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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1918
Page
4
An antiquated account describes methods for capturing cockatoos using nets and cords, including feeding camps, large wire cages, and procedures to subdue and transfer captives. It notes accidents, the fate of birds for meat and feathers, and rough handling during haul and depot transfer.
A concerned Young doctor in a big city is visited by his rural father. The father urges that a life spent helping others matters more than money. He recalls the doctor’s unsalaried work at a Free Dispensary aiding twenty five poor patients in a single morning.
Dr Henry Watson, a well known music authority, lectured in Manchester on Stradivari violins. He demonstrated two violins, one genuine Stradivarius valued at 600, and another bought cheaply, and asked which sounded better. The audience mostly favored the Strad, though many regular concertgoers hesitated without seeing both instruments side by side.
The article outlines three main kinds of tonics: nervular, vegetable, and animal. It lists iron tonics for pale lips and short breath, nux vomica with gentian and quassia for digestive weakness and nervous debility, and cod liver oil as valuable for youths with developing lungs. A good tonic can prevent illness or relapse.
Dr Pease Dean of Ely was dining when discussion turned to lawyer mortality. A guest lamented the loss of six eminent barristers in as many months. The Dean, weary, rose and offered a brief grace before continuing.
Long list of names serving the King and Empire in the Great War, including J. W. Allan, Raymond Boyd, J. Boyd, C. I. Barry, Patrick Cecil Barry, Alfred Barrett, Wm. Booth, H. N. Blake, J. H. Campbell, and many others from various locales. Includes annotations of wounds, killed, and families, followed by a closing patriotic verse and a note inviting corrections.
Coghlan Boase & Co, stock and station agents in Ballarat, announce they have secured the clients Geo A Bence. Fat cattle and sheep sale every Tuesday, pigs every Wednesday, dairy stock every Friday. All stock consigned will receive personal attention and_IM-
Roll of Honor unveiled at Melton State School lists old pupils and killed and wounded names from wars. The document includes Arthur Baker, William Black killed Edward Carew and many others with symbols marking status. Readers urged to submit omissions or corrections to update the roll.
W J Broomie records a Victorian Dental Board notice listing dentistry branches at Merrimy House Mrs Platts Grant Street with daily hours from 9 20 am to 6 pm.
Guidelines for washing pressing and finishing embroidery including pre ironing setup with blanket and muslin, heat control for silks and cottons, handling puckering without wetting silk, avoiding washing powders, using white soap and multiple rinses, warming water, salt in rinse, and careful drying to avoid crooked embroidery. It also covers re pressing wrinkled pieces by damp heat and weight.
Lord Raberbery, speaking to the London Topographical Secret, traces Whitehall from Yorkist and Tudor havens to Stuart excess. He notes Charles I’s beheading window scene, Cromwell’s reign, Charles II’s excess, and a Dutch prince's arrival. The palace burns after a Dutch laundress incident, ending as a realm of red tape.
A Paris milliner favors reviving the small or moderate brimmed hat to refresh women’s appearance. A small hat suits hair fullness and natural waves, while the average look benefits from a moderate brim. Strong features include hair volume skin clarity and a wrinkle-free countenance for best effect.
An elderly couple on a railroad journey draws attention as the old man misses a departing train while at a station. The wife reacts with blunt satisfaction at his misfortune, remarking that she is glad to have been left behind herself, provoking audience applause.
Poem framing a plea to passersby to value fallen soldiers and unseen sacrifices. It contrasts personal comfort with mateship and duty, urging enlistment and resistance to war’s neglect. The speaker questions whether the reader’s race and country care as bodies and reputations are tainted by inaction.
In a heated exchange Bob Perret confronts Joe over literacy as they argue rights and wrongs of a strike. Perret shreds a newspaper to prove a point while Joe refuses, insisting he cannot read. The scene ends with a jab about education and lingering tension. Crisp & Sons promotes stationery at low prices on Church Street Bacchua.
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