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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1931
Page
7
A slice of mid century lifestyle features including moral guidance on living in the moment and planning for the future, practical kitchen recipes for jam layer padding and sultana fig pudding, plus tips on brunette hair care and a detailed knit stocking pattern with step by step instructions. The piece blends domestic advice, simple crafts, and fashion hints with casual, magazine style tone.
A fragmented knitting guide details rounds, decreases, and slipping stitches, ending with a fading verse about aging and endurance. The text mixes practical instructions with reflective lines on growing older, charity, and perseverance through days of work and memory. The stale OCR hints at a bygone period voice and social sentiment.
A reflective piece urging kindness and camaraderie in tough times. It likens inner wisdom to wind and star lore, counsels reaching out to a troubled neighbor, and trusting that sunshine follows clouds. The voice blends folk wisdom with religious reassurance about divine timing.
A fragmentary verse requests knowledge of a hidden skeleton in the closet and its potential to ruin reputations. The speaker urges forgetting such a tale to avoid lasting sorrow and harm to a person’s life and dignity.
Kowree Shire Council discussed a Waranga letter urging a 25 percent cut in unimproved land value due to falling primary product prices. Dr Bull backed action, while Dr Carracher urged caution, arguing no stable basis for reductions amid Treasury strain. Debate noted farmers’ distress and aim to restore prosperity, motion carried.
Last week's rainfall across districts shows Rainbow Amd 19 points and Bannerton 44, peaking at Quam batook 274 and Ultima 318 in Mallee. Wimmera records range from Nati muk 40 to Harrow 237 and Wycheproof 195. Northern Country notes Tun. Ramah 190 and Rochester 52, rising to Lannecoorie 305 and Benalla 248. North Central lists Seymour 45 and Chines 119, with Marysville 44 and Treotham 349. Central reports Cowes 154 and Dandenong 149, to Wallaby Creek 295 and Warburton 231. North East shows Wahgunyah 153 and Moe 110, up to Mitta Mitta 418 and Beechworth 312. Gippsland records Buchan 23 and Gelantipy 19, to Moe 155 and Warragul 215.
A fragmented excerpt invokes mock trials of belief and guidance. The text references an elf writer named Iyosmws and a figure who leads, sends, and returns followers, creating a symbolic journey through bleak corners and grassy avenues.
A reflective line from Crabbe contrasts deepest trouble with wide effort, noting that the most troubled and distressed arise in vast, strenuous work. The verse ponders hardship, endurance, and the human condition amid pressure.
A passage reflects the poet’s restless longing for life on the road. The speaker desires wealth, love, and fame to pass, yet seeks only the open road and the heaven above while facing life’s uncertain fate.
A memorial tablet was unveiled on Tuesday at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution on St. Kilda Road Melbourne in memory of the late John Ashock who served as superintendent and secretary for 27 years.
Felicitations are warm wishes and polite praise, while congratulations express heartfelt sympathy and genuine joy for an achievement or milestone. The nuances hinge on intent, formality, and perceived sincerity.
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