Writing in a recent issue of the "Journal of Inspectors of Schools of Australia," Mr. J. A. Steele, lecturer and examiner at the Melbourne University Conservatorium of ...
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Article : 343 wordsJon Hall, as a young chief of natives on an island somewhere "South of Pago Pago," has a way with women. Shanghai Ruby is every sailor's sweetheart until Chief Jon ...
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Article : 99 words"Gone With the Wind." David O. Selznick adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's bestseller, has entered its second week in Hobart. The picture is the most widely ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 9 Nov 1940, Page 5
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