Closer Settlement Act Sparks Rural Transformation
The article outlines progress under the Closer Settlement Act, highlighting actions taken by Sir Joseph Caruthers and Minister Ashton. It notes seven estates resumed, areas repurchased for wheat farming, and 710 new settlers provided homes. Crown lands total about 110,200 acres made available in five years, with large regions near outlets opened for cultivation and settlement, boosting rural activity.
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Blave
Joseph Carcuthers
Beet
Pewult
Joseph Carrothwers
Ashton
Linde
Joseph Carruthers
Newson
Jorge Eetotes
Mt Iemo
Mount Bettings
Faust
Girevt
Mmetropolia
Bore Creek Holding
Narrandera
Batute
Tamword
Tite Tei
Ovine
Peel River
Wayggu
Gobbagombalin
Murrar
Nu Eteform
Union Wai
Whit Tun
Worth of His Reputation at London Press Club Dinner
Entertaining anecdotes at the London Press Club annual dinner recount Bovrbohm Tree as perpetual guest. A charity concert funded a paper with paragraphs about aboard passengers but personal remarks were barred. An American boss paid for non-insertion, then a white sheet blind publication was released. The boss, a multi millionaire, offered a sealed two‑vent envelope when pressed for subscription, quipping that his reputation is all that remains.
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Bovrbohm
London Press Club
Atlantic
Bosa
Faunderson
Ife
Denlern
Anunderson
Saunderson
Palestine
Denison
Packenham
Trent- Bon
Jack
Bet
Denmon
Apiang Teland
Raunderson
Mission Fund
Fackenham
Baunderson
Bloomity
Immigrants Arrive via Fort Jackson from British Isles
A vessel from the British Islands reaches Fort Jackson with assisted immigrants selected by the New South Wales Agent General. Most newcomers are experienced farmers, farm laborers, or domestic servants awaiting openings arranged by Sydney’s Immigration Bureau. Last year 2,930 assisted arrivals. 1,120 nominated by friends or relatives.
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Boamcecy
Fort Jackson
New South Wales
London
Liveriol
Europe
Lloyd
Bremen
Antwerp
Genoa
Naples
Director
Immigration and Tourist Bureau
Challis Houge
Martinplace
Bydney
Beloved Worker Takes Holiday No Prayer Sunday
A church meeting voted for a vacation for their star worker and he agreed to rest on Sunday morning. He declined to attend fellow workers and explained he was on holiday, refusing requests to participate in prayer.
Crown Lands Acta of New South Wales Simplified
Chief Justice Darley and other judges acknowledge the NSW land laws are complex. The Crown Lands Acta of New South Wales Simplified by Messrs Briefly and Irish is now in a second edition from Law Book Company of Australasia. Widely praised as clear and essential for officers, banks, and lawyers, it updates with late decisions and is available post paid at 11s cloth bound or interleaved.
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Darley
New South Wales
Wf Superior Court
Crown Landa Acta of
Law Book Company of Australasia, Ltd
Castlereadstreet
Sydney
Lands Department
Senate
Law Book Co
The Philosopher and the Hole in the Sign
A talesy scene shows a lanyard shop proprietor affixing a sign by boring a hole in a door post. A solemn man studies the sign, then learns the sign holder is a philosopher who has spent an hour seeking how they could get through that hole.
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E Call
Janner
Soldier and officer test sentry with compass riddle
An IA officer asks a soldier on guard to name directions, prompting a humorous exchange. The sentry replies in dialect, guessing the rear direction as best as his knowledge allows, resulting in a light moment about geography and bearings.
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Sox
Jericho Fortifications Revealed Through German Archaeology
German archaeologists highlight Jericho’s impregnable defenses, including three concentric walls and a citadel, with well preserved streets dating from early Canaanitish times to just before Christ. Excavations show a plateau rising about thirty feet above the plain, surrounded by a massive wall and fortifications.
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Jericho
Walla
Do Hens Have Memory In Learned Trial Tests
A report cites two German savants who fed twenty rice pieces and ten corn grains on a cardboard plank. Hens quickly ignored the rice once they learned it was glued down, showing memory. The longer the interval between trials, the stronger the memory appeared, with six trials needed when consecutive and three trials when spaced by an hour.
