Desert Battle Ends as Von Kerber Falls in Ambush
In a tense caravan clash at dawn Alfieri leads an ill-fated assault prompting Hadendown charges and a brutal melee. Von Kerber dies after a rifle shot while Royson's escort and Afghani tribesmen scatter the fleeing attackers. Mrs Haxton survives amid camel chaos as orders restore control and the threat to Moves well subsides.
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van Kerber
Royson
von Kreber
von Kerber
Alfieri
Itvian
Rerson
Aldern
Kerber
Hadley
Mrs. Haxton
Stronhold
Roeysen
Hadendawns
Thera Thed
Aphrodite
Mbesmen
Abdur Kad’r
Abdullah
Hadendown
Mecca
Effendi
Seemy
Titania
Itching Humour on Head and Face Cure by Cuticura
A narrative from June 1967 describes a severe itchy scalp and facial eruption affecting a young girl. After trials with doctors and worsening symptoms, Cuticura Remedies are reported to stop the itching at once and restore health, with the narrator urging readers to send for cures.
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Aegle
Burgh
N. B
Ground for romance and mystery in fairy surroundings
A fragment hints at a calming, romantic setting free from war or death, describing fairy-like surroundings with hints of mystery and romance. The line ends with To Be Continued, suggesting an ongoing storyline.
Protracted Liquor Prosecution Over Sampled Brandy and Rum
In mid July 1967 licensing inspector Hughes charged James H. Steel of the Elswick Hotel Parramatta Road Letchhardt with selling brandy not meeting standard and four samples of rum. The trials, evidence and appeals spanned years with the High Court ruling, and Steel was fined 2 shillings and costs in each instance after the latest Glebe Police Court proceeding.
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Hughes
James H. Steel
Elswick
Parramatta Road
Letchhardt
Steel
Ls. Donaldson
Supreme Court
Justice Sly
Donaldson
S.M
Glebe
High Court
Vanderbilt coach makes first Brighton trip
American millionaire A G Vanderbilt plans a seasonal coach run between London and Brighton using six American bred horses as relays. The launch began at Berkeley Hotel with the coach Mertoor, followed by stops at Putney New Malden and several inns, drawing cheers from crowds before Vanderbilt returned to London the next day.
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A. G. Vanderbilt
London
Brighton
Berkeley Hotel
Picesbury
Vanderbilt
Mertoor
Piccadilly
Putney
New Malden
Surrey
Hicketead
Plough
Preombe
Patcham
Hotel Metropole
Aleht
Dar
New Town Hall For Mosman Proposed
Alderman Fell pressed the Mayor at the latest Mosman Council meeting on enlarging the town hall arguing the current building is inadequate. The Mayor opposed patching it and suggested a new hall with premiums to attract designs from leading architects. The matter to be discussed at the next committee meeting.
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Fell
Mowman Council
Alderman Leahy
Alexandria Petition Seeks Working Men's Institute
Alexandria residents petitioned council to call a public meeting to inaugurate a working men's institute, aiming to coordinate with Waterloo for cross district benefit. Aldermen debated options including a library and intellectual groups, with the decision to grant the request and pursue the institute.
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Alexandria
Waterloo
Ralph
Riley
M‘cauley
Leber
Back to the Land Farm Training for City Youths
The director of Labor outlines a farm training program for city youths at Pitt Town Farm after an initial Randwick depot phase. Twelve months ago a pilot funded by Parliament began, with 62 boys completing the course. 42 sent to country work and 25 more finding dairy farm placements. The scheme aims to shift labor into dairy farming, contrasting wages with city work.
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W. F. Scho
State Labor Bureau
Farma
Arthur
M.I.A
Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Immigration League
Emall Wtale
Randwick
Pitt Town
Iu Mealdtnes
Eixty
North Coast
Electricity for Botany Factories in Alexandria
City Electrical Engineer Forbes Mackey reported to the Alexandria Council an application from Hughes and Company and Whiddon Brothers for electrical power at their Botany works. Overhead cables and wooden poles would be required citywide, with permission sought from the council. The current could serve lighting and power if the council desires, and the matter was left to the Mayor and council clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HB. Forbes Mackey
Alexandria
Messrs. Hughes and Company
Messrs. Whiddon Brothers
Botany
Trouble on the Dunearn Sailors Face Court Charge
Basil Jabkin a Russian seaman on the Dunearn was charged with assaulting Griffiths Williams the mate. Alfred Samuelson saved the prosecutor from a black eye after the mate struck him first. Jabkin received three days gaol and Samuelson was fined one shilling with interpreter’s fee. The notice ends with an unrelated advert for Woots Peppermint Cure amid a Channel swimming anecdote.
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Water Polles
Basil Jabkin
Griffiths Williams
Dunearn
Mort
Jabkeu
Alfred Samuelson
Jabku
Samuelson
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