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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
6
A fragmented humorous column shows misunderstandings around engagements and proposals with characters named Maria Walter and others. Nonsense exchanges include grammar corrections, electric cooking, and a line about shocking a steak, creating a playful, chaotic scene.
The 61st Accident policy bonus payers see a substantial surplus and reserves totaling 27,713,900 with investments in public securities, freeholds, and mortgages. Policy holders are described as in an excellent position, while the department aims for faster progress through added benefits and contracts.
Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society reports satisfactory progress in ordinary, industrial, and accident departments with policies issued totaling thousands and sums insured reaching large figures. Net income and expenditure rise, expense rate managed, and funds continued to grow amid expansion and reforms.
The article surveys antique automata and clocks from the seventeenth century including cathedral figures and archimedean mechanisms. It notes diverse timekeeping innovations, from lunar displays to barometer recording by George III, and ends with a modern nod to electromagnetic and electric clocks.
An Australian Industrial Protection League piece argues taxes are too high and unemployment shifts burden. It urges boosting primary and secondary industries, expanding manufacturing, and reshaping markets to strengthen national output and protect prosperity.
Fragmentary text references Henry Francis & Co and addresses roark street and wilime street. Mentions prescriptions and sending them direct. No coherent event or actions discernible in readable lines.
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