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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
10
A vivid portrait of the Caterpillar Club, an exclusive international fellowship whose entry fee is the act of bailment from a disabled aircraft. Members leap from planes at 19,000 feet and rely on parachutes to save their lives, facing fire, fog, and jagged landings.
A maid notices missing pearls as her mistress prepares for theater night. The maid remarks the pearls would make her look more like a real lady. The mistress declines to wear them, citing personal restraint and courtesy.
A sharp-eyed window-cleaner notices dirty windows at a house as a man mowing the lawn responds curtly. The cleaner, juggling a crowd of interruptions, quips about needing time off and wipes his spectacles, while the scene hints at a hectic day and a touch of sarcasm.
Random notes reveal poor health cues such as pale eyelids dull eyes and swollen joints. The piece promotes Warners Safe Cure as restoring vigor by cleansing kidneys and liver, claiming relief from rheumatism gout indigestion gravel and blood disorders obtainable from chemists in 5 shillings or cheaper form.
A reflective piece urging daily effort in labor knowledge and service. It emphasizes opportunity, shared responsibility, and universal self control to benefit mankind rather than self interest. The text frames daily life as a path toward a common good and discipline.
Grafton area and coastal district farmers push pasture renovation and subdivision to lift butter fat yields despite a dry spell. W Lindemans of Coramba reports 40 cows on five 6 acre paddocks with higher returns. S Hosser of Raleigh shows strong pasture, rye grass trials, and rising profits. Chaff producers expand, Kikuyu fodder spreads, and batched fodder storage grows as dairies tighten inspections.
A young man calls at a house with four daughters and, alone with Agatha the eldest, brags of his worth and asks if she will agree to live with him if he marries one of her sisters. The scene centers on consent and family dynamics.
A rookie reporter, warned by the editor about dangerous claims, covers a bazaar story amid gossip about Mrs Brown wife of Councillor Brown and other town figures. Dialogues reveal a social scene with a bishop, a vicar, a barrister and Mrs Smith amid domestic and moral tensions.
A quirky summary of outdoor lore describes birds singing softly with various marvels of wing and whistle. It adds a curious section on Canadian and British otters enjoying tobogganing on snow and lists astonishing elephant gait and speed details.
An advertisement touts a family cough syrup made by adding sweetened water to a half-pint bottle of concentrated NEENZO claiming a cheap supply for colds bronchitis and influenza. It cites 12 000 letters praising its quick relief for coughs and throat irritation.
Historian Piimy explains glass origins from a shipwreck accident using natron and sand. He notes how furnaces and chemistries from Phoenicians and modern scientists shaped varieties from splinterless and plate glass to heat resistant and crystal glass. A Casine electric furnace creates a transparent rock crystal emitting X rays and allowing print through ten inch blocks.
Bead mistresses from Liverpool College for Girls and St Fells School, Southwold urge earlier bedtimes for pupils aged 13 to 16 to improve health and mental well being. Charlotte Cowdrey of Crouch End High School notes late nights from homework and parental pressure. A medical correspondent adds 10 hours of sleep for a 16 year old, linking rest to performance.
A young man asks Yulia if she truly knows love and receives a tentative reply from the girl Srmiy. He presses for proof of such passion and mentions a plan to share a trunk of letters and photo albums, a jewel case with seven engagement rings, and a private moment in a bathtub to reveal their deep feelings.
Mrs Jones disposes of the birds and animals in the Jones household sending a dog to a home a parrot to a language association two canaries to a deaf and dumb home and others by different means Only abe and Tommy remain with a witty exchange about their father’s breakfast tab.
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