Arbor Day Observance Delayed For School Planting in NSW
The School Journal reports Arbor Day activities in New South Wales public schools with a rescheduled ceremony set for Wednesday August 1. About 24 trees will be planted in Farm Street with willow planes silky oaks and peppers, including labeled trees for student education, and a tea to follow. Summer scenes and a Gray quotation accompany the town note by George Little.
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N.S.W
Forestry Commission
Brge
Farm Street
Queen Street
Briar Street
Parents and Citizens’ Association
Endymion Sheltered Forever by Mount Latmus
A retold myth from Mount Latmus tells how Selene visits shepherd Endymion who sleeps eternally after Jupiter grants him perpetual youth. The tale explains Endymion’s timeless beauty and undying sleep in a cave on the mountain as of the speaker Lily McCann eighth grade.
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Latntus
Endymion
Selene
Mount Latmus
Findymion
Jupiter
Mount
Latmnus
Summer Wanes as Harvest Time Begins
The piece notes summer’s fading beauty as seaves and grass die and harvesting starts. Wheat is hauled to silos and sheep are shorn while summer heat dries rivers and withers flowers. Birds stay quiet, seeking shade and coolness in the mornings.
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Gray
George Little
Bushrangers Camp Located Near Forested Mountain
A narrator describes tracking three horsemen to a bushranging camp by a stream and hut, where five robbers count bank loot. police raid nets lifers for the gang, with a sheltering rock and a muddy hut described amid dense trees.
Surrounded Valley Hideout of Notorious Bushrangers
Describes a hidden valley ringed by mountains where rough shacks host Scarfaced Judson and his gang. The feared bushranger, tall with a scar, fronts a group hiding from police after a bank robbery and awaiting the danger to pass. ARC TIMMS, Sixth Class.
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Judson
Eceret Valley
Nln
ARC. Timms
A Moonlit Night Walk With Aunt
A narrator and Aunt wait for the moon to rise on a warm night. At quarter to nine a red glow appears beyond a hill as the moon climbs, lighting a two mile walk with bright shadows. Owls and possums appear to enjoy the scene.
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Aunty
Lucerne Spring Top-Dressing Benefits Highlighted
Department trials and farmer experience prove superphosphate top-dressing for lucerne boosts green fodder yield and quality. Early spring is optimal, with July end workable in warmer areas. Prepare soil with cultivator, then broadcast with a wheat drill or pasture top-dressing machine. if tools are unavailable, broadcast by hand.
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Department of Agriculture
Provision of Small Holdings Near Cities
The Minister for Lands Mr Buttenshaw announced that 1600 blocks have been provided near metropolitan and country towns to aid unemploy ed families and those with limited means to establish sustenance and a future home under the current Government.
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Buttenshaw
Moon Vanishes As Sun Drowns Its Rays
Morning surprise as the moon disappears and sunlight seems drowned by the sun. Hilda Bennison is cited in the brief line as a named individual. Sixth lus phrase appears as a fragment.
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Hilda Bennison
Camel Ride Venture Near Boorowa
A caravan of brown camels arrived at Boorowa from Fregmore offering rides for threepence each from their tents to the white bridge. A boy previously visited Doorowa with a van. The camels have four humps and one camel carried four riders. Horace Southwell, Third Class.
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Boorowa
Fregmore
Doorowa
White Bridge
Lwek
Horace Southwell
Lost black and white cat and milk incident
A family notes a black and white cat that drinks milk and caused a spill. The cat jumped on a table and was hit off by a man. the writer mentions June and a name MeCABE with unclear rest.
Jerky camel rests in green pin deck among willows
A short note describes a camel kept in a grassy pin deck with willows, calling the animal a jerky little fellow that can go ten days without a drink. The entry includes the sign-off JEAN MEV ANN and Third Class.
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Jean
Ann
A Children's Visit to Aunty Grace’s Farm
A boy writes of a Wednesday afternoon visit to Aunty Grace’s farm. Tall oaks shade the yard while flowers bloom and birds sing. They walk, watch rabbits drinking, and return at dusk to a rambling home for a hungry, happy night.
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Bilal St
Buytown
Pith Daly
Mickey
Grace
Willis Avoids Night Camp Crash by Gum Tree Fall
W Willis of Tallaganda Council ganger left his Blue Bell camp to visit his daughter and returned to find a gum tree had fallen across his usual sleeping bank. The Empire Theatre announces the special attraction The Frontier Marshall for Saturday night.
