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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1929
Page
6
A reader's letter bag recounts a snowy Griffith morning with tales of school, a pink merit card, and a Wand Wan girl chorus. The notes describe a grandmother’s kitchen, cousins, and a Christmas mood as townsfolk gather for dances and travel to Goulburn. The piece features several named children sharing small anecdotes and requests for pen names and birthdays.
Fragmentary lines mention Sout Stowell Vins Berl and Angouet Mos Serre with names Donte Molly Uteland Grit age 12 Taesdiny Manes ish Mijjoy. The text appears as a poetic birthday wish with uncertain phrases and scattered names, lacking complete sentences or clear events.
A jumble of reader correspondence and diary style notes recounting missed deadlines, holiday greetings, and short poems. Ramona writes of a hoped acceptance for a poem while others discuss photography, messages, and Christmas week events in a tangled, late 19th or early 20th century tone.
A fragmented set of riddles and wordplay asking about a bid that sounds great a lark a robber a crane and a butcher who steals his own knives. The garbled text blends jokes on birds weights Easter foods and crime with nonsensical phrases.
Dimity Dwell writes from a snowy day memory detailing pretend plays with snow and a tug of war in the gorge. She recalls Grandfather, a snowball incident, nine snowmen seen on the walk home, and a playful quarrel that ends with affectionate humor.
A puzzle on a blackboard shows four threes combining to eleven. The text asks how five and four numbers relate to make a correct result, referencing a word problem style from a page in a Wednesday edition.
In Hitide Huwne two children Die and Hetty face danger when a runaway horse pulls a cart along the road. The mother feared no promenade, yet the pair are saved as the horse dashes by. Both children escape unharmed.
Fragmentary text appears to reference a march or poem about a brigade charge in a valley of death. Names, places, and coherent facts are unreadable, but imagery suggests a wartime scene with soldiers advancing through dangerous terrain.
A tale from Daybreak about a little girl named Ethel who strays near the sea and is approached by a man on a hoverboard. The man asks for her address and promises to take her home if she tells him where she lives. Her mother and father are shocked when she is brought home by local authorities.
August gardening notes cover pruning timing advised by Mr. Hobday of Yarraiuila nursery to ensure spring blooms, with focus on both fruit and vegetable plots. Sowing guidance includes hardy annuals like water rhix, drummindi, petunia, chicory, peppy and scabian. Garden care extends to shrubs, seeds, and autumn planting, plus notes on exhibition prizes and lectures.
An odd balancing exercise is described where a person lies flat, has a partner place a marker near the toes, and a stick or ruler is used to touch a ball while balancing on the feet. The goal is to knock the ball off without touching the floor and then rise to stand. Practice alone first and then challenge friends.
A terse note discusses a historical remedy titled Woods' Great Point Cure addressing coughs and colds and the claim that it never required any special justification.
Ormond Plant Farm presents hardy fruit stock including plums prunes and peaches with winter care advice and plant options. Customers are urged to contact Ormond Garden for pricing and delivery details.
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