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The Bookfellow
Fix this textMonthly.—Fourth Series, Vol. VII, No. 8. May 15, 1923.
Fix this textYearff subscription Six Shillings posted to any AustraZealand address ; British and Foreign, 7s. 6d.
Fix this textPrinted by Edgar Bragg and published by A. G. Stephens at 29 Jamieson Street, Sydney, Australia.
Fix this textPostal Address, Box 711. Sydney. Copy required at Fifteenth of Month.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper.
Fix this textAustralia Felix.
Fix this textO Land for ever shimmering in God’s
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Fix this textM. A. ROBERTSON.
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Fix this textSydney Telegraph’s “competition
Fix this textfor the best Australian play,” ended
Fix this textDecember 31, was supposed to he
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Fix this textAsche with a scenario for another
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Fix this textThe supposition seems justified.
Fix this text210 plays were received. Judges were
Fix this textAsche; former English-literature Pro-
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Fix this textB. Hiscocks, Sydney, “The Spirit of
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Fix this textL. Stone’s second-prize “The Lap
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