Telegraphic charge list for NSW and Victoria towns
The document enumerates first three minutes and subsequent three minute increments for telephone service to numerous places across New South Wales and Victoria including Ardmons Cobram Chiltern Deniliquin Shepparton Yarra wonga Rutherglen and others with regional station codes and prices. It reads as a historical tariff sheet noting multiple towns and districts connected by telegraph or telephone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nomarkah
Beroogs
New
Berrigan
N.G.W
Chiltern
Cobram Corome
Malwais
N.S.W
Natholis G.khids
Nsw
Bathglon Bbepparion Strthwecon
Tallygaroopna
Tatura Eh Wonghea
Cosgrove
Katarmatite
Dookie
Yabim North
Itches
Picula
Vir- Mooroopas
Ardmons
Cobram
Turgamsh
Yarrawonga
Rutherglen
Frontoide a Patent Remedy Promoted for Digestive Ailments
An ad touts Frontoids as cures for headache indigestion constipation and biliousness. It claims quick relief when other remedies fail and promotes a nightly weekly dose to cure sluggishness and improve digestion under guidance of W. G. Heme & Co. Ltd, Geelong Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seuthy Post Direct
W. G. Heme & Co. Ltd
Geelong
Ficboria
Chambrisin's Tablets Offer Quick Relief For Stomach Trouble
Delay worsens stomach trouble and constipation warns an advertisement. Chambrisin's Tablets are promoted as a cure, with claims of relief after a course. Available from A Miller and Co, Agent Numorkah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toner
A.miller and Co
Numorkah
Record Race Duel Ends in Tragic Crash
A racing scene featuring Paes and two opponents speeds around a stadium circuit aiming for a record. Paes reaches top speed while the rival Dick leans over to watch, loses balance and falls from a high vantage, the crash described as fatal or severe with several miles per minute difference noted in the chaos.
A Curious World and its Hidden Strife
A fragmented passage portrays an oppressive ocean world where workers labor under brutal conditions aboard ships. It contrasts cruelty and endurance, highlighting slaves, sailors, and the stark division between those who suffer and those who reap the spoils of ship life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ue Iroa Fuets
Fife
Bart Kennedy
Loxton
Miscellaneous World Facts From An Early Bulletin
A scrambled collection of trivia on nations, geography, populations, currencies, and inventions. Mentions France wealth, Britain area, world population estimates, musical notes, postage, and various historical curiosities with questionable figures. Includes references to Russia, Mesica, Bank of France notes, and desert oases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesica
Bank of France
Roads to riches in history and modern success tales
A historical column reviews wealth formation from humble starts to vast fortunes, citing figures like Carnegie Wanamaker and Arrol. It contrasts American enterprise with Old World paths, noting self-made rise from low beginnings, countering myths about royal routes to wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sach
Sage
Thomson Hall
T. Werner Laurie
Hall
Hee
Gage
Carnegie
Tet Nasteind
Eeak
Johm Wanamaker
America
Sal Provier
Amas
Robert Finight
Deserioud Ae Cotton
Cts
Calleso
Nionaires
Hay
William Arrol
Chriser Furness
Brosst Cassel
Flosneler
Liverpool Penta
Leviard
Lis Don
Acca
Donald Corrie
Nerinning
Camillus
Vall
Russell
Reiford
Northampton
John Spencer
London
Bulisbury
Christopher Gastoigne
Ncme
Spencer
Louilon
Evening News
Shadows of the Night at Sea and a Mooring Foreboding
A vivid Cruise season prose recalls fear upon deep water as unseen forces sting the senses. shadowed by the river at night the narrator senses a hidden danger on calm seas and a menace in the lights across the water. ghostly creatures gleam, distant bells echo, and the mind drifts to mysterious murders and the terror of the unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veulde
Moon
Tyra
Adalo
Chambers
The Diving Line Notice Points to Farmer’s Boy Mystery
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a curious exchange between a farmer’s boy and a stranger over a boundary fence. The garbled dialogue mentions a car and a yellow cot, with incomplete phrases suggesting a rural misunderstanding or event on the other side of a fence.
