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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
2
Students from multiple schools showcased Parisian style in a school fashion event. Designers and models, including several named participants, presented outfits described as chic and trendsetting with emphasis on coordinated drape and color. The show highlighted craftsmanship, fabric choices, and a vibrant backstage effort.
The article notes a film crew in Sydney preparing extended scenes for Perawount's adaptation The Return of Terluck Mules. Cast includes Clive Brush and Betty Lawton. technicians record riverfront ambience and quarantine sound checks as filming moves to the island studios and Cunard voyage backdrop.
The article reports film critic insights on talkies, noting dialogue and pantomime shape narrative flow. Robert Florey discusses how sound cinema expands storytelling while silent methods leave room for expressive movement.
A historical note records sheep shearing feats across Leadvile Forbes and nearby districts. It mentions two workers operating a two stand portable plant and details performances at various creeks and towns, with dates around Armistice Day. The piece cites Mr Tom Webb and compares to earlier records near Forbes.
An implausible duel over a game ends with one man killed when a red billiard ball strikes his temple. The other participant, deemed unable to fight, marries his opponent’s relative and the two couples vow to stay together, in a strange post duel ceremony.
The article surveys how animals introduced to various regions become pests or ecological threats. It notes horses in parts of the West and Nevada laws permitting shooting, feral goats and camels transforming forests and fuel supplies, and wildcats and dogs impacting livestock, with historical anecdotes from places like the Galapagos Islands and St. Helena.
A reader details a method to compute tank size by summing top and bottom areas, adding four times middle area, dividing by six, and multiplying by depth. The example uses 60 by 50 top, 20 by 20 bottom, middle 43,200 and 13,200, yielding 814 acres? The text also describes wall shapes and wall removals affecting final bottom dimensions.
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