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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
6
Dear Girls and Boys this passage celebrates Canberra trees in autumn hues of gold russet yellow and scarlet mixing with green. It weighs which season is best spring summer autumn or winter and notes how each has its own charms before asking Circle members for their views.
The scene evokes autumn with woven baskets and garlands as children prepare for a harvest event. A breeze of change settles over arches and brambles while clever lines hint at seasonal tasks and gentle gatherings in a town square.
Dimity Dell sends best wishes for birthdays to Harold Hawk of Causeway aged 1 and to Charles Weale of Barten aged 7 both on June 4.
A playful verse about a magical bus ride to Ferryland with whimsical characters and a jangling musical journey. A brownie conductor leads a quirky crew including a frog and gnome toward fantastical stops and rhymes.
Wee Elf discovers a strange sticky object on the ground, eats it, and finds it tasty but tummy uneasy. He explores a cave, pokes a twig, and a scary warp flies out knocking him down. He runs home crying to his mother who comforts him until he feels safe again.
A fragment of riddles and puns about coins clothes and animals. It asks why a pretty girl differs from a half crown and what a bear would buy in a linen shop. It also asks when a horse is a nut and contrasts a schoolmaster with an engine driver.
Readers are invited to a playful history voyage featuring five countries with word-framed clues. Each clue demands a word matching overlapping three-letter endings, forming a connected sequence across the map and test of vocabulary.
A long readers page from Canberra communities features notes from Kentucky Rose Ragged Blossom Moonshine Wild Rose Kangaroo Durra Turra Carnation and Turra members. They share Empire Day events school sports frost mornings and wartime cinema scenes while asking after friends and garden needs.
Two young writers Silver Star from Griffith and Lavender of Weelangerra share holiday tales in Melbourne and Condor visits. They describe family news, fruit gifts, school return, knitting efforts, pets, and a fond wish for cheer circle members with radio stories from Brisbane.
Fragmentary verse lines describe a robin under green leaves and a cradle, with mournful sobbing and a gentle tender tone. The text reads as a rustic lyric piece about nature and sorrow.
Fragmentary verse lines describe a dainty maiden and wandering themes among meadows and flowers. It references honeysuckle bower, clover, lilies, Canterbury bells, and garden imagery with archaic phrasing. The text appears as a partial decorative poem likely from an old literary page.
A fragmentary tale follows Ve THU Mente Heel and her promise from a sweetheart who writes songs after a Switoliaht episode. The plot centers on a Swede Jetterk preserving letters and HMety Stam while a rare Isenet drives a marriage plan. The buyer pays about £800 for a few stamps.
A muddled OCR note recounts a Transport Workers' Union episode involving a donkey named Ishak Dhwlovineh and various tangled aliases. It reports a secretary’s misread, a mistaken union link, and ongoing work with no pay change, amid a chaotic dispute.
A fragmentary verse portrays a notorious pirate. The speaker boasts a scarlet sash, plundered gold, and grim acts aboard a crowded ship. The crew cowers as the pirate rules the deck with a black flag unfurled.
The fragment lists instructions about writing letters including name age and address on each letter, using ink on one side, optional pen usage, noting birth date, and labeling original or copied works for members stories poems and riddles.
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