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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
1
A gruesome old tale recounts burglars tunneling through a wall to seize a man during a raid. Inside, a struggle ensued as the outside gang pulled the intruder by the shoulders while the captors inside held on. The prisoner was found headless, the head missing, believed carried off to avoid identification. The other robbers were never traced.
An editor warns that reading novels excessively can age the skin and furrow the brow, especially for young women. He cites a beauty doctor attributing wrinkles to intense emotional reactions and urges moderation, advising a break after short reading periods to avoid overexcitation.
Aerial slide in the Himalayas near Kuli showcases a rain soaked rope path over a cliff gorge. The rider starts at a higher point, descends in a smoky wake, and ends by stopping upright without incident, a ceremony linked to the Amal caste.
An amused glimpse into a playful scene where Augustus explains a cricket pitch full of worms disturbing the batsman while Angelina asks eager questions. A witty aside follows about a long haired man and a conductor, ending with a builder’s garden creeper remark.
A Danish writer in Hoards Dairyman describes how the first society at Verea gon led to a wide expansion. Within six years there were 308 societies with 3780 members and 136800 cows. Two more years saw 849 societies. The movement reached Sweden Norway and Finland. These small co operatives unite farmers to share milking costs and raise butter yields. Each parish limits members to 12 to 18 cows, with a five year withdrawal rule. A three member committee and an assistant oversee milking, weigh milk, test yield, and set feeding plans.
The article outlines cow testing as a management tool, detailing how control registers record yield and feed efficiency. It notes farmers using systematic testing raise per-cow butter production by 80 to 90 pounds annually and weed out unprofitable cows, improving herd profitability over years.
A string of quips anecdotes and social vignettes unfolds from a bustling party scene. A clerk’s mistaken identity, a cleric’s witty reply, a borax tip to whiten garments, and a tale of a pennypenny newspaper page painter all mingle with a teasing tale of a lovestruck lieutenant and a crass colonel.
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