Dairying Industry Shows Surprising NSW Growth in May Window Display
The Government Tourist Bureau in Challis House Sydney highlighted the dairying industry, noting its rapid rise to fourth among primary industries. Production expanded from £2,758,000 in 1808 to £4,400,000, with 400,000 dairy cows recorded in 1804 and substantial output across the North Coast, Central Coast, and Tablelands. The display featured butter, cheese, bacon, lard, condensed milk, and dairy equipment, underscoring steady gains driven by settlement and railway expansion.
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Government Tourist Bureau
Challis Lonse
Sydney
Aod
Bureau
Martin-place
Thomas
Manel
Clit
North Coat
Central Coast
South Coast
Larling
Ita
Bourksh
New South Wales
North Coast Railway
Orat
New Bar Wales
Agriculture
Dinbey Peruic
Kosciusko Hotel Opening Heralds Australian Tourist Boom
A government effort unveils the Hotel Kosciusko in the Snowy Mountains, promising Australia a new era of scenic recreation. Officials tout New South Wales wealth of attractions from Jenolan Caves to Blue Mountains vistas and Snowy alpine sports, urging locals to enjoy luxuries once reached only abroad.
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Lord Chelmaford
Kosciusko
Tnowy
Australia
New South Wales
Jenolan
Yarrangabilly
Woruhivan
Blue Mountains
Wenery
Anthony Trollope
Snowy Mountains
Pownsbie
Switzerland
Humour and its secret and its power in prose
Quotations explore humour as a poetic force and mind state, with definitions from Ben Jonson Carlyle Bunyan Giles Thackeray Whipple and others. The passage surveys humour as a unifying yet diverse trait, linking wit to pity, pathos, and the laughter of the soul.
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Ben Jonson
Carlyle
Menry Giles
Thackeray
Whipple
Childrn
M. Roberta
Ancient feats and legendary strength in old athletics
The article recounts legendary early athletic feats including Milo carrying a large heifer around a stadium two hundred twenty yards and Ernest Menson’s extreme endurance runs from London to Portsmouth and Paris to Moscow. It notes other feats such as a sailor’s long journeys and a massive stone platform lift by Patrick McCarthy, highlighting myth and reality in ancient athletic lore.
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Milo
Ancw
Costas
To Dorn
Ernest Menson
London
Portsmouth
Roth Call
Liverpool
Paris
Moscow
MG Bates
Mewsen
Patrick McCarthy
Bt. Tewis
USA
Sambo's Compromise Tale From Taet Century Folklore
A fragment recounts a cautionary tale attributed to John F. W. Gough about temptation and stealing. In a mock dialogue the debil tempts a speaker to steal boots from Mr. Jonsing's shoe store, but the Lord backfires the theft, leaving the speaker torn between desire and conscience.
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John FW. Gough
Rome
A House Swapped for a Puppy Becomes a Farm Starter
A voiced tale shows a sharecroppers path from a single puppy to land and hogs. The speaker recounts swapping a puppy for a piglet and, with care and prayer, growing a small herd into forty acres of land and a self-sustaining livelihood.
A Rural Stakes Lifted by a Parisian Mood
On a train to Rosewarren, Dorien Rose learns that her cousin Guy Rossmore plans to marry a farmer’s daughter. Stewart Clouston protects Dorien as secrets simmer about poor relations and a jewel ring, while Mrs. Rossmore fears social missteps and shifting alliances.
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Paddington
Geoffrey
Joffrey
Lake
L Lake
Fate of an Eligible Influences Orchard Meeting
Doreen and Guy chat in an apple orchard about a planned introduction to Sir Stewart Clouston while Mrs. Rossmore plots to warn Doreen about eligible matches. Doreen reveals her engagement to Sir Stewart, triggering tension as rumors of relationships swirl within the family.
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Doreen
Guy
Stewart
Irene
Cousin Louise
Jorced
Haldane Remembered as a Philomathic Leader in Youth
The piece recalls Haldane’s early brilliance and calm temper as a Philomathic Society member at Edinburgh University. It notes his later rise to prominence as a Liberal MP and presbyter, praising his acuteness of reasoning and urbane restraint when challenged in debates. It mentions his chairmanship of the society and the enduring link to military leadership today.
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Mr. Lake
Mrs. Rossmore
London
Dorern
Doreen
Guy
Tery
Peter Tly Emery
Hilarchic Society
Edinburgh University
Haldane
Theo
House of Commons
Haritain
War on Hats Sparks Push to Limit Women's Headwear
A sensational report claims the Tili pois State Legislature acts to curb hats with danger to wearers. The proposed penalties include bans on sale or wear of oversized hats and long hat pins, spurred by injuries linked to extravagant millinery. Suffragettes and observers criticize the bill as impractical and extreme.
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Tilipois
Henton
Daily Mail
USA
Chicago
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Thad
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Rosewarren
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Derven
Dermen
Stewart Chouston
Pepper
Fluite
Darren
S Stewart
Pardone
Rose
Rosewarren Farm
Stewart Clouston Gaspin
Guy Rossmore
Doreen Rose
Stewart Clouston
James Duveen
Pistel
Stewart Rinn
Hut Stewart
Lavende
Sam
Wil
Rossmore
Tsay
Mrs. Rossmote
Lees
Whch
Telly
Hanoy
Toran
Iver
MR. Haldane
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