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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
1
Kate Thorn argues that many excuses begin with I don’t want to. She urges duty over comfort, noting workers and the poor endure hard tasks and that life requires action despite dislike, stressing youths must carry their own burdens without excuses.
The essay praises courtesy as a knightly virtue and recounts a modern man who helps a poor laborer lift a heavy box into a cart. It contrasts past martial chivalry with current quiet deeds, noting how courtesy and good breeding brighten daily life and inspire others, even if unnoticed by the crowd. The piece ends with a quip about domestic skills and humor.
Parents ask when children should begin studying music. If a child shows natural aptitude, early training helps. After age twelve dexterity declines. early methodical instruction is advised, with careful teacher selection and gradual progress through scales and exercises.
A fragment reports a debate on poison risks in matches and references a Woolwich exhibition showing a headless glaze method. It notes new glazing techniques may prevent poisoning linked to traditional materials and that the public expects improved health and safety in pottery production.
A long tale recounts Farmer Giles who, after years of being swindled at a fair, turns the tables by probing a seller’s price. He negotiates boldly, then walks away, only to see the buyer strike a deal for twenty pounds. In a village penny reading, a youth’s recitation of Excelsior sparks a playful elder’s quip about youth and caution.
A garbled passage shows Henry speaking timidly to a distressed bride as she confronts him about a lie. The scene centers on her ghastly reaction and a remorseful yet evasive plea, creating a tense domestic moment amid implied conflict.
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