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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 05, 1931
Page
4
A critique from the Whibbert Journal editor argues religion could guide society through the modern mechanised economy. It laments work’s debasement and urges a new ethic of leisure and purposeful living beyond creeds and sects.
Mr Phew Saunders judged vegetables at the Doane Weusets Esbibeltion, addressing the audience and detailing standards for beets carrots marrow and potato exhibits. He cited shape texture color core thickness and overall presentation, noting prizes favoring perfect outlines and true color, with questions invited.
A correspondent parodies the quirks of English spelling and grammar from an old manuscript excerpt. It playfully notes irregular plurals like oxen and mice, contrasts pairs such as foot feet and tooth teeth, and mocks mispronunciations while preserving the humorous tone of a language lesson.
A sprawling, eccentric reminiscence about tennis rules and practices. The narrator muses on court behavior, fence privacy, tea breaks, and the figure of an imperious umpire. The piece meanders through imagined scenes of players, officials, and family chatter, ending with a note on a new season in the Cobram district.
The readable text lists items for a home emergency kit including a thermometer, disinfectant, bandages, adhesive tape, scissors, forceps, medicine bottles, various oils and liniments, ipecacuanha, castor oil, syringes, gauze, alum, antiseptic powders, eye bath, and related utensils, with noted uses for wounds bites and fever.
A portrait of Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, detailing his secretive movements, European travels, and frugal personal life. It notes his long tenure, banking lineage, Cambridge beginnings, and reliance on a sparse public life, with a noted love for his library and Kipling as a favorite author.
Aldous Huxley argues passion exists beyond poetry while David Garnett counters with moving examples from wartime letters. He notes letters from soldiers and lovers reveal hunger, devotion, and longing, often written in marriage rather than courtship, and suggests many erasure of heartbreak through distance and danger.
The readable fragments describe workers at a facility linked to MANTA and TO the Mires, with unclear roles and locations. Further details are not provided in the legible text.
Sir James OGrady former Governor of Tasmania spoken at a luncheon in Last den arranged by Sir Revie Snowden to meet farmers shippers and importers. He predicted Tasmania would become the first prosperous state within ten years while stressing a collective we approach.
Readable text describes treated rubber hot water bottles. The device is claimed to induce deep sleep and refreshed wakefulness. Mentions exclusive melting process and Austrian manufacturing origins.
A child was critically injured when a lion cub attacked during a natural history lecture at Whittier Hall in London. A policeman restrained the animal and freed the girl Vivian Leichner as the trainer and other animals panicked amid screams.
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