ELON MUSK IN BUYING SPREE

Skit  forwarded from Melbourne  by  Kim  Lok  Woo, not  thought  to  be   related  to  any   Dim   Kims  strutting   about   on  the  world stage. Chinese port  of  Darwin  tipped  to be  advertised  for  sale  in  Gumtree in  near future.      

ARBOREAL DELIGHTS DARWIN , MAGNETIC ISLAND

     

ALONG THE ROAD FROM DARWIN TO TOWNSVILLE # 1

Near  Adelaide River , Northern Territory.  Abra .

SWALLOW WORLD

 

Vallis.

CAIRNS WATERFRONT

 

Abra  photos.

EARLY CHINESE PUBLICATIONS

 In 1923  there  were   five   Chinese  newspapers  in   Australia . Four were  produced   in New South Wales - the Chinese  Australian  Herald ,Chinese Republic News ,Chinese World News and  The  Chinese Times; in Victoria , there  was  the  Chinese  Times .

All  of the  four  Sydney published  papers appear to have been weeklies ,all sold  for  fivepence a  copy, annual subscription  twenty shillings  .

Established in 1922, the  Chinese  Times was  published  by  the Chinese Masonic  Society ,   K.M.T. Buildings , Ultimo Road, Haymarket . In  the case of the  Chinese World News , its pages  set across seven columns,it was published by G.Low Long, 18 Mary's Street..  Publisher of  the    Saturday  Chinese Australia  Herald ,  was  Sun  Johnson , of Castlereagh Street . The  Chinese  Republic News  was published  by  P. Lee, Campbell Street .

 The  Melbourne Chinese Times, which  ran to eight pages, was  published  by  Samuel L. Sue, 116 Lonsdale  Street . 

TOP END FIRE ALERT

As this  is the Dry  Season , it is not unusual to see   smoke   from  fires in     Darwin , the   above  blaze one  of  three  seen  from  a  hotel . A  fire warning  has  been  issued   for   the  Top End , including  the   Adelaide   River  area .