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Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 Stories by 'Kodak'
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Endeavour Press , 1933 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Little Essay on Boarders, Kodak , single work prose
Describing boarders as a by-product of civilisation, Kodak discusses the range of people who live in boarding houses.
 (p. 186 - 188)
The Opium Eaters, Kodak , single work short story humour
A group of illegal Chinese immigrants escape the police by hiding in a room in a boarding house. The room's occupant, Bodger, returns unexpectedly and sets off an unfortunate chain of events.
 (p. 189 - 203)
Brown and the Monster, Kodak , single work short story
Kodak meets a man who, fifteen years earlier, beat the world champion in a hundred yards' sprint. He is saddened by the change in the man and its implications.
 (p. 204 - 206)
Recruiting for the Congregation, Kodak , single work short story
Mrs Mack, a hotel proprietor, is accosted late at night by a proselytising apparation.
 (p. 207 - 209)
Out of the World, Kodak , single work short story
Mick tries to explain the war to Mrs Roakes, a deaf and cantankerous old lady.
 (p. 210 - 213)
An Escaped Hero, Kodak , single work short story humour (p. 214 - 219)
Advertisement Verses, Kodak , single work short story humour
A poet agrees to write an advertising jingle, but finds the task beyond his capabilities.
 (p. 220 - 225)
A Ruined Tragedy, Kodak , single work short story
A young man tries to commit suicide when his love affair fails.
 (p. 226 - 233)
Bill Sunset's Great Discovery, Kodak , single work short story
Bill Sunset captures a strange, gentle, elephant-like creature and takes him to New York where he intends to sell him to a circus. He calls him Mick and is convinced he has been alive for thousands of years. He searches for someone who speaks an ancient language the creature will understand, but when he finds a Hebrew-speaking rabbi the outcome for Mick is tragic.
 (p. 234 - 241)
Doing Good, Kodak , single work short story
A zealous office boy persists in trying to convert his manager and other staff to his beliefs about teetotalism. Eventually he is dismissed, but a discovery after he has gone causes the manager great amusement.
 (p. 242 - 250)
The Poets' Strike, Kodak , single work short story humour
When Cuthbert Scansion's poems are rejected the Amalgamated Poets' Union declares a strike.
 (p. 251 - 255)
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