Benalla Rainfall Record Breaks Previous Total
Fragments indicate a historic rainfall measurement at Benalla with the rain gauge record surpassing prior totals. Details are unclear but the notice notes a new high level since measurements began.
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1920
Page
1
Fragments indicate a historic rainfall measurement at Benalla with the rain gauge record surpassing prior totals. Details are unclear but the notice notes a new high level since measurements began.
A jumble of classroom scenes shows Mr Fowler scolding Tommy and other pupils debating terms like aristocrat and pauper, while jokes about baths and weather mix with questions on dyspepsia and a child’s attempt to wake with half a talle.
The article argues that judicious supervision and forethought by the housewife elevate meals beyond mere expenditure. It urges five minutes before each meal and fifteen after breakfast to ensure well set tables, properly seasoned soup, timely serving, and garnishes prepared in advance, promoting health, economy, and refined domestic standards.
About four hundred women work in the United States Treasury in Washington counting money. They are praised for speed and accuracy, detecting counterfeit notes and coins by touch. The practice began about forty years ago and women now almost monopolize this work.
Readings on burial fears note rare cases of surviving burial and refer to mortuary chambers in Germany since 1792 where bells are never rung. A doctor quips on souls and war horses while Siberia is described as future in a visitor’s remarks about its tidy fronts, coal, iron, and gold.
In Pulborough on a rainy Sunday a veteran angler chats with a restless youth under a bridge. The boy quips about the catch while the older fisherman notes no fish remain to bite, as the scene unfolds on a busy Sunday in the district.
A young man seeks a clerkship in London and presents a Bible as his reference. The merchant tests him by asking about the book and the man explains he promised his mother to read it daily. Impressed by his fidelity, the merchant hires him and he rises to partner in the business.
Fragmentary report describes a miniatature portrait brooch once sold in London for £28. The piece allegedly connected to Napoleon, St Helena, and Lady Holland, with exchange letters and a jewel set in the brooch. Included are stray historical anecdotes and a note on gender demographics, citing the Khadive era.
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