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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
6
A passerby recalls meeting Hayles who appeared gloomy and volunteered to dig. Wits remark on inviting him to dinner instead, highlighting a witty street exchange from the day.
A shipwrecked crew endures drift with one optimistic voice claiming land though it's only a hallucination. A separate scene shows a landlord searching a poor tenant’s pockets and a peppermint drawn as a reminder of care. In another vignette a boy asks to forgive parents as a Handy Man talks of grease and forgiveness.
A fragment reports banter and misheard phrases from a 4 children’s party including jokes about vaccination and a magistrate. A chemist ad promotes HRAN’S TONIC NERVE NTS claiming nerve and blood benefits, listing prices and availability.
A misread marriage ceremony line stirs confusion as a deaf or joking groom answers for the bride. In a second slip, a man calls Mrs Jones by mistake, dialing a widow, prompting a sharp realization after a humorous misdirection.
A string of comic snippets from a social scene features Madge Hatty’s invitation, shy Jones unable to speak, gardeners debating dahlias, MacTavish and Scots humor, a railway contractor and a clergyman mix up, aviation quips, and domestic gibes about cooking, sewing, and bones in meat. The dialogue highlights quick wits and light banter in everyday life.
A telegram instructs to find an actor for a role while a theatre booking agent faces a chaotic message. Millers Jeehouse burns to the ground despite efforts to save it. The blaze destroys 20 000 pounds of ice. An irate father refuses his daughter's marriage to a suitor, telling him to go home and tell his wife she cannot have his daughter.
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