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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
4
Patchwork of social comments and anecdotal vignettes featuring royal figures actors and politicians. Mentions Crown Prince consort, Princess of Wales, Chancellor von Hohenlohe, Archbishops, and various bland dialogues and quips.
The Numurkah Leader announces a major shift to biweekly publication for three months to expand local and district coverage. It will add world, district, and agricultural reporting, revive the Children’s Column, and extend rural society news with more shows and speeches.
An old veterinary note describes lampas and palate inflammation in horses, noting grass feeding affects palate structure, symptoms include dullness and pain, and advising simple relief steps such as gentle handling, salt or alum rub, and feeding soft foods.
A report notes two Kansas individuals arriving in Freeport to acquire land for large scale black cat breeding. Plans include 1 000 5000 rats to feed cats, with output rising to 225 000 rats in year two. The scheme envisions using cat carcasses to feed rats and claims a self supporting cycle that creates life from nothing, a sensational perpetual motion-like concept. The piece references South Sea islanders and hiding diminished beads as a satirical aside.
A peculiar description recalls a Japanese garden with a ten yard square layout including a lake, summer house, temples and trees. Items noted: a pine tree eighteen inches high, a temple carved from stone, a maple tree fifteen years old, and bamboo-like plants in shallow dishes. The author mentions a complete garden in a shallow two-foot case, with air over the water and tiny bridges, tea houses, and several six inch trees.
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