Anzac Day Address Calls War a Folly and Peace a Duty
A resolute talk on Anzac spirit, sacrifice, and comradeship urges honoring fallen soldiers by pursuing peace and universal service. It contrasts egotism with the Anzac values and condemns glorying in war, urging civic effort to prevent future bloodshed and uphold justice. The piece notes a Miniscule Melbourne ceremony and a Mechabrix Hall service with local tributes and community wreaths.
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Atizaca
Uhey
Germany
Te Bartee
League
Mir Balderstone
Tet War Beerone
Foottien
Ahack
A.lf
John Monash
A.L
Numurkah
Melbourne
Commonwealth
W. A Fraser
Nathalia
T. Kent
R.S.A
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Soldiers’ Memorial
Kent
Scouts
Girl Guides
J. S. Mackenzie
Bullough
A. F. H. Smith
Kipling
Australia
Anzac
Esias
Ouraesin
Testa
Denke
Seasonable garden notes from J W Robinson
Garden notes advise timely autumn planting and selecting bedding plants. Readers are urged to avoid Iceland poppies, try wallflowers and forget me not borders, and edge with Cheiranthus Allioni while noting Canterbury bells planted in March may bloom through winter with pink and blue colors.
YAL Boys Numurkah Visit Planned by Travel League
Numurkah will host a Young Australia League education by travel visit comprising 34 boys on Friday May 4 from noon. Activities include sightseeing in the afternoon and a boys concert at Mechanics Hall at night. Organiser Balderstone arranged details with local officials. arrival by char-a-banc at noon and departure the next morning.
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Numurkah
Young Australia League
Mechanics
Balderstone
Victoria
League
Inter-State and Overseas Tours for Country Boys
A nonsectarian travel league in Western Australia with branches in Sydney and Melbourne arranged country and overseas tours for boys. Groups formed prefects to lead, homes matched to shared religion, and rules banned bad language drinking and smoking. The aim was travel opportunity, not profit, with self governed conduct and broad access to places usually hard to visit.
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West Australia
Sydney
Melbourne
Star Pnd
League
Moving evergreen shrubs and conifers with root ball care
The guide advises cutting round shrubs or conifers now to prepare for relocation. Dig a trench one to two feet from the plant, keep digging away from the root ball to avoid cracking. Gradually reduce the taproot size to handle the ball safely.
Cactus and Dragon Seas Passages in a Vintage Anthology
Excerpts quoted from late 19th to early 20th century literary works include Ethel Mannin on revolt and glory of a cactus blossom, Captain Nyberg on travel meals, Kathleen Erskine and Eliot Crawshay-Williams prose snippets, Mia McKenna and Winifred Duke sketches.
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Ethel Mannin
Jarrolds
Captain Nyberg
Hurst and Blackett
Miss Leigh
Katherine Felton
Constance
Kathleen Erskine
Hutchinson
Charles
Eliot Crawshay-Williams
John Long
Marie Bressey
Mitha McKenna
Jarrols
Peters
Winifred Duke
New Ideas household tips from The New Idea weekly
Practical hints for using apple peels to make juice and preserves and tips for beauty and cooking. Includes methods to extract flavorings from citrus peels and alternatives for binding, coating, stock, and flavoring along with encouragement to submit ideas to The New Idea.
Fat man narrator talks of weight and struggle
A fragmented excerpt shows a stout man named Tam describing his growing heaviness and fatigue after walking a short distance. The speaker, Shan, recalls Tam’s confession about becoming heavier and the trouble it causes.
Skeleton weed arrives as drought strikes Victoria farms
Victorian farmers face spread of skeleton weed now expanding from New South Wales into Riverina and South Western districts. The weed spreads by seed and root, severely affecting wheat lands and pasture. Officials warn against introduction and urge precautions to prevent further contamination. Seed shipments recently moved from New South Wales threaten local crops. experts urge rapid control and careful planting to avoid infestation.
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New South
Itv
Department of Agriculture
Victoria
New South Wales
Enliath
Fragmentary OCR Note Without Clear News
A garbled OCR fragment contains unreadable names and phrases. The readable parts offer no coherent story, dates, or identifiable entities to summarize into a proper newspaper item. The text lacks a discernible event, place, or involved persons.
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Bitcon
Onkaparinga
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Jas. Williams
P.D
J. R
Wycheproct
Spencer ST
Contamm
Serinevals, Vic
R. F. Nesbit
Numurrah
W. Bryceland
Undertaker
Phan
Melville Street
Morrison and Teare
Maibumran
Shepperton
Carree
Toa
The
Richmond” House
Henry Bock
Numurkah Hotel
Richmond
Baer, Stout
Henry T. Book
The—Riche Od
Morrissy and
Deane
Melville Street, Rum
Ark
Tnd
France
J. W. Robinson
Ormand Plant Farm, Pty
Yal
Caline
George Sutton
Holt
Alice McPherson
Thal
F. Fortey Liceoe
Musiariy
Seit Karswo
Wii
H. Wilkins Numurkah Bakery
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