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Becomes a member of the Savage Club, an association which lasted throughout
his life. The Savage Club is a semi-literary club located in Melbourne's
law district. Menzies' circle of friends includes young businessmen, shopkeepers
and clerks and he was soon to become involved in the local politics that
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Population 6 million. The net gain from immigration in
the previous 12 months is 44,212 most of them British. 500 members
of the Australian Workers Union refuse to pick fruit with Italians at
Mildura. The man known
as 'Flynn of the Inland', Reverend John Flynn tells of moves to install
wirelesses in isolated homesteads in Central Australia, a part of his
lifelong mission to overcome loneliness and isolation for people of the
inland. The rapid spread
of the Prickly Pear cactus is a danger to cattle grazing land. About 30
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Heart valve surgery introduced. Schoolteacher
Scopes is convicted in Tennessee USA for teaching evolution. The Regent's
Park Zoo is to install lights to cheer the animals during London fogs. It is reported
that the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy leans more every year and is in
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