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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1928
Page
6
A fragmented notice reflects a farewell for Demity Tee Rios and a school anecdote about classroom discipline. It recalls a mother’s loving memory and a rule of courtesy when visitors arrive, including two senior girls entering a classroom for a demonstration.
A motion to grant a hospitalised boy a toy train arose after a car accident injured Haliy 16, Berti 18, and Gordon Maplest on. A fund collected by vouchers and schoolmates aims to cover the toy and any excess will go to the ambulance that carried the boy to hospital.
Molly scolds Specky for hiding a speckled chick who appears among a brood with ten yellow and one grey chick. The farmyard scene reveals Specky’s deceit as Molly learns why the hen hid the chick and how the other hens treated the speckled one.
A string of quirky Q A style riddles about husbands feet steps holes and odd answers. The reader cites briefer jokes on a door mat step father and a mistaken “ORN” kept to eat until it ran.
Merit cards reward original letters and articles. A blue card equals three pink cards, and one pink equals four white cards. Accumulate three blue cards or their equivalents to win a prize by sending the cards to Dimity Dell.
A Canberra page from September 20 1928 celebrates flowering peach and plum trees bulbs beds of daffodils and tulips. Readers write cheer letters to Dimity Dell Hobby Circle messages about school life trips and the Windy months.
A jumble of letters and notes from Canberra Circle members age around 11 to 12. Writers describe spring, birds, and postal mix ups, with mentions of Pink Merit Cards and new members. The letters reference Mr Martin and a ventriloquist at the Adaedie School, plus a trip from Canberra to Yass with early morning travel and local scenery.
A child’s letter recounts a two hour journey over a hill to Yor then Queanbeyan. It describes green scenery a park and playground, Queanbeyan football victory and hockey draw. The return includes a distant flock and a Red Cross picnic planned for next Saturday with warm thanks.
A reader explains a cryptogram using vertical lines for vowels and horizontal lines for consonants. Each character encodes one or two vowels to form English letters, with vertical lines giving vowels and horizontal lines indicating consonants. Decoding proceeds from the upper right corner backward.
A reader asks to join the Dimity Dell Cheer Circle and promises daily kind actions plus frequent writing to keep the page merry. They request an enrolment card and provide a Pen Name field.
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