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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
3
A South African mistress discusses recruiting a native servant, noting language comfort, tone, and demeanor. The piece reflects attitudes toward Zulu and African workers, with emphasis on language skills and the challenges of urban recruitment. It contrasts urban and rural applicants and hints at colonial labor dynamics and recruitment practices.
A fragment discusses evaluating applicants for a maid or servant role, noting that a well dressed appearance may mislead. It argues that the poorly clad are often more reliable and that time reveals whether a mistress’s judgment was sound. It reflects cautious hiring standards and stereotypes of women.
Medical men advocate cold-water treatment as the quickest permanent relief for various ailments. The method traces to Vincent Pretsanitz, a Silesian peasant who studied animal cooling and applied it to humans with notable success. Persecuted by orthodox doctors, he persisted until fame reached the Emperor, and he became Doctor Preissanta who founded hydrotherapy, championing nature over drugs.
A home recipe promises eight bottles of cough and cold remedy from one. By adding a small amount of concentrated HEENZO the preparation allegedly provides about £1 worth of medicine for all ages. A separate jurist anecdote recalls a judge quipping that hesitation makes a person older.
A pastiche overview blends China's three year health strategy with legends about rings. It cites League of Nations aid from 1930 to 1934, centers built along the Yangtze, Nanking hospital work, cholera and malaria control, and the transfer of health services to Chinese administration. It also traces ancient and medieval beliefs about rings from Rome to Solomon and Greek myth, noting their magical or protective powers and the spread of charm rings in antiquity.
A trade notice reviews The Book World tribute to Tom Roberts father of Australian landscape painting written by Robert Henderson Croll. It notes limited edition press run and potential quick sellout. Also mentions other Australian literary works by Mrs Aeneas Gunn and Robert Douglass Hays, with emphasis on circulation and cultural impact.
A humorous fragment shows a persistent sewing machine agent extolling Blang & Co and a coffin dealer from Bury & Keepem as he tries to persuade a householder. The scene includes a crisis editor and a cabinet joke as the panel of fragmented dialogue unfolds.
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