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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1929
Page
6
Sundew loves her fragrant garden and the Emperor's treasures. She offers her silver plate to pay an aged dame's rent, but the Emperor refuses until the end. The tale follows a child’s generosity amid wealth and power.
Renda sends best wishes to Aileen Grimt aged 12 for a joyful birthday tomorrow. The message comes with warm regard from Pimpity and well wishes for the year ahead.
Bundew a noblewoman loses favour as the Emperor grows crueller. Bundew and her uncle are ousted after villagers amass wealth and exile them. Years later Bundew, now a tall maiden, is told by the Dame that her garden hides a cave where smugglers stored gold. The garden yields riches and the Emperor returns amid revelry.
A playful puzzle asks readers to identify missing letters in a four-letter word set. The rhyme hints at a pennier artist painting a horse and cart with a goblin altering colors, yielding the trio Art Rat Ter Tra as the four concealed elements in varying orders.
A playful scene describes Tom facing a knot with a fairy trapped inside. He pulls in pain as the knot tightens and cannot be opened. A nurse frees the fairy who warns that captors will lose races that day. The moral urges tying bows over troublesome knots.
A jumble of kid riddles and misspelled phrases about soap, fame, crocodiles, and animals. It includes questions about a mouth and tail, a slow growing tree, and odd spellings that hinder clarity.
A garbled puzzle note mentions a daily item, a five pound note in England, a past contest, and a fruit described as yellow and hard. It reads like a set of clue fragments from a classroom activity with misspelled terms and stray punctuation.
A collage of child letters and notes from young contributors including Forrest 9 Dimity 10 Blue Wing 18 and Ramona 12. They share school life pets weather and reading impressions while thanking editors and promising more writing and poems for the page.
A hungry king seeks a princess to break a witch’s spell on a prince turned into a toad. A nun helps hide the prince, a far country princess arrives, breaks the enchantment with a kiss, and the prince and princess marry and live happily.
A garbled snippet mentions a cobbler and a dozen in a murky account. It hints at a crime or disruption with phrases like robber and chasen but lacks clear dates or names. The piece reads as a damaged report offering little verifiable detail and no concrete actions.
A child recalls Jack Frost as a mischievous figure who sketches on frost and fern patterns on a frosty window. The speaker notes he appears at night, avoids the speaker’s shirt, and leaves icicles to be admired, while mother says he comes only after dark.
Fragmentary verse depicts a child’s lost doll at night as stormy weather and fear rise. Obscure lines reference a bleak landscape, mournful imagery, and a plea for guidance or safety. The readable portion centers on a missing toy and a waning sense of hope.
A historical puzzle describes twelve trenches with Hun and German soldiers placed in them. The solution involves moving all German troops to allied trenches while noting a guard camp and a fatal incident that raises questions about lawful conduct during the transfer.
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