The Statuette and the Web of Deceit
Herbert Joskins clings to a stolen bronze statuette worth fortunes. His wife Miriam secretly sells it to fund her lover Tony Hammond, triggering a tense domestic unraveling as Joskins faces a theft inquiry from New Scotland Yard after a chilling homeward revelation.
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Ee Joskins
Herbert Joskins
Herbert
Miriam
Tony Hammond
Tony
Oeatece
Joskins
Paris
Tsary
Shanghai
Mr Joskins
Sneer Christie
New Scotland Ar
Bradman energy tables mock cricket effort in England
A reader compiled figures on energy expended in Test cricket last tour. Don Bradman allegedly used energy to drain 17 431 rab bits and to battle prickly pear. Verity’s exertions allegedly flattened 11 tons of Yorkshire pudding. Combined running by Australian and MCC sides could hump a letter 19 mph around the world more than two and a half times.
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England
Don Bradman
Parramatta
New South Wales
Australia
Verity
Shefield
M.C.C
Farley in London Misreads Local Headlines
The Postmaster General James A Farley in Europe complains about London papers and jokes he cannot read American headlines. He notes New York headlines such as Crews Ouster Failure Seen as Boomerang to Fusion Strategists and G O P Leader Looked Upon as Key Man Since Coup Fizzled, illustrating the difficulty of cross press language.
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Jas. A. Farley
U.S.A
Europe
London
Paris
Farley
New York
Dewey
G.O.P
World’s fastest barber duel hinted between rivals
Bedford Notts Henry Holliday claims fastest barber title after shaving 70 men in 88 minutes for a wager. Rival Bob Hardie, a retired railway officer, shaved twelve men in 3 minutes 40 seconds, averaging 18.13 seconds per face. A match by a promoter would be hair raising.
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Henry Holliday
Bedford
Notts
Eng
Holliday
Bob Hardie
Signalling Confusion After Crash Sparks Gentleman and Lady Exchange
A heated exchange follows a collision as a lady protests her signaling, while the man concedes that misreading her signal deceived him. The dispute centers on who caused the crash and who misread what was signaled.
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Footscray
Footscray 9
A. &K Bowdern
Bradman
Electrical Contractors
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Somerville Road
Yarraville
Footscray 360
Jake
Ronald P. Griffiths
F.V
D. P. Griffiths
Nicholson St
H. G. Hickey
Sunshine Direct Fruit Supply
North & Bartlett
Hampshire RD
Grose
Curtain’s Court House
Nicholson Street
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