Fragments of Wit and Workplace Mishaps Across a Busy Day
A collage of humorous sketches and vignettes from a bustling day. A pretty girl orders nlge notepaper with envelopes, a stationer jokes about wind, a doctor’s consult leads to a coughing fit, and a collector speaks of ninepence the Rae Company. Urban anecdotes include a teacher’s booking office quip, a family of twenty-one boys with a crate mirror, and social mischief around wireless nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Carlie
Wireless broadcasting breaks isolation with city pace
A report praises wireless receiving sets as a modern Australian aid to home entertainment and information. It notes radios bring latest market quotes weather reports and sporting results to country listeners, while ads highlight Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd. product lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd
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Oe IX Assurant Co
Led
Victorian
Market Street
Melbourne
Syme
Vistoria
Gatanet Vale AS
Alston
Thomson
Peiteibhea
Baste
Agra
David Hyland & Sons Pty, Ltd
Fllnders Lane
Sherlock Holmes
Maine
R. B. Lawrence
R. B. R. B. Lawrence
R.B. Lawrence
R. B. Lawrence Ory Ltd
Northcote
Victoria
Rae Company
Jima
Indy
Insadl
de Porat
Smyth
Tam
Mande
Willie
Wilita
Clase
Decidad
London
Nocess
the Union Trustee Co. OF Australia Limited
Collins ST
Sydney
Brisbane
Sara
J McEwan Carroll
Samuel Cook
Walter
Elf
Enna
Carage
Sunshine
Weite
H. V. McKay Pty. Ltd
Sunshine Harvester Works
Bourkestreet
West
Adelaide
Erth
Wien
J. Bartram & Son Senn
Bourke Street
Melbourna
Cafe Francais Cor
Swanston ST
Little Collins ST
Exchange Hotel
Cafe Francais
WRI Ie
Wess Bros
South Melbourne
Warrnamboolo
Bryan Bros
Bay
Colac
West Footscray
Patersons
Aunt Maria
Ouf Road
Papa
Crown Chemical Co
City Road
Sth
Alee
McKenzie
Warner
Eale
Austral
America
Europe
Felton, Grimwade 4 CO
Prop, Ltd
Columbia Portable
Ndard
Columbia” Agency
Vitheom
Northcott
Amanent
Northgate
Catalogue Li Free
Elizabeth
Frank Northcott
Australis
Tong
Radiola
Sheraton
Amplion
Shakespeare
Rule
Prognesi
Infante
Kruse
Felton, Grimwade & Co. Prop. Ltd
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