contributors, including lines from a dead soldier and an unknown writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Palace
Mr. Lloyd George
Victor Huger
Dean Inge
St. Paul’ Cathedral Gardens
Rams
William Arbuthnot Lane
Ehoonen
Ella Wheeler Wilfomx
Siegfried Samoon
Wordsworth
Adam Ind
Gordon
Ghosts I Have Seen at Hawarden Fills Scene with Mr Gladstone
A Violet Tweedale reminiscence recounts Mr Gladstone in Hawarden during 1882. She describes his dramatic postener cursed poster moment and aura engulfing him, Mrs Gladstone’s remark about posters in Ireland, and the vivid red cloud fading to his usual purple-tinted halo as he reappears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Violet Tweedale
King Edward
Mr. Tweedale
Hawarden
Gladstones
Marred to Mizikes Inaugural Address Highlights Corruption And Strife
The discourse condemns corruption and hypocrisy in civic life and warns of profiteers and misused funds. Dr. Reid notes unemployment and Communism, criticizes sensational religious rhetoric, and urges action to safeguard youth amid enforced leisure and social unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mizikes
Lottorien
Reid
Gaspel
Curious Lamb Born With Two Neck Holes at Hilton Farm
A lamb born on Mr A McDonald’s property near Lismore in Hilton had no head but two fully formed neck processes attached to its neck. It breathed through two holes in the neck, resembling a nursery doll. The rest of the body was normal but the lamb lived only a few hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerino Lamb
Great Barrier Reef Claims Largest Coral Structure
Australian zoologist TF A McNeill told the Geographic Society of New South Wales that the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral structure, covering about 30 000 square miles and stretching 1200 miles from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Gulf of Papua. He said its outer edge lies up to 80 miles offshore and that corals began forming before continental shelf subsidence, with depths between reef and coast never exceeding 44 fathoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barris
TF. A. McNeill
Australian Museum
Geographical Society of New South Wales
Royal Empire Society
Rams
Bligh-street
Great Barrier Reef
Mr. McNeill
Tropic of Capricorn
Gulf of Papau
Queensland
Michaelmay Reef
Flower Show Exhibit List and Bake Goods Winners
A fragmented list outlines entries for flowers and garden goods including POPPIES, LARKSPURS, PETUNIAS, ROSES, and SWEET PEAS with various varieties. It also details baked goods and a Cookery Competition with several cake and biscuit entries, judging criteria, and trophy notes.
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Iceland
al Larkspurs
Lupins
Popple
S. Shiring
J. Phlox
Petuniae
Petunias
Primula
H. Panslas
Knistemons
Koshs
Hobes
Kusiod
Kosks
Mule
Ludes
Angie
Vale
Kuses
Uriewns
Ellent
Koses
Vaue
Infert
Usb
Lasket
D.eer
Champion
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Tooths
Grinnell
Pitt
The
New England North and North- West Producers’ Company, Limited
NENCO
Newcastle
Levers Bunay
Velenhone
Wilshire & Co
Commonwealh Savings Bank
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Commonwealth
L Fox
Manilla
Peteol
Mery
Amstralia
Kery
Moody
Germany
South America
U.S.A
Bongiorno
Tory
Uuiler
Goldsbrough
Goldsbrough House
Macquarie Place
Sydney
Townsville
Don
Caledon Bay
Bridgland
Rafe
Sound
Macnamara
Roper
Brr
Douglas Mawson
George Wilkins
Twland
Darwin
Wich
Huddersfield
Sir Edward Pellew
Ata
Arnhem
Rome
Warshin
Melpful Quotat
Farveriia
Hawarder
Cabinet
Eric Cig
Groote Eylandt Hay
Mr. Post
Great Marrize Reef
Corals
Paling
George Mirest
I Presbyterian FL
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Cooeery
Valley
Uum
CW. cooTe
J. McDougail Ould
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