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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
8
A teacher demonstrates slowly by walking, a boy shouts bow-legged, a tram passenger questions fare between constable and conductor, and the conductor replies you can’t get twopence out of a copper.
Frank Northcott presents a display of 49 vehicles dominating the Victorian show with seventeen milk carts fourteen bakers wagons and a range of carts and waggons. The Northcott range is praised for craftsmanship direct selling and a clean sweep of prizes for junkers with a sprung under carriage feature highlighted. Interested readers are invited to request the catalogue from Frank Northcott 675 591 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
An Australian dried fruits industry piece argues that Victoria growers misplace blame on protectionism and seek a government tribunal and subsidies. It recalls wartime protection prosperity, warns against harming home markets, and notes calls for improved processing and transport costs.
The superintendent questions the source of a complaint from yesterday. The inspector reports a centipede in a pipe, noting an extra hundred feet should be charged.
A string of short humorous exchanges and aphorisms, including misnamed names, dating quirks, quick calls, and domestic quips. The items present light sketches about social habits, courtship, marriage, motherhood, and everyday English malaprops. Notable lines touch on timing, proposals, and a few punny wordplays.
A collage of dialogue snippets shows a courtroom denial by a prisoner and defense, a remark on engagement rings noticed by six girls, jealousy and social aims in romance, a claim of vast fortune lost through deceit, and quips about sea travel and antiquarian furniture making.
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