Flying Machine Misses Lift in Melbourne Trial
A crowd in Melbourne watched Newton Gordon of East Melbourne test a boat shaped flying apparatus mounted on a motor car. Despite eight men handling the wings and full speed of the motor, the craft failed to rise due to insufficient wind, leaving spectators laughing at the spectacle. Major Parnell of the Defence Department observed the event as the inventor plans improvements and a self contained motor.
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Maidstone
Footecray
Melbourne
Newton Gordon
Parnell
Defence Department
Corial Navigation
Centenarian Pianos: Brinsmead Family Celebrates Diamond Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Brinsmead marked seventy years of marriage on June 3 at their Regent's Park home with relatives friends and 500 workmen invited to a London theatre. The event included a £1000 provident fund gift for long serving staff and honors for the Brinsmead piano firm founder born 1814 in North Devon.
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Joan Barrnsmead
Kingdom
Albert Road
Regent's Park
H. G. Grinstead
Brinsmead
London
Ophthalmic Optician Ad Offers Onsite Watch Repair
Livery description of watches, clocks and jewelry repaired on the premises from the most complex mechanism work. As Ophthalmic Opticians we invite interviews and guarantee testing your vision with lenses not equaled elsewhere. Consult us for eye defects and it will cost you nothing.
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Aioaiglaes
Opthalmir Opticians
Boer War Oddity: Escape From a Dawn Patrol Camp
War correspondent recounts a dawn patrol near Na Mamell Mountain 18 miles east of Vryheid where mounted troops corner a Boer and a partially dressed woman fleeing from a tent. The trio escapes down a steep slope after a gunshot. Maggie Meyer is named among stolen items. Three rifles, bands, horses, and cattle are captured.
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Benwer Bunteron
Na’Mell
Vryheid
Spen
Earlieat
Maggie Meyer
Powers of the Police A xa Court case at Narrabri on police powers
A Narrabri Court case involving James Thompson accused of assaulting Constable Allen during duty. The court reviewed if an arrest without warrant was justified after Allen invited Thompson to accompany him to the station. The magistrate upheld dismissal, requiring a warrant.
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Narrabri Court
Robertson
P.M
James Thompson
Constable Allen
Woet Narrabri
Allen
Davis
Thompson
Davin
Ancient Egyptian Incubators Preserve Chicken Breed
The article notes the incubator’s ancient use in Egypt about three thousand years ago and claims modern Egyptian incubation replicates the old type. It cites a 2,600 year old chicken stamp found in a tomb as evidence, and explains heat is regulated by feel rather than thermometers.
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Egypt
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