15 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1920
Page
1
Practical notes on sewing cleaning and home crafts with hints for mending stockings ironing fabrics and patchwork. Observations on fashion and domestic roles include leaping year practices and social norms, plus brief mentions of Australian dress making and child adoption schemes.
A fragmented stream of experimental prose critiques fashion and power, projecting a surreal battle between style and control. The narrator envisions defeating a looming tight apparel regime while praising subtle beauty and disruptive clothing as a form of defense.
A short notice describes a dairy upgrade featuring pasteurized milk to produce ice cream and various ices. It mentions a new method by Havi and a few technical terms in a compact wartime era style.
A narrator describes wandering streets to use the town phone system to contact Narvikup and narrate public life. He endures dead lines and delays as he seeks Mayor, officials, and local gossip, noting the town’s quirky communication chaos and distant miles between places.
A descriptive piece surveys the Flame Glade near Far tea Hill, 26 miles southwest of Far tea, noting wild trees including the Western Australian red flowering gum and the mountain bell. It recalls Baron von Mueller’s seed collection, Melbourne Botanic Gardens plantings, and local bush-plant heritage, urging appreciation of native flora and discouraged reliance on imported ornamentals.
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