The bulletin

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NX 252
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Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
Issue
Vol. 75 No. 3863 (24 Feb 1954)
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Contents

The Bulletin 1
Seppelts 1
Advertising 1
The Red Page NEW ZEALAND GREETS THE WORLD 2
Wilson of Bulls 2 , 35
"That Man Harlington" 35
Reviewed Briefly 35
GRIEF FOR A DROWNED GIRL 2
Advertising 3
Impressions of a Personal Interview Prince Philip’s Mother 4
Shaken Assurance 4
The Bulletin 5
SELLING THE G.P.O. 5
Do Two Rights Moke a Wrong? 5
PLAIN ENGLISH Man for Barton Needed 6 , 7
POLITCAL POINTS 7
Society "AND IT'S PRINTED WITH WIMBLES INKS" THE EASY WAY 8 , 9
PERSONAL ITEMS 10
Advertising 10
No title 11
ABORIGINALITIES 12 , 13
THE SPEEWAH PICNICS 12
SUMMER-NIGHT CIRCUS 13
Business Rollery Etc. 14
Advertising 14
MAORILAND FINANCE AND INDUSTRY 15
Advertising 15
The WILD CAT COLUMN 16 , 17
Advertising 16 , 17
Women's Letters 18
SUNDRY SHOWS Stage and Music 19
Artbursts 19
Advertising 19
A MURDER AT KING'S CROSS A KNIFE FOR STANISLAW 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 27 , 34
Advertising 21 , 23
SERVICE DEPARTMENT Wants 24
Advertising 24
Light on Australian Foreign Policy Power and the British Commonwealth AN ANZAAS HIGHLIGHT 25
SPORTING NOTIONS 26
Advertising 26 , 27
UNCABLED ADDITIONS BERLIN CONFERENCE 28 , 29
Advertising 28
The Winston Touch 29
Gibraltar 29
Dragnet Digest 29
Advertising 29
THE OTHER FELLOW'S MIND 30 , 31
THE MAN ON THE LAND "DON'T WORRY. I'M SENDING IT TO GRAZCOS." Aerial-spraying 32 , 33
Advertising 32
THE WEATHER 33
GET IN EARLY 33
Advertising 33 , 34 , 35
THE “BULLETIN” CROSSWORD No. 266 35
M. V. AGRICULTURAL NEWS 36
NEW TOOLS FOR MODERN INDUSTRY... Modern Engineering Needs New Hands and Eyes 36
THEY BURNED AND SMASHED MACHINERY 100 YEARS AGO 36
MOFFAT-VIRTUE’S RANGE OF SUPERB ENGINES... They meet the Need for Dependable, Economical Farm-Power... 36
M.V. PETROL & KERO. ENGINES M.Y. FULL DIESEL ENGINES 36
Advertising 36

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The Bulletin  

MURDER AT KING’S CROSS •— PAGE 20  

"The Bulletin,” Vol. 75—No. 3863  

Wednesday, February 24, 1954  

Price 9cL  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as Newspaper  

Seppelts  

GRIM FORTRESS OF THE NORTH, BARRA’S KISIMULE CASTLE.  

THE group of islands known collectively as the Outer Hebrides or Western  

Isles extend for distance of 139 miles from the Butt of Lewis to Barra  

Head off the west coast of Scotland. From the eighth century until 1266  

these islands were under the domination of the invading Norsemen and  

evidence of their occupation still survives in that part of Scotland. After  

their departure the lordship of the Hebrides was assumed by Sommerled,  

who had married the daughter of one of the Norse kings about the year 1110.  

The title “Lord of the Isles” was first adopted by John Macdonald of Islay  

in the 14th century.  

Gaelic is spoken throughout the islands, and the chief industries are the  

harvesting of seaweed, the weaving of the world-famous Harris tweed and  

fishing. Centre of the herring-fleet in Barra, one of the southernmost islands,  

is Castlebay, which is dominated by the only medieval castle in the Outer  

Hebrides, Kisimule. This island-fortress, dating from the 12th century, has  

survived the attacks of besieging enemies and the storms of the centuries.  

The walls of the tower, 49ft. in height and 6ft. thick, are built of the local  

stone and shell-lime mortar. Entrance to the castle was gamed through  

narrow door 18ft. above the rock and was reached by movable ramp or  

ladder.  

For many centuries this impregnable fortress was the headquarters ol  

the powerful Mac Neils of Barra, who were reputed to be the best seafaring  

warriors in the Western Isles. The most celebrated member of the family  

was the thirty-fifth chief of the Mac Neils known as Roderic the Turbulent,  

reckless pirate whose exploits so annoyed Queen Elizabeth that she com-  

plained to James VI of Scotland. As result, Roderic was kidnapped and  

brought before the King at Edinburgh. He was reprimanded for his repeated  

acts of piracy, and his estates were forfeited, but he was allowed to return  

to Kisimule, where he lived more quietly for many years until his death. No  

other place in all the Western Isles has as much history or tradition as  

Kisimule, and the daring exploits of its chiefs are recorded in poetry and song.  

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