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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1928
Page
6
In a curious exchange a boy offers fruit to a girl with a paint box as they discuss orange blossoms ripening alongside frost. A portrait request appears in a playful, wintry garden moment featuring dialogue about oranges and blossoms.
At Astie Public School last night the Children Welfare Association hosted a Primydy Ball meeting. Funds raised included 17 818 votes and substantial ticket sales, with Miss Parker and Miss Annanid among top vote getters. A farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Martin was announced, and a committee was formed to organize an event on Saturday October 1.
A fragmented dialogue where a school minister compares a student to past leaders, saying when Mr Brice was his age he led top in class and became Prime Minister of Australia. The text blends rhetoric with unclear attributions and stray punctuation.
A clipped headline reports a weekly feature catching attention as momentum builds. Prominent figures and local groups are cited amid a brisk, period-voice note on ongoing activity and upcoming events.
The text describes dark green leaves and apple trees with promises of spring growth and summer harvest. A caller speaks of choosing fruit, weaving a finery tower, and warns about fruit seeds that grow flame-orange trees while offering counsel on holiness and bearing witness to a strange exchange.
Fragmentary verse lines evoke spring imagery and a note about a bird and light. The garbled text reads like a poetic fragment with references to wings, dawn, and an elusive spell or season, signaling a stylized, whimsical reflection on spring.
A short humorous note from a reader describes a small boy with a pair of shoes, a broken toy, and a damaged “Dreaven’s” computer. The fragment hints at a playful mishap scene and a child’s misadventure.
The child mispronounces words during a school day exchange with father, joking about animals hiving fur coats each winter. The father hushes him, noting the mother is in the next room.
The excerpt presents garbled lines asking how Cain killed Abel and what to add to the nine to make the pixel. It shows inconsistent spellings and misaligned phrases, suggesting OCR errors. The fragment lacks coherent reportable events, names, dates, or locations to summarize as a standalone news item.
Fragmentary notice presents a cryptic instruction about placing coins in positions and a stray names string Jungleland Dotegraph. The readable parts mention a sequence of coin placements by ordinal numbers and targets, suggesting a game or puzzle segment from the page. The source lacks full context or clear event details.
A playful verse about Tommy the scout roving Saturdays with belt hat scarf and haversack. He wears khaki and leads by example saying be prepared and find a good turn for someone every day. The poem celebrates his cheerful demeanor and popularity among peers.
A quirky note invites children to try a posted a quirky item and form a write aithoucttv, promising reveal in future issue titled Doge. The fragmentary call for participation hints at a playful, puzzle style task with obscure phraseology and an expected hidden answer.
A notice states that white wrapping paper may be secured in any quantity from the Federal Capital Press in Ainslie with options for printed or unprinted stock. The brief item indicates availability and supplier details for purchasing white paper.
A collection of letters from Telopen Park School busily detailing enrolment cards pen names and weekly updates in the Cheer Circle. Messages praise new members and report on sports events school activities and community projects with playful tone and heartfelt sign offs.
A fragmented reader comment questions the correct reading of a phrase and sketches how misreading can alter meaning. The user attempts to parse the text as if quoting a speaker or tinker, illustrating confusion and misalignment in transcription.
A playful word puzzle points to a food item connected to a sport liked by boys. Clues describe letters: within cretonne not wilk, ivy and cling, cuteh not fling, Kate not Joon, meat and bone share alth. The whole ends with the start of time, hinting at a familiar name for a snack tied to a game boys enjoy. The garbled ending hints at more misprints.
Vacations for Public schools shift from Christmas to year end with altered lengths. Primary five weeks and secondary five weeks become mixed five and seven weeks. Shutdowns run Dec 14 reopen Jan 28 for primary Feb 4 for secondary. Easter break removed. summer changes adjust August two and three weeks respectively. No September break next year.
Telopea Park boys Rugby League defeated Queanbeyan 12 to 6 last Friday as the Queanbeyan team hosted by the Canberra district. Teachers Federation meeting at Telopea Park School discussed living allowances and the German Community Library. Bird League notes show Gould League membership among Telopea Park pupils with new certificates and 1029 badges ready. Girls hockey at Telopen Park beat Queanbeyan 4-0, with Lily Welch a key scorer. Girls tennis underway with crowded courts and season wrap notables. Nomads at Telopen Park claim Canberra Women's Hockey Association title with 65 points from 60 possible, Baronjas Gorman House trailing in second.
The schedule lists Whe hes Ainslie versus Telopea HF at Neorth bourne and St Christopher's versus Telopea Park A of Manuka at 2 o'clock for the school football competition.
Ainslie Public School appoints a new headmaster to replace Mr. Martin, effective October 1, from Forbes Street Public School, moving to Ainslie via Mr. Wim, A Rdnsell, WA. The Boys Club welcomes Lieut.-Col. Goodwin, president of the Children’s Welfare Association, who praised the boys course of instruction and announced a public display of pyramid building and gymnastic events Tuesday night.
In a village tale, Pink Meritrd Doele Graham spends on a garden plot while Joyce tends a brimming shed of flowers. Patrick, confident in his tree knowledge, buys an apple tree against advice. Six apples appear on his tree by summer, Joyce’s tree fades, and Graham praises Patrick’s success over Joyce’s.
White Merit narrates the tale of Marie a poor flower seller saved a baby by the city street. A car accident leaves her briefly stunned then brought to a wealthy home where the saved child’s mother offers care. Marie returns to selling but is later welcomed into the same lady’s home for a happier life.
A large rally is held at the Girls Club to complete plans for the next three months. The Children’s Welfare Association met last night and decided to purchase crockery including cups saucers and spoons for the school.
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