November 1929
Barman's Slip
While going along the hand rings at the Central Baths on Tuesday, Harry Brown (22), barman, 1 Lowden's Alley, slipped and fell. His forehead came in contact with the edge of the bath, and he sustained a wound about one inch in length above his right eye. After his injury was stitched at the Royal Infirmary, he was allowed home.
End of the Summer Vacation - Students Return
Red gowns have returned to University College, Dundee, which reopened on Thursday after the summer vacation. There was the usual stir round the secretary's office and the usual exchange of opinions on the coming term. The picturesque gowns were mostly favoured by women students, who seemed much more numerous than the men.
American visitors were conspicuous among the "freshers", but there was not a trace of the freshman's embarassment in their self-assured bearing. Most of them had changed their distinctive American plus-fours for ordinary Scottish wear.
The number of students is likely to be much larger than usual.
Eyesight Tested
Registered by the Joint Council of Qualified Opticians for Sight Testing and Optical Treatment under the NHI Acts.
A. Brown, 122a Hilltown.
Miscellaneous Wants
Horse or curled hair wanted; must be clean. Particulars and price to 746 Advertiser.
Rambling Club
Dundee Rambling Club enjoyed one of the most interesting walks of the season on Saturday, when they explored the cliffs between Arbroath and Auchmithie. By sheer good luck when they reached the cliffs they met in with a local man who was good enough to conduct them on their tour of exploration. Their unknown guide was well-versed in the lore of the cliffs, and kept them well supplied with anecdote when they were not experiencing the thrill of cliff climbing. All the dangerous points were negotiated without accident, the only casualties being a few scratches and a rent in one of the ladies' stockings.
Story Competition
Two prizes of £60 and £40 offered for complete story (10,000 words). Full particulars on application to Prize Story Editor, Thomson Publications, Albert Square.
Fitter (aged 22)
Wishing to live in Scotland, desires situation as motor cycle or general mechanic; at present employed as road tester, 460 Journal Office.
Dundee Actor Joins Repertory Company - Going to Glasgow
Mr David Denis Franks, the eldest son of Rev Max Franks, Rabbi of the Hebrew Synagogue in Dundee, has become a member of the Arthur Hinton Repertory Company, which, after a successful season at the Victoria Theatre, Dundee is about to open a season in Glasgow.
The histrionic ability of Mr Franks interested Miss Courtney, who, in addition to being an acting member of the company, assists in the producing of its shows, and his engagement is the result of the coaching she has given. Mr Franks is well known in dramatic circles in Dundee. He was a member of Valentine's Dramatic Company, and has on many occasions broadcast from Dundee and other stations.
Have you heard that -
In the adoption of railways as a means of communication Dundee was in the field at an earlier date than other places superior to it in population and resources.
About 1830 - in which year Stephenson had opened the first English railway for passengers between Liverpool and Manchester - the time line between Dundee and Newtyle was likewise completed. Though its engineering was such as could not be tolerated by modern ideas, there can be no question that, considering the circumstances in which it was made, it evinced a degree of enterprise that deserves acknowledgement. After doing duty for some 35 years, the exigencies of the traffic led to the original route of the railway being improved almost beyond recognition - the once well-known sight of three or four carriages crawling up the slope of the Law at the end of a rope is now only "as a tale that is told."
The Dundee and Arbroath line, opened in 1838, proved more successful in its engineering, though here, too, considerable changes have since taken place. The Dundee and Perth line followed a few years later, while railway communication with Fife and the south was developed when the first Tay Bridge was built.
Prior to the formation of railways, Dundee, from its maritime position, was tolerably well served with steamboats.
RNVR
An Armistice Memorial Service will be held on board HMS Unicorn at 3 pm on Sunday 10th November. The service will be conducted by The Rev Frank Cairns. The Praise will be led by the RNVR Band.