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Issue Details:
First known date:
1894...
vol.
29
no.
345
February
1894
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1894 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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A Coat Tale and Cup Story,
single work
short story
(p. 299-300)Tale of temptation, romance and a horse racing bet. An unemployed man is left with a coat containing £350 after a fight. A night's struggle and his fiancée's advice convince him to return it - and he receives a reward and a racing tip that enable them to marry. Very light. (PB)
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Our New Year's Turkey,
single work
short story
(p. 311)Us domestic humour. A turkeyless New Year is solved by a husband agreeing to shoot a wild one - but he hits a farmer's flock and leaves his gun in exchange. Very light; humour. (PB)
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Under the Holly Berries : A Christmas Story,
single work
short story
romance
(p. 312-319)English romance. A London lawyer takes news of a large inheritance to orphaned Viola Ruthven, living with the country family who raised her. The lawyer prevents Viola's suicide, and the fortune wins favour of her suitor's calculating mother who has refused to allow them to marry as she believed Viola to be penniless ... Set at Christmas time in a beautiful family manor house. Love and money. Pleasant. (PB)
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The Mystery of No. 24,
single work
short story
mystery
(p. 319-320)English tale of romance, mystery and humour. A honeymoon couple are eventually driven by the bride's curiosity to assist a woman in distress in the neighbouring room - only to discover it is ventriloquism ... Slight; ironic. (PB)
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Christmas Day in the Hospital,
single work
prose
(p. 331)A nurse's sketch of Christmas Day - decorations, treats, etc. And a little Welsh boy's death. Slight. (PB)
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Love Thy Neighbour as Thyself,
single work
prose
(p. 332)Vignettes and moral reflections on truly loving and sharing with others. Exemplary sketches, sermon, for children. (PB)
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The Unwelcome Guest,
single work
short story
(p. 333)Christmas domestic 'supernatural' humour. A groom about to remarry is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his first wife who reminds him of his promise to remain a widower. Her ghost is in church as he marries - and he flees the ceremony - but all is a dream inspired by a toddy ... Light humour. (PB)
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Old Brian Boru,
single work
short story
(p. 334-339)The keeper of a Victorian country store is murdered by her step-daguhter when she discovers she will be disiherited when the widow marries a pedlar. The widow had refused to help the step-daughter financially to marry her own sweetheart and the girl hoped to inherit the widow's goods. Murder committed during a wedding, only the drunken blacksmith knew of it. Portrait of two grasping women, marriage and cold-blooded murder. (PB)
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The First Piano in the Mining Camp,
single work
short story
(p. 340)Christmas Eve, 1858 in a Californian mining town and a starving old man charms the miners with his musical skills. Sentimental. (PB)
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Confessions of a Plum Pudding,
single work
prose
(p. 341)A Christmas pudding recounts the arguments over quality that housewives engage in, his revenge on stomachs - especially the boy grown to man. Slight. (PB)
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He Wanted to Sell Diamonds,
single work
prose
(p. 343)A US country jeweller detects a thief trying to sell stolen diamonds. Suspicions aroused by their cheapness - factual case to account. (PB)
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