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Newspaper

Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 18, 1928

Page

8

Canberra Croquet Championship Details Revealed

The article lists players including Meulayion Parton Knowles Brunier Townseast Harbury Chapman dagen Walligen Ree Marchats Ents and Mun Ar Vreriti as participants. It notes the next event will be held in conjunction with Croquet City and references Hately Caraat Head EAM.

Montiionie Brunier Townseast Harbury Chapman Dagen Walligen Ree Marchats Ents Mun

Ladies' Hockey on Acton Flats Match Report

Fragmented notes describe a ladies hockey event on Acton Flats with players Moranias, Ajman, Taverny, Nomis and others. The text is heavily garbled but indicates an afternoon match and mentions several team members and locations.

Ladien Howley Acton Wham Ures Moranias Pang Ajman Taverny Nomis Pin

Two Latest Fads Highlight Evening Wear Designs

A fashion item described as a pink tailored evening dress features sheer panels and color blocks. The upper bodice is yellow with a vibrant lower skirt in a contrasting hue, showcasing decorative elements and inventive layering.

Ashton Frivale Moat Ianit T Masoud

Beautiful Magpie Ballads Australian Folk Songs Listing

Public notice for music offerings and engagements including Australian folk songs by Val Damukun and others. Mentions publishers George B Philip & Son in Sydney and Canberra School of Music. Includes engagement banners and contact hints with names like J C Gunn and Mistlake Newsagent.

Canberra School of Music Thano Siagng Gella Mibd Ambrose A.L.C.M J. C. Gunn Newsagent

Telopea Park School Dance For School Funds

Telopea Park School plans a dance to raise funds for pupils music needs. The event will feature refreshments and decorations provided by volunteers with Mrs Money as honorary president and Miss Pilshie as honorary secretary.

Mapper Harton Mins Pilshie

Tuck Shop Day At The School Fair

A school event titled Tuck Shop Day drew strong interest yesterday. Pupils and teachers organized a lively display with clowns and crafts while fundraising for activities and supplies.

Double Chin 39 Cure From Nonsense Text

A garbled OCR item promises a cure for a double chin and contains fragmented phrases about reading hands, tapes, and mysterious terms. The damaged text features nonsensical instructions and stray words, offering no clear event or identifiable people or organizations.

Gardening urged as a school hobby and home plot

A Canberra Times gardening column prompts children to start a personal or school plot, noting the joy of seeds sprouting and plants thriving. The letter page reveals new members joining the group, with messages from Dene Emre and others, plus a Scout note about a Junior Red Cross gathering and a field report of activities and a playfully tense snake sighting.

Canberra Times Canberra Kingston Orange

Dear Emily Bel and the Guide Club Letters from a junior member

A long stray letter from Arborstone Youth Camp member Snow drift and another young writer Bnowdelet describe joining Girl Guides and a Cheef Clive group. They share hopes, birthday wishes, pen names, and plans to visit Kingston in November while asking Emily to recount experiences and offer guidance.

Ormpste Clive Dour

Cheer Circle letters reveal joining steps and rules

A chaotic school page fragment describes how to join a Cheer Circle, including correspondence from Jessie May Cayce and guidance from Dimity Dell May. It outlines writing to a mentor, sharing notes, and posting about pets, poems, and activities.

Dimity Dell Talo Merry Bright

Little Kitty Lhretty in a Rural Verse Fragment

The fragment depicts a childlike girl named Kitty in a rustic scene. Birds and grains are mentioned amid a pastoral setting with references to wheat and country life. The language is fragmented and archaic, yielding a brief glimpse of rural imagery without a clear narrative.

Kitty

Riddles and Wordplay Fragments from a Puzzled Page

A garbled collection of riddles and letter swaps asks about vowels in a phrase, a counting riddle about a chicken and a goal, and hints at syllables and names. The text shows misprinted questions and missing letters, suggesting an OCR mistranscription of an early puzzle column with playful language and word games.

RIDDLE ME REEL Wordplay puzzle clue reveals a hidden phrase

A cryptic riddle clues letter placements across words and months. it hints at a concealed sentence or theorem. The riddle mentions Janus and May, and ends with a prompt about a law or rule, asking for a computed answer or code.

Tiny Tots Buttercup Elf Story Fragment

Fragmentary children tale notes describe a buttercup elf and a cheerful uncle figure in a cozy setting. The text blends garbled phrases with mentions of a caterpillar and a cheery elf, but details are unclear and several passages are unreadable.

Word Squares From Slaythulil Tin Smite Ties

Fragmentary text appears to list fractured terms and jumbled phrases. It includes unusual proper nouns and scattered words like slaythulil and Humber. No coherent event or entities emerge to form a clear news item or summary. The readable content suggests a puzzle or garbled OCR fragment rather than a reportable story.

Answers to Thursday's Puzzles Aggregated

Puzzle page garbled with scattered terms and names. Reads like a jumble of fragmented clues and partial answers including references to Anna Faye Ned and various odd strings. Content inconsistent, likely OCR error with no coherent tale.

Ivy M Hootes Birthday Wish in Fairy Tale Tone

Pimity Dell wishes Ivy M Hootes many happy returns tomorrow August 19 In a playful fairy tale style the note invites a rest in fairyland with the ferry queen and buttercup elf dances while a tiny voyage ends with a kindly wish and a friendly hello from a magical realm

Pimity Dell Ivy M. Hootes Jay

A Tongue Twister Rears Weekly Haste and Haste

A tongue twister column titled A Tongue Twister spreads playful phrases in weekly form featuring wordplay and alliterative lines designed for reader amusement and verbal practice.

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