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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 24, 1919
Page
4
In a tense scene a hospital door confrontation ends with the protagonist aided by Josephus and a trusted ally. They flee through Paris to safety as plans to rescue a companion unfold, with Dr Emile Claude and the Grand Hotel looming in the background.
The text narrates Eugenia's departure from Paris with her family, her marriage at Holford, and the aim to protect her from Count Sparva and Jupbrand. It notes publication of related details in Paris and Dover, while the narrator promises to recount the events as a warning and to seek eventual reconciliation with his youth.
Garbled OCR style lines mention dancing with Min and a stout person called F Giehak Boutt. The text hints at asking the girls for a dance and introducing someone, with unclear references and stray words across a crowded room. The readable bits suggest a social scene with informal chatter and partial names.
The article discusses the ancient cultivation and spread of rice across China India Burma Japan and tropical regions. It details varieties Rangoon Burmah and Hunchin rice, planting methods water management hillside and floodplain systems, and notes Australia’s rice demand disruptions amid shortages. It cites England and Japan imports, and links rice to starch production and famine fears. It ends with figures on Australian trade and Treasury gold holdings.
The message urges readers to send social notes and land and stock news to their district paper, sign notices clearly, avoid anonymous communications, and keep editors informed of club progress. It stresses publishing public interest items, open columns for public debate, and censuring private matters.
J L Dow recounts Alfred Deakin’s role in irrigation policy and the 1885 Gillies Deakin coalition era. The narrative covers Deakin’s creation of an irrigation commission, plans for Victoria, meetings with the Chaffey brothers, and Los Angeles interactions. It notes Deakin’s memory and humor, including anecdotes from a San Francisco hotel hat boy.
The piece rails at religious and social changes in Edwardian times. It denounces proposed parish councils, woman clergy, and dissenting ministers as threats to morality, warning of educated baptised women and working class women entering church life and unsettling the vicar.
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