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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
4
A whimsical exchange in broad Scots features two companions, Scot and Jo, bargaining over a half crown and five shillings as they joke about the split difference and lending money in a lighthearted street scene.
A fragmented scene shows Bailey and friends debating cars and wealth while children quip about packages marked at home. Across town a Yorkshires recruit quizzes an officer about ranks as a football trainer recalls a late comeback. Interludes feature a witty wife’s practical sewing, a psychology professor with a dog, and shop talk about chickens and bargains.
An advertisement promotes making Hugh and Flue mixture at home using HRENZO to produce a supply equivalent to eight bottles of cough and cold medicine. It claims a high value compared to ready-made mixtures, with HEENZO costing 2 shillings and suggesting HEENZO COUGH DIAMONDS at 1 shilling per tin.
A collage of rural chatter and humorous exchanges unfolds. A guide jokes travel along a line of master’s fields and paddocks while a maidservant cares for children. a mother questions behavior as Catherine reports the children fought after the matron’s absence. An exchange covers abstract nouns, references to hospital charity, and a plucky telegraph note about a safe arrival with a small extra demand, all amid quips and everyday life.
A fragmentary article argues that Earth may shatter if a planet exploded long ago, with meteorites traced to a vanished world. It details how fragments burn up or land as fallen stars, and debates why a planet could burst via centrifugal force or internal pressure.
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