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Packenham
Denison
Saunderton
Harmonium
Meredith
Baunderson
Courer
Saunderman
Alexander Baunderson
Saunderson
Palestine
Mr. Brookes
Walter
Walt
Bonnerson
Sinderson
Aly
Newre
Dewitty
Gaunderson
Morning Star
Schoolmaster Corrects Boy With Iron Hand Letter Lesson
A stern master disciplines a boy then orders him to write to his parents about his progress. The pupil initially cries, then composes a comically flawed letter declaring he learns little. The master later relents and says the note need not be sent.
Fearful disclosures a tainted murder note to son
A distorted letter reveals a plot involving a governor and a hidden murder. The writer Jack threatens to expose the father and manipulate the family by poisoning and forgery, proposing to “finish them off” and send the fatal afterward by back post. The disturbing text hints at cynicism and deadly intent within a family scheme.
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Bob
Geraldine
Emily
Bock Pos
Jack
How They Love Each Other Moment in a Frat Scene
A fragment unfolds a slight acquaintance scene among frat members as one woman humorously taunts another about a living mother. The exchange features a lorgnette quip and a sharp retort, exposing social tensions and flirtatious banter in a faded campus vignette.
A Tale of Two Sichs and a Trumpet
Speculation surrounds an ear trumpet scene with Mr Borrows as bystanders demonstrate its use. Joe Borrows asks for a debt voicing through the trumpet, but the elderly man dismisses it as useless, ending in a quiet sigh.
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Joe
Mr. Borrow
Seth
Rika
Counsel Crushed In Courtroom Exchange Over Age Question
An unmarried witness, a woman in her fifties, resisted answering a lawyer's question about her age. The exchange grew tense as the attorney pressed for details, while she refused to disclose her age and dismissed the questioning with sharp retorts.
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Mise Tao
Ade
Jane
Why Piper Walks While Playing at Carnegie’s Castle
Andrew Carnegie enjoyed pies and a piper who played at dinner in his Castle home. A guest recalls a scene where the piper walked up and down as he performed. A French literary guest asked if the walking added volume or cadence to the music.
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Andrew Carnegie
Homely Philosophy Reflects on Thought and Opportunity
A compact excerpt ponders knowledge and expression, contrasting idle dreamers with practical minds. It suggests fate shaped by prejudice and notes opportunity’s fleeting return. The piece links intellect in action with youth rekindling age through reflection.
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Aomon
Bohemian Artist Misreads Invitation at Country Mansion
A fringe artist, dressed in Bohemian style, visits a noble lord’s manor to “paint the house.” The butler, judging by the shabby clothes, jokes that the visitor is not fit to view the house, highlighting class manners in a comic misunderstanding.
Truth Comes Home Amid Midyear PeeTee Rumor
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a domestic scene with a mother and child, hints of a missing item and a father figure. The readable lines imply a drunken incident as the father was described as “three sheets in the wind,” with unclear context about where something is or belongs.
Fatality Is the Name Patient Rejects Doctor Kilpatrick
A bedside scene reveals a patient waking and insisting on not allowing Doctor Kilpatrick to operate. The nurse questions the doctor’s status while the patient declares the physician is a pond doctor and refuses treatment.
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Aennae
Doctor Kilpatrick
Mel
Patrick
Beating of a Mrs Stone: Rubber Turnabout on Street
Stone and Wood met on the street and exchanged light remarks when a woman in a waterproof coat drew attention. In a swift, comic turn, Wood and Stone both turned to rubber, prompting puzzled looks from bystanders in the busy block.
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Stone
Wood
Demonstrated Mathematically Love in University Tale
In a twilight college parlor a witty exchange rewrites love as math. Miss Axiom claims two radii equal a third, then asserts if both lovers equal X their love must be in the same ratio. The young man, persuaded, remains content as the gaslight stays dark for hours.
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Miss Axiom
The Harmonium and Devil Fish of the Pacific
A comic nautical tale centers on Thomas Dentron and Alexander Saunderson aboard the Palestine. Saunderson’s vanity and meddling ruin a trading voyage as a devil fish attack ends with mishaps, a vanished harmonium, and a moral from the Daily Thoughts for Daily Needs.
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