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Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The metropolis of the pearl-fishing industry of the Pacific Ocean is Thursday Island. It lies in Torres Strait off the north coast of Queensland and is part of that state. Thursday Island is scarcely more than a tiny speck in Torres Strait, but owing to its excellent harbor it is a port of call for ships on their way through the passage. All the steamers that go about North Australia to Europe stop here. The harbor is large enough and deep enough for the biggest warships; it has been strongly fortified and has also a coaling station."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Tasmania is all mountains, valleys, and glens; with waterfalls and lakes, forests of fern trees, trout brooks, and hunting parks. Its coast is deeply indented with fjords and harbors, and it has been made a great health resort. From December until May it is swarming with visitors One can go almost anywhere by motor, coach, horseback, or rail and always have good company. There are also many tourists on foot."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Tasmania, together with the five states of Australia, forms what is called the Commonwealth of Australia. It is a heart-shaped island, with its top less than two hundred miles from Australia and its point toward the Pole. It is considered as the Switzerland of the southern Pacific, and one of the most healthful and beautiful lands of the globe. Hobart, the capital and largest city on the island, is twenty-five hundred miles below the Equator, with nothing by ocean between it and the frozen lands of the Antarctic. It lies on a fine harbor in a nest of hills on the banks of the Derwent and has beautiful Mount Wellington for a background."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Now from the one 1700 acre estate the Land Commission is making about 30 family sized farms. These are being sold to reliable young families who are paying on an amortization plan extending over 68 1/2 years. This picture shows Mrs. Jack Dooyar in front of the house in which she and her husband lived for years as laborers on the estate. Because of their faithful service, they were given the opportunity to buy one of the small farms. They are now raising potatoes, cabbage, mangles, turnips, oats and hay. They have 8 cows, 20 sheep, 20 pigs, and 200 fowl. All this is on 40 acres." Photograph was hand colored.

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Throughout the country one can see evidence of the recent civil war. Bridges were blown up by the score. The new white stone section of those indicates the part which has been rebuilt in the reconstruction work. Land of New Plans. On December 6, 1922, the Irish Free State took its place as a distinct government. Since that date new plans have been developed to promote particularly the interests of agriculture and to establish new sources of hydro-electric power for industry, The Free State includes three southern provinces with their twenty-three counties and three counties of the province of Ulster."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "During the civil war which followed the revolution many of the larger homes were destroyed. This drove much of the capital from the country to England. Furthermore, it left a situation which the Free State Government has generously faced -- that of appraising the loss and of reorganizing the land to provide more family enterprises. This 1700 acre estate, near Thurles, was owned by Captain Clark, an Englishman. It was appraised and purchased by the Land Commission for 20,000 pounds or about $97,000."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "One of the first moves of the new government has been the recognition of the Gaelic language. This has been used by a minority of the people but it is the language of those, who, centuries ago possessed the land and who, like the Welsh and the Scotch Highlanders have been driven back into the rough unproductive hill sections. It is officially on a par with the English and all government signs and literature, like this sign over a Dublin post office are printed in both languages."

Description: One of the oldest buildings in Dublin is the Weavers' Hall which was constructed some three centuries ago. It is said that there used to be two groups in the industrial section of the city, the weavers and the butchers and they were organized into unions which were constantly fighting each other. It was not uncommon in those days for one or the other to find in the morning some of its members hanging from a tree or pole.

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Today one notices other effects of lack of cooperation. Instead of having one common price taxi men bid against each other and compete as individuals for business. As a result no one is getting much ahead and old fashioned methods and equipments are still in style."

Description: For a few minutes let us turn our thoughts to other things. Wherever the army is found, whether on this side or on the other, the Y.M.C.A. huts are in evidence. The work of this organization is absolutely interdenominational and its hospitality is extended to Protestant, Catholic, Jew, or any other sect. In most of the camps there are eight or nine of these huts beside the central office and auditorium. One of their temporary buildings is shown here. Most of the cantonments are now provided with wooden buildings of a more permanent character and painted green, which makes them a veritable oasis in the desert of unpainted barracks. They are equipped with various attractions and conveniences which make them a home in which the soldiers can come and write letters, play the piano, or listen to a victrola, or chat with their comrades. It is the most powerful gloom — and homesick - eradicator in camp and fortunate is the man who early learns to frequent its rooms. Lectures, entertainments, musicales, and other gatherings are provided and the moral welfare of the men is given special attention. The sign of the Triangle means development of body, mind, and spirit, and is the symbol of hospitality to all.