Aeromobiles and racing scenes dominate holiday notes
The article previews the Aero mobile Company’s mini aeroplane inspired by a Ford engine aiming for 126 mph, with market hopes at £400. It surveys New South Wales racing and trotting clubs, Cowra and Orange meetings, a Wellington mixed meeting, and local stakes, plus ongoing bets, riders, and track events at Rosehill and Dundas, noting safety concerns and crowd attendance.
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Orange
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Haro
Remarkable bird tale from Chatswood kitchen yard
Mrs Russell’s dying mother kept two kookaburras that fed her nightly ritual. When she fell ill the birds grew quiet, then one entered the room, perched by her face, and later brought to her mouth a morsel, prompting a strange bond of sympathy between woman and birds.
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Smith's Weekly
Russell
Chatswood
Ming An
Nature Notes A Strange Coincidence
A NSW family in Kurrajong recounts a curious incident involving Alfred Lord and his pet butcher bird Sambo. After repeated shooing from the dining room, the bird was brushed away and later found dead in a water cask beneath the pump, with no witness to the death.
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Locksley
Kurrajong
Sambo
Lord
Jehe
Mussolini Eyes Med Empire From Abyssinia To Tunis
A political column assesses Mussolini expansion aims from Abyssinia to Tunis and Libya. It notes the high costs of conquest, the limited returns from Abyssinia, and the precarious balance of European peace, Italian internal stability, and British credit shaping a potential empire in the Mediterranean.
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Italian lake bears on macchiato of imperial dream
A fragment suggests a pivotal moment where a rising ruler risks a major setback near a famed Italian lake, jeopardizing an expansive imperial ambition..
What War Costs the World War Costs and Consequences
The piece argues World War costs total about 80 billion pounds and 10 million lives. It imagines ideal allocations: a 500 pound house with 2,000 pounds of furniture on five acres worth 20 pounds per acre, gifted to every family in major countries. It proposes libraries and universities in cities above 20,000 inhabitants and a 200 pound yearly salary for an army of 250,000.
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England
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Canada
Australia
France
Belgium
Germany
United States
Russia
Invitation for Submissions from Stockwell Ltd London
Readers are invited to submit manuscripts for publication with fiction emphasized. No reading fee required. Cash prize of £50 for poems, with particulars and catalogue offered free. Stockwell Ltd located at 29 Ludgate Hill in London, England.
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Stockwell, Ltd
Ludgate Hill
London
England
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