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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
2
A feature on 1837 travel shows how roads and rails shaped journeys differently. It notes early horses and crude helpers, railways then slow and bulky, and compares these with today’s motor vehicles reshaping trade and passenger movement, with humorous anecdotes of coaches, rope-traction on hills, and pilots of Steam age.
A review of Max Murray’s first book, a travelogue detailing his ascent from deckhand to author. The piece tracks Murray’s diverse work aboard ships, his voyage from Sydney to New Orleans, and his reflections on America and Australia, ending with a celebration of his independence and class equality.
A playful exchange captures a Christmas mood as she urges reconciliation and he jokes about kissing her cheek, remarking it needs no further making up. The dated phrasing hints at a domestic vignette from a period paper.
A historical account surveys the practice of selling wives at public fairs and markets, noting cases across England from the 16th to 19th centuries. Notable episodes include a Pontefract sale, a Birmingham market halter sale, and a Little Horton auction, with punishments emerging under later laws. The narrative culminates in the Casterbridge tale of Michael Honehard, whose drunken offer led to a sale of wife and child to a sailor, who later vanished.
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