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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 29, 1932
Page
10
The excerpt threads through critiques of women in the workforce and gendered expectations. It questions male authority, cites examples of leadership, and hints at social tension in professional settings. It references management style, personal competence, and perceived shifts in workplace dynamics.
The article discusses palm print identification as a potential tool for crime detection. It notes that palm impressions can resemble fingerprints and explains plans to collect palm prints alongside fingerprints to build a classification system for use in future investigations.
A cattle expert notes that good calves are hard to distinguish from average ones before maturity. After two years, distinguishing a future milker from a poor cow becomes clearer, though many buyers fail to tell until the calf is a year to year and a half old.
The Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy in Melbourne offers free winter lectures and demonstrations. Highlights include a health lecture by M D OBE Cy Hearty, a children’s diet session with Dr Brantlebury and Miss R S Chisholm, and needlework shows by Miss Gladys Dellit.
The article notes 640 British millionaires with incomes over £50,000 and 157 over £100,000. Surtax receipts last year reached £29,266 and tax collections totalled £451,628,508 with collection costs of £7,967,78. It states 2,000,000 people paid income tax after allowances, from 4,950,000 liable.
A broken text recounts the Nelson relics in Lloyds Nelson Room. It details a 1797 conferment of the Most Honourable Order of the Back with a thirty knight companion structure, the order’s evolution, and the ornate centrepiece medal with imperial crown and enamel links weighing about 2 pounds. It notes the relics were presented to Lloyds by friends and form part of a broader collection of personal relief and documents.
A scientist declares cats cannot see in total darkness yet infrared photographs reveal eyes detect heat. Infrared rays enable images in complete darkness and through fog, with potential uses from mining to navigation. The technology exposes metal structures and atom arrangements, aiding alloy development and material science.
Britain may lose its top position as world bulb supplier as Canada develops its own horticultural industry. A survey shows Vancouver Island and Fraser River regions producing Narcisal, early lilipa, Darwin tulips, eladiol, Iris, and other bulbs totaling millions on several acreages, signaling a shift in trade.
A historical tale notes men watching the Niagara Falls while stressing modern progress relies on power. It argues rheumatism wastes industry through kidney illness and promotes a blood cleanse as the remedy, touting War Thr's Kidney and liver cure.
A curious article notes color preferences of moths or flies with colors like green and rose attracting many insects while lemon yellow and blue attract few. It describes hibernating animals such as dormice and hedgehogs and mentions carp, tench, and a sea urchin like the long spined hedgehog that can kill sharks. It ends with a description of the oyster tree found in Caribbean islands where mangroves host oysters on their submerged branches.
The piece likens gold to courage and suggests courage, found within, sustains individuals during hard times. It argues that courage mirrors financial credit, enabling resilience against demands and trials, and emphasizes that seeking and preparing through effort reveals inner strength.
The author argues fewer capable women drivers exist because driving challenges align with male prejudices and claims men shaped cars and driving to suit their own preferences. He asserts women are naturally less at the wheel, and that men, by nature, dominate motor vehicle design and operation.
An odd dialogue unfolds on a Portsmouth to London train as a sailor and a commercial traveler discuss travel, tonics, and fame. The conversation touches on Heenzo tonic claims, nerve nourishment, and a buyer’s negotiation for a purported valuable item amid reflections on forgiveness and kindness.
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