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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1933
Page
3
Article advises that healthy strong stock fowls need only plain wholesome food during moulting. It warns against tonics and forced feeding, explaining that forced moults harm natural timing and egg production. Suburban birds may require diet tweaks but still no tonics, with green matter, bran, meat, and grit preferred.
The article discusses sex ratios in poultry offspring, noting vigour in roosters affects pullet and cockeral production, with mating patterns influencing outcomes. It suggests crossbreeding tacks such as black Orpington hens with white Leghorn cocks, explains perching behavior at roost, and recommends wall-free porches and internal filters to reduce disease and maintain healthy flocks.
The article explains rapid eye protection and reflexive movements. It describes eyelid blinking as an instinctive shield against intruders, and compares this speed to other quick bodily responses. It notes eye socket structure and reflexes that safeguard vision against direct blows.
Notes describe ancient Asia with giant bells in Pekin and Mandalay, a tale of Gyges and the ring of invincibility, a curious American clock using a hot spring to drive time, and legends of the resilient grass snake whose tail segments fail to reunite after breakage.
The Epiphany festival on the Neva features the blessing of new waters as ice breaks with precision while sprites face banishment from the procession. A Washington library exhibit displays about 200 miniature books, the largest under seven inches, including a tiny FitzGerald Rubaiyat and Galileo letters. Several volumes are bound in red morocco, with some encased in watch charms containing magnifying glasses for reading. Other items include an illuminated Koran, Dante, Goethe, and Burns works among history and science texts.
An Irish officer rang his bell so often that the landlady’s servants quit rather than stay. He refused to move when told to quit, promised to ring again, and soon a revolver shot was heard. The captain calmly served coffee, explaining he needed a substitute for the bell to avoid complaints.
The article traces billiards from antiquity to modern play, noting Shakespeare’s reference and the shift from two balls to the red ball as a pivotal development. It mentions variations in Spain such as three balls and five wooden pins used mid‑table.
Jesk, returning from college where he earned high honours in ancient languages, admits ignorance when his sister asks him to translate a sign from an optician. Jock struggles to decipher the Latin words and concedes most are not Latin, while the water figure claims cook translates it as about your eyes.
A wife returning from a dentist visit jokes about wisdom teeth. She says she has had all her wisdom teeth pulled. The husband quips that wisdom has nothing to do with teeth, arguing it couldn’t make him any stupider. Curtain.
The piece argues that building larger steamships reduces costs per cargo ton. It compares ships of 4,000 and 8,700 tons, showing material, upkeep, and crew savings for the bigger vessel. Fuel efficiency also improves, with larger ships burning less coal per 100 tons of cargo on a typical voyage, and geared turbines boosting economical operation.
The article traces mussel culture to France where it thrives, dating origin to 1244 after an Irish shipwreck near La Rochelle. Sailor James Walton devised stake and wickar work to trap seafowl and mussels, inspiring locals to weave branches between stakes, creating mussel beds. The practice expanded and flourished for nearly eight centuries.
An old sailor testifies in an assault case and is quizzed by the judge who mistakes plaintiff for defendant. The witness retorts with comical nautical terms and insults, claiming the judge cannot even locate abaft the binnacle. The exchange highlights courtroom humor and miscommunication.
Corrected text recalls Kitty Marlowe arriving at a rugged Irish school to assess writing by asking children to sign their names. Most signs are clear until a boy submits Norah Phunket, prompting the teacher to note the mix up and joke about the famous Irishman who built the Ark.
Two men on a riverbank argued and laughed as one fell in. The man in the water pleaded that he could not swim while the other watched with indifference and offered no aid. The swimmer sank again and gasped for help, uttering I can't swim. The bystander mocked that this is a queer time to boast.
An estate agent tours a country property with an old farmer. On a train journey the farmer discovers his dog has followed him home each time. The agent notes the dog’s loyalty while the farmer boasts he has sold the same dog four times, proving the dog’s homeward instinct and the farmer’s thrifty hustle.
The article covers ranged firearm tests claiming 12 miles by a Kropp .45 if fired in A2 era, notes on electricity cutting wood with a white hot platinum wire, and explains shrapnel physics and rail handling innovations. It cites rail machines driven by air pressure, locomotive brakes, and electromagnets lifting rails and spikes in heavy industrial use.
The text explains snake locomotion with alternating rib constrictions forming curves. It describes gripping rough surfaces to propel the front, pulling the hind body forward, and belly scales fast tracking projections. It notes climbing uses the same method and that a snake cannot wind spirally around a tree.
A journal item describes why a whip makes a crack, citing centrifugal effects that accelerate the tip to near the speed of sound. Professor V. Boys demonstrates with matches and a glass bottle, explaining friction and surface smoothness in safety matches and how impact in cricket bat design causes a sting in the hand.
In a royal affair, d Antin plans to remove a forest blocking views. He deceives the king, hides workers, and triggers a staged destruction by blowing a whistle, prompting a sudden, magical collapse of the trees before the king’s promenade.
Cusharon stands as the principal German mine station and naval base with mine laying divisions, an artillery depot, a powerful wireless station, and barracks for sailors gunners and marines. Cuxhaven also hosts the main air fleet harbor with a long rotating dirigible shed and seaplane hangars for repair and fitting aircraft.
A provincial journalist praised a retired soldier as battle scarred hero but a printer error changed it to bottle starred hero. The veteran demanded a correction and his anger grew as the next misprint appeared.
Mrs. Johanes searches for a mat. the candidate arrives shabby and rough with a black eye. The applicant claims a door caused an injury, denying marriage, and Abe doubts the tale as the interview ends with a cornered retort.
A man was accused of stealing a pair of trousers but acquitted after witnesses testified and the evidence proved meagre. The court noted the delay in moving until witnesses left, suggesting uncertainty about the theft.
Observations show some sea-birds spend weeks at sea and may quench thirst from falling rain. Their keen eyesight guides them toward storms and they appear to drink the rainwater as it pours from the sky, with flocks moving toward gusty ports.
In a fragmentary exchange two sailors claim a cook or crew member lived forty days on water while the other dismisses the tale saying a fellow has been surviving on water for eleven years. The sea captain is referenced in the debate.
A collection of humorous fragments from a 19th century style piece. The text portrays social banter at a wedding, village life, and mock dialogues about manners and speech. Names like Mary June appear in sketches among exchanged jests and farcical miscommunications.
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