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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
2
Adriana Spadoni narrates a playful dialogue between Ramaka and Tamaka touring a Metropolitan Museum of Art display. They compare scarabs, jewelry, robes, and fashions from Egypt, Crete, and other ancient cultures, debating love, status, and the vanity of beauty while marveling at ancient craft.
A 61 year old thief named William Bullivan received eighteen months hard labor in London for stealing two pairs of steps and reportedly practiced this theft for years, even stealing as many as one hundred pairs on one occasion. The text then shifts to a London Sketch by Garrett Thorps, musing on foreigners in barber shops in London, referencing barbers from Germany Austria and Japan, a Polish count near Holborn, a Sicilian acquaintance, and theater chatter about Grasso and Italian plays, all conveyed in a lively, observational tone.
A newly shown coat draws fashion leaders with ajfectoire lines and curious contrast at the shoulders and sleeves, suggesting Japanese influence as it engages style circles across the globe.
Ex president Diaz of Mexico flees after resignation, leaving secretly from Vera Cruz with wife and son. He travels by three trains for safety en route to Spain, amid fears bandits may intercept telegraph lines and obstruct his escape.
Robert Galch admitted the murder of his wife at their Bowth Barcourt home. A bloodstained carving knife was found on the premises. He claimed the wife taunted him and had two prior strokes left her bedridden. he appeared mentally distressed at the police station. The inquest noted his deranged mind after her health declined.
A Breton known as Onions faces hostility in a Western port after the Marie Baude grounds for repairs and a broken heart. He endures rejection, learns English fishing lore, and finally gains a berth with Sapper Brown, proving himself as an Engleesh fisherman though still a foreigner in locals eyes.
A WW I era account notes that birds across species greatly reduce insect populations during nest-building. Swallows martins and nightjar dramatically aid pest control, with wagtails and wrens feeding nestlings. The piece describes a pair of wagtails hawking on a golf course, carrying large swarms of insects to their nest amid a busy, controlled chase near the greens.
Trial in the tv hall on Tuesday heard of a 5000 pound defalcation scheme at Keevil and Keevil provision merchants. Herbert Tallmer William Salmer and Charles Meadows along with their employers faced charges for falsifying books to cover a risky bet. Bank-like roles and long service highlighted, with references to pay scales and bonuses.
A premarkable plague of cigar beetles reported by the Medical Officer of Health invaded a house in Upper Thames Street and forced occupants to abandon the premises. Fumigation with sulphur dioxide was only partly effective as the pests were numerous. Adjacent warehouses held 277 bags of turmeric about 15 tons imported from Bombay. Specimens sent to the British Museum identified the beetles as Lasioderma ferricorae, known as cigar beetles for damaging cigars and cigarettes, also seen in Burma and frequently in cigars and cheroots.
The arrest of Mrs Jew le Henkle on a charge of poisoning her stepdaughter has caused a major sensation in Delaware Oslo. The girl died days ago after arsenic was pumped from her stomach. Henkle, a resident's wife, attended the ill child and is alleged to have envied her husband's affection for the daughter.
A Jewish Chronicle anecdote notes Jewish costermongers rarely keep donkeys, citing a People’s Palace Show observation with no Jewish entries. The piece contrasts Balaam’s mission and the market’s thieves with the modern Jewish toiler and patrons who view beasts of burden as a burden.
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