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  2. Melbourne's First Labor Day

    Ninety years from this month Melbourne held its first Labor Day procession. Unlike processions of recent years, which have developed into forms of agitation for shorter hours and higher wages, the Eight Hours day procession of 1856 was a true celebration. It was a spontaneous expression of achievement-- the adoption of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. ZARA, the Cannibal Queen

    As an Australian intelligence officer in Dutch New Guinea, in 1943, I met, and had many dealings with, Zara, the queen of about 5000 cannibals. This black royalty was, at the time, a woman of great power, with an irresistible personality, and she gave such valuable service to Australian forces that her name deserves a place ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. THE STORY OF OUR BANKS.

    That our trading banks have played a long and distinguished part in the development of Australia is amply confirmed by the fact that the youngest of the leading seven is 80 years old. This lusty and virile "youngster" is the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd., which, after a career of fluctuating fortune, is now definitely ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. Books of the Day

    MR. JOHN PRICE'S BOOK, "The International Labor Movement" (Oxford University Press, 15), which appears under the auspices of ...

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  8. Penicillin-- The Wonder Drug

    Never in medical history was such enthusiasm aroused as over the discovery of Penicillin, the wonder-working properties of which make it a modern miracle. Since tha days of Pasteur, research workers had tried to penetrate the mystery of naturally existing microbe-fighting substances in the hope of ...

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