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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
1
Review notes a shocking image in The Edge of the World where people pull wool from sheep without shears. Belief is that Bordland sheep shed naturally each season, making wool gentle to remove. The article highlights wool’s value as soft and prized.
In 1035 Bishop Stringer of the Yukon later Archbishop of Rupertsland died suddenly in Winnipeg street life. He and a companion, advanced by hunger, ate a spare boot to stave off starvation. They split and gnawed the leather and drank the boot’s soaked water to survive.
A fragmentary page offers household hacks using impractical mixtures and odd remedies. It suggests cleaning leather with cold milk, turning out tinned fruit, and brightening windows with kerosene and methy lated spirits. It also gives odd cures for chilblains and a dubious egg whisk reheating tip.
A jumble of home care tips and early 20th century crime notes. Advice covers cleaning, fabrics, dyes, and quick fixes with plaster and sugar while detailing the Armstrong manslaughter trial in Wellington with witness accounts, verdict, and sentence. Also notes on car lighting, mud stains, steam cleaning, and German bus engineering.
The Sydney wool market shows minimal activity with only a few late trades in greasy and fellmongered lines. Prices remain close to May levels, wool from early-shearing districts enters store, and reports warn of necessary rain to sustain pastures as heavy frosts slow growth and feeding continues.
July 1938 events list with times for Guyra Trinity after events at HAC Wongwibinda sessions at 11 am and 2 30 pm August 7 8th after Trinity Guyra Ho Wandeworth 11 am and 2 30 pm Guyra 7 30 pm Rev BR Harris Bal Sunday July Set Wandsworth Homem Ollere 2 90 ppm Goyra 7 0 ppm Rev EB Smyth Soldiers meet 8 pm Sunday 11 am Molinos meeting 230 pm Young People 7 30 pm Salvation Meeting Thursday 3 pm Home League Gathering Capt A Reece
A quirky note describes a morning radio segment where a jolly bride fakes a husband to copy a recipe. The husband supposedly receives two stations and follows odd steps. The tale blends exercise moves with cooking tasks like flour on the shoulders, kneeling, baking powder, and a final warm fish soup serving.
A fragmented collection of dated anecdotes, quips, and odd events. A heavy man in Sydney weighs in for travel tickets, a New Guinea road project via Mr. C. C. Judd, schoolyard ambulance drama, butter pay raises, trucks to Afghanistan, and humorous exchanges about accidents and daily life.
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