Blind Brisbane telephonist invents writing aid for the blind
Moss Chive Jones, a Bank of New South Wales switchboard operator in Brisbane, has invented Pleasure Print a mechanical clipboard that guides a hand written letter by a grid of patches and a metal bar. The device aims to help blind or visually impaired writers avoid wandering off the page and to produce readable letters.
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Local garden and home goods offer bargains at Mawson Centre
Claybreaker by Bush aids break down of clay and improves soils priced 1.95 for a 16h pack covering 100 square feet. Mawson Garden Centre stocks gloxinias 1.40, fuchsias 0.75, light foam pots 0.02 to 0.60, saucers 0.03, foam troughs 1.30, plus novel Han sels and Gretel cookie jar 4.50. Also copper wall plaques from 8 to 280, wall abstracts and metal decor from Australian artists. Rogers Civic stocks Raven venetian blind cleaners 2.99, dustpans 1.90, Namco folding bed 17, Demar hair and bath brushes and Prosecution deodorant sprays 0.09.
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Agoraphobia in Britain Stirred ACT Family Response
A Canberra Times report on agoraphobia in Britain prompts a local wife to share a Canberra family’s experience. A university professor, unable to leave home easily, describes panic attacks and self imposed isolation, while his wife and sons adapt and seek understanding and support.
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