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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
2
A hotel joke unfolds as a new clerk misinterprets lettered room cues and a guest leaves in confusion. A separate vignette mocks officials guided by “blue paper” credentials amid a farmer’s wary field survey, while a closing quip notes the universal mix of joys and sorrows in family life.
An old lady strolling discovers a crowd following a large man in haste. A boy asks if he is famous. a youth explains he carries a hole in his pocket. Uncle Shen Jones seeks coffee and a Bob Ly, but the manager deems him too old. Ninety seven in October, he insists few die after ninety.
A jokey narrative mocks rambling clubs led by engaged couples seeking strolls and snacks. It parodies planning trips to Sluangford and London parks, warns of crowd control, and quips about guide books, maps, wind, and misadventures on footpaths.
A farmer visits a shop with an enormous eight inch egg claimed to be laid by a duck. The grocer debates the tale and jokes about the egg while the scene folds into a cautious, imperfect dialogue about honesty and consequence.
The article notes the Melbourne Cup exodus to the metropolis reduced by wireless radio. Country listeners gain city quality entertainment and sport results by Australian made sets at fair prices. An Amalgamated Wireless Australasia ad promises a broad broadcast line. A quip about a Scottish asylum chaplain ends the piece.
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