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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
2
The Junior Forum reports a shift to a limerick format for the junior competition with many entries and Trevor Roach of a similar Tenngeon Cremeant Forrest winning the prize. Next week the event will revert to the previous format with details in Thursday's page.
A South African whaler reports killing a sperm whale near Petowny and discovering a lump of ambergris in its intestines. The captain valued the find as a synthetic-like material, noting it is not chemi ally rich ambergris and suggesting a growing curiosity about its origin and value.
A quirky column item blends a limerick about a boy named Zier and a playful puzzle riddle. The fragment hints at a T. Resch submission, ages, street address, and a cake recipe including flour currants peel butter and kage, all presented in a bygone newspaper tone.
A mangled OCR fragment suggests a discussion of perfumes pleasing the sense of smell being tied to a morbid internal condition of sperm whale. The text appears to describe months or more, then a filtering step, and a reaction of surprise or shock at these implied medical or anatomical claims.
The Canberra Time invites entries from all students without an equivalent leaving certificate. A prize book will be awarded for the best answers. Entries must be addressed to The Junior Forum or The Canberra Time and reach by Tuesday, August 3, 01.
In a tense scene Betty discovers a hidden sixpence in the nursery as Tony laments, then secretly heads to bed while a sobbing child clings to a lost keepsake. A brief interruption leads to a quiet confession about a slipped paper and a claim of saving it from being discarded.
The Telopea Park Infants Mothers Club will hold a social evening at the school on Wednesday next, July 28, with dancing, crazy whist and prizes. An excellent supper will be provided and all who support the school welfare are invited. The event costs 2 shillings. Three Canberra Rover Crew members will camp with Rovers traveling from Victoria and South Australia to Canberra District at the Hoyong High Plains.
A reader suggests unscrewing the nozzle of a fountain pen by wrapping a rubber band around it to gain grip without injuring the hand. If no rubber band is available, a string or damp paper can substitute. A fag stopper can be removed with a strong grip of moist fingers using the same technique.
A stray paragraph notes dogs circle before lying down, suggesting it traces to ancestral wild living in grass or dungy areas. Repeats indicate instinct to twist grass into a snug nest for comfort, a behavior carried into modern domestic dogs.
An intriguing rebus appears and invites readers to guess its meaning from the three letters shown. The note teases that the solution is suggested by their positions and asks for an answer to appear in next Wednesday's page.
A fragmented Canberra calendar listing dated events and figures including battles such as Salamanca and Talavera, reign of terror ending in 1794, Henry VII marriage, Robespierre guillotined, Wilberforce death, and other dates like 1830 and 1694. It mixes July and historical milestones with scattered names and places, reflecting archival notice style without coherent narrative.
A printed reminiscence describes a pencil and paper game for a birthday party. Players write numbers in a grid and record sums from horizontal and vertical lines to total 28 possible ways. A time limit and a prize for top score are suggested.
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