Cirrus@Austlit

'The Afghans of the far West have been neglected in Australian fiction, although they have played a big part in the pioneering of this country. In "The Crucifix," E. V. Timms, will tell the story of Gebal Zim, whose daughter fell in love with a cursed infidel.'

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Advertisement, The World's News, 28 October 1936, p.36.

'This historical play is based on the incident of the selling of England to France through the weakness of Charles the Second, who, infatuated with Louisa de Queroualle, the Maid of Honour to Henrietta, the Duchess of Orleans, who brought the Treaty to England, signs the Treaty, through which Louis the Fourteenth of France promised to support Charles against his Parliament. Fortunately, this deed was never called into effect, and thus was never made public during the lifetime of the King, a copy of the Infamous bargain being discovered long after the death of Charles, where it had been filed in the archives in Paris.'

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'The Dover Treaty', Sunday Mail [Brisbane], 15 November 1936, p.10.

'Two German brothers, in the settlement at Hawkesbury Bridge, fell in love with the same girl, back in the early days. They both made a resolution, and the ironic outcome is the subject of "Auf Wiedersehen," by E. V. Timms'.

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'Advertisement', The World's News, 18 November 1936, p.

Described as a drama of the South China Sea.

'When old Uncle Silas died he left instructions that all his relatives should gather together at his eerie old home, and when the clock strikes eight the terms of his will will be revealed to them. Such family gatherings are rarely nice, and this one was particularly nasty.'

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'Advertisement', The World's News, 21 October 1936, p.38.

'[T]he tragic story of four Afghan brothers who journey out into the desert of Central Australia in search of gold.'

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'Enthralling Play', Sunday Mail, 13 September 1936, p.11.