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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1932
Page
10
A writer observes Dutch homes with elevated little doors and wire mesh trays for deliveries. Parcels drop to a tray, enabling online tasks and milk orders without coming downstairs. The doors reduce unwanted visits and raise safety as families live beside busy streets and railways.
Victorian Dried Fruits Board promotes recipes for Raisin and Orange Roll and Fruit Pudding with suet, flour, sultanas, and spices. includes instructions and storage. A collection of light anecdotes follows, featuring family quips and club banter.
The piece argues blue dyes resist artificial grit better than black, with dark blue appearing nearly black under artificial light. It notes tailors favor blue for evening dress and lounge wear, predicting widespread adoption in halls, restaurants, and by women who cannot wear black.
In Peacehaven England Mr A S Edwards runs a remarkable poultry venture where hens perform much work. The Ministry of Agriculture notes that 10000 hens equal one man, yet Edwards manages over four times that with hens supplying water and cleaning houses. Water comes from roof runoff via ball taps and pivoted slat floors drop refuse into under coop containers. A single lever opens all coops and extends feeding trays, protecting waste with nets.
A humorous survey of election meeting banter shows how candidates and hecklers test wit. Stories involve F A Macquisten, Sir Walter de Frece, and a woman politician as crowds jab with quick put downs and wary pauses.
A man reports two figures leaving an inner office where one lectures the other on decisiveness. Interactions include shots at poets, engagements, holidays, and a milkman noting customer absence. The dialogue showcases witty remarks and social banter among everyday characters.
A comic strip of dialogues features a houseowner delaying premium payment to an insurer and a butcher selling lamb that appears as mutton. A bachelor recounts a sly doctor request for payment in advance, while a young woman muses on scarce good looking men and a plan to keep one another year.
Home dressmakers can copy season details such as buttoned lines from wrist to elbow on daytime wool frocks and belts on black or dark gowns in chiffon lace or georgette. Novel two tone ribbons create belts, while monogram embroidery on sleeves adds decoration. Pony skin cloth offers smart options with belt and rever collar details.
A playful tale follows Percival Bond who falls for a telephone girl after dancing once with her. He confesses love despite danger of disapproval from her husband as witty exchanges between characters reveal romantic miscommunications and comic social irony.
A historic cook guide retools Eve fruit lore into recipes for Almonds and Apples and Apples with caramel. It details slow oven cooking with almond dust crusts, pearled almonds on top, custard serving, plus a nursery dish using apples baked tender and a lemony meringue topping.
A June 20 1930 communication from Mrs Minnie Coe Gordonst Cheltenham testifies to Warner's Safe Cure aiding rheumatism Bright's Disease gravel and insomnia. She praises relief from pain sleep and overall health and recommends Warner's Safe Cure and Warner's Safe Nervine to friends. The product is sold by chemists in 5 shillings bottles and cheaper 2 shilling 9p bottles.
A well dressed tenant collector confronts Mr James about a disordered kitchen. He mocks her appearance, notes her lack of paint, and a succession of light exchanges follow about secrecy and small worries, ending with playful banter on authority and absence.
A collage of comic exchanges shows workers debating human origins, a man joking about hospital and police, and lines about a banana slip and jury duty. The humor riffs blend wit with a courtroom glare, portraying quirky personalities and wordplay.
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