A Christmas Wish in a Frayed City Note
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a Christmas wish amid civic life. Names and places are unreadable, but the piece implies local sentiment during the season.
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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a Christmas wish amid civic life. Names and places are unreadable, but the piece implies local sentiment during the season.
A garbled OCR fragment contains scattered words and non sequiturs. Readable bits hint at imposted phrases like red spider and mountain mentions but lack coherent action, people, or places to form a proper news item. The text appears as miscased soundalikes and stray syllables with no clear event or source.
The notice discusses strawberry and other plant health concerns, detailing pests such as the pear spider mite affecting leaves and fruit. It notes webbing on undersides, small eggs, rapid mite reproduction, and recommendations including sulphur treatments from January to April, plus careful plant care and timing for effective control.
The wool industry faced alarm over synthetic fibers and price pressures as growers and officials discuss exports and consumer demand. Federal action and market restrictions loom, with leaders from Wool Producers and Farmers groups weighing impact on Australian wool exports and local prices.
A historical note describes how petrol mist mixes with air in the engine to affect performance. It explains air intake, engine speed, and the concept that high speeds cause significant air movement through the intake, likening it to a hurricane passing through the engine. It emphasizes the importance of proper fuel air mixture for optimal car operation.
A fragmented note discusses insulator materials and abrasive processes, mentioning glassy forms, epoxy, and slate. It notes concerns about aging, porosity, and the need for careful handling of experiments, with references to water content and sandpaper finishing.
A man in Tesxlerhearh Kent crafts intricate secret boxes from scrap wood and metal fittings. He claims sixty boxes feature hidden openings operated by hinges and levers. He designs clever concealments, uses strawberry pickers lore, and seeks Masonic Lodge interest for collection aims. The oak dome box mirrors St Paul’s Cathedral motif, three feet tall, with a concealed money container inside.
Vaeter Stanley aged 47 of Sramen Cottages Leverial Polke chia served in the Southiees Rig during the war, wounded early in VTA, leaped from an acregtlane. After years of fragile health he slowly recovered, awakened after May 1920 hospitalisation, and his wife recalls his last word. He now lives at home on leave, saying he feels like a man who has come back to life, noting his children hardly recognise him.
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