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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
3
The article outlines smart wear including plaid wool or silk jackets, puffed sleeves, jumper tops, and frilled collars. It advises hair ornaments, statement bands, and corsage options. It also provides at home posture and leg-raising exercises to improve carriage and a slim figure through daily routines.
The article warns against dangerous starvation diets and urges consulting a doctor for proper weight management. It outlines that fat gathers at the belly hips and thighs and describes basic exercises to tone the pelvis thighs and buttocks with a focus on safety and consistency.
Beauty culturists regard oatmeal as beneficial for skin care. A simple dusting powder or a cleansing wash uses fine oatmeal, powdered Castile soap, violet perfume, and warm water to create a milky solution. The mixture is strained and used as a skin cleanser in winter months.
An odd exchange shows a father labeling a son as a crank while remarking on lacking a self starter. Mabel is called into the conversation as the young man and father volley lines in a tense domestic moment.
A centenary celebration promises a colossal birthday cake to honor Victoria. The design features 43 tons of flat and 1 ton of simonds with 15 tons batter and 1g tons flour. The cake weighs about 10 tom and includes special coins minted for the event.
Household hints cover laundry folding, jewellery care, brightening dull lines with coffee and floor polish, jam making and fruit selection, and a winter soup recipe. Includes advice on preserving jam, silver care with lemon and soap, and a mutton broth recipe with skimmed cream.
A warm broth recipe mixes milk breadcrumbs and lemon juice with nutmeg for a cream soup served on toast. The piece then surveys winter pies including chicken rabbit beef and kidney pies, with notes on pastry, boil time, and a pumpkin pie recipe with spices and custard.
Read like a melodramatic yarn from a 19th century chronicle. Jim, released after twelve years of a twenty year sentence, resumes work on a station in North Queensland. The tale weaves trackers, police pursuit, and a fatal local bush tragedy near Kean dexeri, with lingering questions about identities and motives as Jim moves northward along the Australian frontier.
Mr Clarrie Matthews reported a wild cat trapped a rabbit on his property at Paw Farm NSW. The creature measured from nose to tail about a certain length, and the full incident details were recorded locally.
A garbled account notes Warwick England faces danger of sinking due to underground water beneath a sodden municipal tennis court. Citizens and officials fear subsidence as subterranean water wells up, prompting emergency measures and local warnings amid a fractured report.
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