Boye for Farms invites farmers to join farm work program
Rev W Thomson of Collins Street Melbourne organises the Boy Farm Scheme inviting farmers to place boys aged 15 to 18 on farms. About 635 lads have been placed satisfactorily and more are seeking training. some have studied at Dookie College or Longerenong with driving experience. Wages arranged through organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
W. Thomson
Colms Street
Melbourne
Thomson
Dookie Agricultural College
Haseen
Wimmera
Dloyera
Addreas
Collinss Street
Waggon Runaway Plunges Into Canal in Station Yard Incident
A foreman warned a new wagoner to keep the brake off as four wagons rocketed downhill. They jumped the sleeper and plunged into the canal. The foreman confronted the driver, who retorted that the danger was not his fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottum
Lwin
Huishing
Chy
Old Welsh Customs and Ruined Caernarfon Wall Traditions
In Caernarfon Wales the curfew at eight pm kept townspeople inside the walls once common. Bell tolls announced deaths, with variations by gender, and parishioners sang carols on Christmas Day dawn. A wedding custom ended with the bride fleeing the ceremony, the groom pursuing, and tragedy as the bride vanished under an oak tree where a skeleton lay later found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caernar You
Nort Wales
Wales
Hell
Caernarvonsuire
Eustant
Hrisiegroom
Fragmentary dialogue yields odd antique exchange
A dated conversation features a plump elderly man and a confident friend debating certainty. A child asks if a bald man is a nudist, prompting motherly clarification about a be slamer. The garbled text hints at a fragmented page segment with stray phrases and incomplete captions.
Thanks to Warners Safe Care
Nature warnings invite health action as warnings of digestive and organ strain. A NSW reader recounts kidney trouble relief from Warner's Safe Cure, praising recovery and urging others to try it. Various light jokes follow in a page of cheeky snippets and lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
St. Honans
Macleay Street
Potts Point
Nsw
Warner
Australian Dried Fruits Association Defends Price Policy
A letter from the Australian Dried Fruits Association chairman argues that the industry maintains fair price levels, avoids domestic price spikes, and resists ruinous overseas discounting. It cites steady annual prices, compares home market returns with export values, and notes small differences in Sultana pricing while urging policy understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Great Britain
Cmv
Canot
Quick Scraps and Quips From a Busy Day
A hurried travel delay sparks a bride’s rush to noon as a station hold up tests patience. Spoken lines touch on cards and alarms, poems by a physician, a gas chairman’s toast, and a comic house viewing note.
Leeks Featured As Health Tonic In Period Piece
A fragment notes leeks as a valued remedy and health food, citing historical use for asthma and consumption. It mentions leek soup in old care practices, vitamin content, and a Welsh tradition linking leeks to national emblem and a battle in 644 under King Cadwalader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadwalinder
Philosophy of a Woman and Neighborly Anecdotes
A humor filled essay style piece recounts observations from a neighbor’s finances and family moments. It humorously notes a lost basket a circus visit and a supper with tasteless salt lacking meals. It quotes playful banter about a new neighbor and social missteps in everyday life.
Running Repairs An Idea for the Busy Housewife
A guide urges creating a small at hand emergency work box for quick mending. It should hold a pincushion, threaded needles, pins, threads, buttons, small scissors, and a thumbtack, plus strict rules for replacing items after use.
Gamma Rays from Radium Outshine X Rays in Industry
The gamma ray method offers deeper inspection than X rays, detecting hidden metal defects in steel and welded joints. Portable enough for battleships, towers, or dense structures, it reduces access limits and enables preproduction checks, with high initial cost but lower operating overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineering Foundation
Shze Radium
The Courting Strut and Courtship Demeanor Reflected in Matrimony
A case for showing best behavior during courtship and continued patience after marriage. The piece argues couples should present their true temper gradually, beware chronic faults, and practice humor and empathy to prevent marital strain and avoid hastily formed unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhor
Morningsake
Pal Teonto
Tess
Fragmented Words and Odd Dialogues Echo a Caustic Evening
A garbled dialogue reel shows absurd exchanges among characters like a tramp, Jack, Evelyn, and a host of others. Snippets touch on engagement breakups, cigarette machines, dreams of marriage, an absent husband, and a weekend cottage inquiry amid odd miscommunications and comical mishearings.
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Boye
Langvarwil Rabbit
Langvarwil Rabbit Ex. Pty, Ltd
Little Coiling St
The
Union Trustee Co. OF Australia Ltd
RTC
Collin BT
Iwan James McEwan Carroll
Oneral
Samuel Cooke
Samp Roche
Tompant & Co. Pty. Ltd
G. F. Finlay
Cambridge
Wicconsin
Sydney
Nisi
Murr
Mr. Harts
Ime Lares
Andrews
Stoves
Cat Vic
Sonat
Government Savings Bank
Collin Street
Spencer Street
J. P. Gale
Dept. P
St. Kilda Rd
the Equity Trustees, Executors Andency CO. Ltd
Reserve Guarantee Fund
Gourke Street
Central
Itines
Jimmy
Sory
David
Boxer
J. Bartram & Son
Little Bourke St
Melb
Australian Dried Fruits Association
HD. Howle
Omebody
Light Brigade
Ea Protemor
Jones
Samara
Tam
Mother
Tommy
Lou Speaker
Voles Kou
Father
Sonny
Uncle Joe
Spencer
Burnley St. Richmond
City Depot
Arcade
Felton, Grimmaif & Ulerdins Ltd
Nest Amos
Jack
Sue Pysont
Evelyn
Kraemar
Ralph
Hile Key
Mw Knockei
Anor
Bie Gore
Father Ia
Biome
Lanthes
Soul Wall Gauss
Nm Payne
Suntyne
H_ V. McKAY
Sunshine
Sunshine Harvester Works
H. V. McKay
Brunswick RD
Brune
Gardner
Waern Guarantes
Newt
Eesite
Eegatrion
Waray 400
PTY
Oardaer Id
Ences EE Saneane
SOND
Tinesh
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