Armidale Chronicle in Armidale, New South Wales

Fragmented gossip and sketches from a local page

A jumble of nursery dialogues and social vignettes is presented. The piece references a suffragette meeting with a striking speaker, a student seeking leave of absence from college, a comic courtroom scene, and a mix of character sketches including a blind beggar, a talking dean, and a geography hoax. It closes with a marketing note for Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tables.