Uncle Bills Corner for the Children
Uncle Bills Corner notes weekly letters from readers in Horsham Times. Reports memberships in SHA Y.F.C. and recent badge awards, birthdays, farm life updates, and a drawing competition with a July 2 deadline. Mary Curran and Rita Jennings donate to the Anti Cancer fund alongside local youngsters submitting riddles and progress in the First to Seventh degrees.
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Times
Mary Curran
Rita Jennings
Evelyn Timmins
Irene Jus
Coralie Schulz
Ruth Gersch
Bob Harris
Edna Knight
Dawn Haley
Jack Walter
Clara Lane
Wonwondah North
Competition Results and Riddles From The Poets Corner
A dense list of competition results assigns twenty marks to Evelyn Timmins and others, eighteen to Jack Walter and peers, sixteen to Keith Earl and more, with twelve, ten and one mark allocations. Several jokes and questions follow. The Poets Corner note asks youths to enter competitions, promising honor cards and prizes, with a call to participation and page success.
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James
Mary
Tenn
Maude
Will
Grace
Ruth
Law
Edna
Hugh
Evelyn Timmins
Irene Ellis
Susie Myhill
Gwen Myhill
Jack Walter
Isobel Young
Vernon Liver
Doris Zippel
Alan Zippel
June McCredden
Vera Heard
Marjory Heard
Hilda Hammond
Shirley Millar
Torna Lane
Betty
Dawn Haley
Bob Harrix
Lorna Comport
Queenie Ballinger
Colin Mott
Rita Jennings
Marjorie Hunter
Uncle Bill
Lorna Lane
Haven
This Week's Best Jokes and Letters Varied Humour
Three hard of hearing men walk and joke about Wembley and Thursday while a drink plan unfolds. A small car owner requests fuel and oil as a sneezing mechanic quips. A poem and a letter mention an AntiCancer appeal and a heifer named Pet, with pony rides to school described in a regional tone.
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Wembley
Jack Walter
Noradjuha
Shirley Millar
Laharum
Bill
Mayor's Fund
Justin
Neddy
The Sweet Soup Short Story
A poor girl and her mother gain wealth from a magical pot that boils sweet soup on command. After the mother forgets the stop phrase, the pot spills across the village, threatening endless soup. The girl returns and halts it, leaving a village trapped in soup and a single name noted.
Young Australian teachers face bush life in climate and fleas
A correspondent recounts life of young teachers sent to remote settlements across Australia. The piece describes harsh working days from dawn, poor pay, the community’s mixed view of education, and the influence of social credit ideas, with satirical notes on government and empire slogans. It ends reflecting on routine and nostalgia.
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Australia
Young Australian League
Hoomerang
Young Australia League
Padderee
Florence River
Florence
Bindeharra
Buttercup
Oldohap
Empire Noods
Tam
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure For Bronchial Coughs
An advertisement touts Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for bronchial coughs colds and influenza. The claim positions the product as a preventive and healing aid with emphasis on respiratory relief and overall wellbeing.
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Woods
Gold Top Lost in Dust Bin Tale
A gilded top spins away from a boy and is lost in a dust bin. There it meets a round, dirty object that has waited weeks in darkness and begins to speak, promising to reveal what lies ahead in the strange, forgotten place.
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Tommy Top
Fragmented tale of Betty Ball and a lost top item
In a cryptic passage a character named Betty Ball is linked to a corked Morocc o crafted item. A maid clears a dust bin and discovers the object while a boy is present, revealing a murky, misread scene about identity and belonging.
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Morocco
Tommy Top
Betty Ball
Vowey
That Dreadful School and the Free Child At Summerhill
The piece reviews A S Neill headmaster of Summerhill School England and his book That Dreadful School In Summerhill children live freely work and play as they wish with rules set by themselves A Big Five enforces discipline and expulsion power while teachers and pupils share authority Neill argues freedom aids natural growth and truthful handling of home life and sex topics The article questions whether this system can endure but notes it may advance future educational discussion
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A. 8. Neill
Summerhill School
England
Neill
Summerhill
Mr. Neill
Wagga “Advertiger
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