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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
3
A sleepy girl Joyce is taken to the Land of the Bygone Years by a guiding lady. She sees rooms of old years carved on time tables, notes the Great War years, and visits a future garden where children crown a New Year. She wakes to a sunny morning and a welcome to the new year.
Sweden’s Arne Borg is hailed as the world’s greatest all round swimmer after setting multiple records that surpass Weissmuller in 400 metres and 440 yards and lowering marks in 500 and 600 yards. The report credits coach William Bachrach for improving Borg’s reach and technique.
A couple discusses a pudding and Marjorie recalls sewing while mixing it. They fear a needle may have fallen into the dessert and been eaten. They search the pudding and surrounding area but cannot find the missing needle, heightening the tension.
Doyen of Australian horsemen Bob Lewis, born in Clunes Victoria, celebrated his 48th birthday. The veteran rider has ridden for James Scoble for 30 years and secured wins across Melbourne Cup meetings including Artilleryman and The Victory. He also claimed the Metropolian and multiple Caulfield Cup victories and has ridden in Sydney successes.
A farmer at Maryvale near Wellington New South Wales suffered a severe wheat loss when a harvesting fire ran out of control. About 400 bags of wheat, two acres of standing crop and 50 acres of stubble were burned before firefighters and bystanders prevented further spread. The blaze may have been started by sun reflection from a broken bottle. the loss is covered by insurance.
A Scottish suitor proposed to a girl whose weight prevented removing the ring. Unable to break the engagement, he married her. Separately, the first international industrial exhibition was held in Murin in 1798.
In anxious dialogue the sisters debate a lost object and the plan to recover it. One suggests dieting while another fears the outcome, noting the frustration of not knowing whether they will locate the missing item. The tone conveys worry about an unsettled state.
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