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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
6
The fragment sketches a mother's grief as she says farewell to her infant. It laments fate and the burden of separation, with lines hinting at a future reveal or reflection on the child’s life. The voice carries sorrow, yearning, and a vow to keep the memory alive.
The Tamaki visitors arrive by sea to Koro amid jubilation and taunting chants from the barrackers. Maori chief Taranai, in a fox-skin tunic, leads a ceremonial welcome while Lovell and Hori Panu are introduced. The Tamaki chief vows a vigorous game as the Koro players boast of local prowess and a warrior spirit.
The Tamaki and Koros clash ends 16 to 6 with Hauraki’s win as Piwi, daughter of Taransi, seizes the trophy from Hori Paua and toasts the team. A Maori maiden secretly borrows the cup, sparking chase and cheers as Lovell mysteriously disappears before the steamer departs.
Fragmented narration follows Lovell in a forest dell where a fleeting face appears beneath rocks. A trail leads deeper into shadowed woods as characters discuss a girl named Miss Binks and a scene of theatrical merit, with local family figures observed amid bush life and rumor.
The column discusses marriage as a human aim driven by happiness yet often flawed by mismatch. It urges discretion, privacy, and dignity, noting many endure imperfect unions while work and inner strength provide purpose. It compares shared life to flowers at one’s feet and cites pantomime costs as social detail.
A jumble of household advice and recipe fragments covers laundering methods for stockings and skin care, moth prevention, gentle laxatives for children, and stain removal. It includes step by step instructions for umbrella rolling, a carrot onion soup recipe, red mullet fillets with lemon butter, ox tongue in sauce, and a dessert mould with sponge cake and sherry, all presented in an old fashioned domestic tone.
A jumble of uncanny events and observations: a tourist harmed by falling stones near a tap, a heroic philanthropic legacy in Corfu, a deranged man ejected from a South Shields service, and a Hoboken church scare as a coffin moves by motor power. Also details on the Pekia observatory copper globe, shipboard leave woes, a Shoreditch postman dispute with a cabman, and philosophical quips on court life and sensuality.
A collage of society notes from London includes forged philanthropic tickets sold via the Personalities Society, a burglar seeking a Lady Advocate in court, a Poplar doctor warning of threats and late work, a patriotic dining room in Sefton Park, and observations on independent Englishwomen versus Paris diners. It also recalls a New Yorker fooling horse show judges, a cabhorse chase near the Strand, a mysterious palmist consulted after a youth’s death, and reviews of notable local figures and misadventures.
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