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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1973
Page
3
In the days before Easter family members plan a complex journey to see Great Aunt Phoebe. The narrator recalls parents and grandparents arranging tickets, watching the ritual from the Windsor bar, and noting the prewar travel drama akin to a Central Africa foray.
A first trip to Norfolk unveils Great Aunt Phoebe and her shepherd husband, a thatched cottage without electricity, geese at the back, and village life. The narrator recalls travel chaos, rural routines, a Primrose School stop, and a moral tale reading with tea and cakes in a 20th century family visit.
The Postmaster-General announces four new Australian postage stamps featuring Ossie the Australian, with images ranging from patriotic to humorous and controversial. The plan includes a series titled Sentiments, depicting Ossie through a spectrum of emotions. Enthusiasm grows as the stamps move toward issuance amid debates about cultural sensitivity and international reception.
The veteran actor Richard Todd, 52, brings stage presence to Sleuth at the Canberra Theatre, recalling his early Oscar-nominated roles and long screen career while noting his recent return to regular theatre work and shifting ambitions.
Richard Todd discusses stage discipline and stamina before a Canberra opening. He recalls lean years in repertory, buying a Cotswold manor, and founding a theatre company. He criticizes excess in film and theatre, defends censorship in part, and stresses routine guidance for some people in the industry.
Fragmented poetic verse contemplates winter, December, and renewal. Imagery compares a parched sine of Our simner with japonica and red branches. A sparrow episode punctuates the scene as night deepens.
A fragmented clipping mentions Peter Ross Kay with garbled text and irony hints, noting a grocery or market theme in a judging or commentary tone. The piece reads like a stray OCR fragment referencing Goetihig and CCLAC Parisian terms, obscuring clear actions or dates.
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