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W. Willis
Tallaganda
Blue Bell
Frontier Marshall
Empire Theatre
Rye Park Sunday School Exam and Local Notices
Results of the Methodist Sunday School examination at Rye Park show Nell Morgan 87 in Division 2 Chrissie Pearsall 4 dollars in Division 4 Grace Perceval 61 in Division 7 Allan Armour 89 in Division 8 The Rye Park Church of England Ball date announced Friday August Details include a tennis tournament with T Sargent and H Banks results and local health and hospital news about Rev Fr Bujlur Boorowa surgery and improvements Also notices on stove fittings and Jack Preston returning from Sydney after a successful operation
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Rye Park
Nell Morgan
Chrissie Pearsall
Grace Perceval
Allan Armour
Ee Sygeen Een Amgereere
Joseph Hanton
Bin
Mura
T. Sargent
W. Mundy
Juni
B. Hardiman
H. Banks
H. Bush
K. Gorham
BH. Hardiman
Jack Preston
Boorown
Sydney
St. Vincent's Hospital
Constipation and community happenings mix in July items
A local newspaper page blends social notes and health tips. Dalton defeats Rye Park Club in tennis while Rye Park ladies go undefeated in Indies doubles. The issue promotes seed, sales, and household goods, and notes public events such as a Catholic Ball and Arbor Day activities.
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Dalton
Rye Park Club
Rye Park
D. Perks
J. McGrath
E. and
E. Holgate
Indies
Neville Dowling
A River's Travels
A river recalls its dramatic rise from a dry spell to flood waters. Narrated in first person by Mervyn Armstrong, the river describes banks breaking, crops damaged, homes washed away, and the valley scarred before returning to a peaceful, rippling state.
My Best Friend Keith O Mara in a Cricket and Football Tale
Two boys share games with Keith Corkery as a constant kid teammate. Keith and I play cricket and football, while Towan battles a bad cold in bed. A father inflates a football as the pair continue their simple child’s play after school.
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Keith O'Mara
Towan
Keith
Keith Corkery
You Go Ella A Humorous Cowra Exchange
A Cowra woman habitually had a Chinaman deliver vegetables she chose. One day she told the maid to go, Ella, while dressing, and heard the irate vendor at the window cry, What for go Bella You go Bella yourself, in amused reversal.
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John
Ella
Elia
A Dubbo Woman in Bathurst Quips About Husbands
A Bathurst visitor from Dubbo jokes about her husband Deave-that being no good and his doctor citing an ulcer or ulcerous stomach. She adds needlework care tips for whitening linens with soap, milk soap lathers, and blue rinse. A quip about a half steak pudding ends with Regvar’s line about saving a life.
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Bathurst
Deave
Tragic Death Shocks Outback Australia Figure
A 17 year old girl in the Margaret River district falls ill and dies after a 400 mile journey to Derby. Despite efforts at Hill's Creek Nursing Home and in transit with Aboriginal companions, lack of medical supplies and delays prove fatal. Tone reflects the author Ton L Idriess in a letter describing illness and death.
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Outback
Australia
Ton L. Idriess
Margaret River
Hill's Creek Alm
Derby
Inquiry into Braidwood and Tallaganda merger concludes
Country Finance chief clerk Mr C H N Smart wraps up the inquiry at Braidwood as both bodies oppose amalgamation. Ratepayers supported by counsel await the commissioner's finding. Braidwood, 42 years old, reports no loan or overdraft and solid finances.
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C. H. N. Smart
Department of Local Government
Braidwood Municipality
Tallaganda
Braidwood
Justice approves Eugenics Court sterilisation ruling
Berlin reports that the Minister for Justice approved a ruling in the Eugenics Court making foreigners subject to sterilisation laws, with evasion possible by leaving Germany. Also contains unrelated home care tips for tarnish removal and cleaning bottles and decanters using ammonia, vinegar, salt, and methylated spirit.
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Berlin
Eugenics Court
Germany
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Chass
The
Cineles Honslison Tauenament
Bujlur
Sacred Heart Hospital
Youns
Gorham
Mavier
Kevin Rolfe
Mr. E. Rolfe
Alyria
Heuteia
Bushby's
Morse
Evi Thompson
Adelaide
Burkby’s
Bourke Street
Melbourne
Hushby's
Legislative Assembly
Wan
M. Nean
Binalong
Duke of Gloucester
Gosford Nursery
Mervyn Armstrong
Clinas
Regvar
Gin
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