The Pig Cure Comes Back to Haunt a Parson Tale
A long ago country woman implores Mr Baring-Gould to save her ill pig. He recites a solemn vow that if the pig lives it will prosper, if it dies, it will die. The pig recovers, and later the same woman confronts him with the phrase, “O parson if thou livest,” sparking laughter as the parson regains health and recovers fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baring-Gould
Bhirtine Gould
Wistela
Ivvine
Locust Blizzards Sweep Across Pastures and Towns
A flood of locusts swept from Warr Kimber into Flinders Homes to Yedlamalka, blanketing roads and fields. Descriptions tell of a 16 foot head covering surge, thousands of insects clicking like tiny cis surs, and widespread damage to grass, crops, and feed for livestock. A pastoralist in South Australia reports widespread ruin within 30 miles of Mt Brown, with veritable lawns derigated and verandahs strewn white with locusts. A New South Wales station worker notes gardens destroyed and a house verandah six inches deep in insects, windows darkened, as rain soon followed to ease the plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sym Mistral
Warra Kimbo
Willetts
Mt. Benign Heal
South Australia
Mt Brown
New South Wales
Atatwa
A. H
Beynon Aist
Artificial Aids to Beauty Lecture by Dr Waldstein at Cambridge
Slade Professor Dr Waldstein discusses ancient beauty aids showing hair styling and cosmetics from before the Christian era. He notes Greek and Roman practices included false teeth, perfumes, rouge, and scent boxes evolving over time, with methods that differ in shape from today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldstein
Slade
Cambridge University
Greece
Fesru
Veteran Scientist at Home
An interview from Pall Mall Gazette profiles Dr. Alfred Hassel Wallace aged eighty six. His daily routine includes two carefully chosen morning tasks and a steady writing pace. The piece notes his preserved intellect, frail strength, and lifelong dedication to science housed within his Dorsetshire home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Hassel Wallace
Fang
EB. 1. Hwo
Bim
Dorsetshire
Pall “Mall
Enid
Spe
Wallace
Hemet Spencer
Dr H,Ebh?s Discoveries and Hedin Theorized Travels
A fragmentary account outlines Dr Hehbs discoveries and Sven Hedin's exploration work. It notes Hedin's travels toward Tibet and India and discusses the role of surveying, mapping, and photography by a geographer in shaping knowledge of remote regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprit Hedin
Okies
Colum
Hedin
Lisewry
Aeentes
Cam
Hiddel
Wim
Sven Hedin
Ferther Easton
India
Gland
Disrupted Lecture Narrative With Lunch Interruption
A zoology professor and two assistants pause during a vertebrate study lecture to open parcels and share a hem sandwich and boiled vegetables. The moment disrupts the session as one man recalls having eaten lunch and questions arise about timing and focus.
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Nate
Ioudy
Ealtwoee
Regents
Wad
Counissa
MTA Haya Wuske
Fanny Pest
Bane Eanseson
Evaehes
Ucar
Sunny En
Aneansy Ieee
Pon
Debsantnsen
Alfred Wendel
Melvildes Staniel
Sullisimedjor
Sul. Green
Melbourne
Goverment
Licensus
Sunshine Harvester
Autiram
Vilendid
Sunshine
Vic
Sydney
Adelaide
W. A. Pairless
Sammistem
Natalia Inu Ragambie
Supreme Cuare Nf
Vietoria
Queensland
P, & Mourrison
Boagtkamay
Sauminteh and
Solioitor
Numurkah
Aico Ar
Caries
Kwamnam
Uruot Moneyn
Bruin
David Tonnook
Bammsten
Parminder
Amdenvire
Victoria
Viale Codrow Wid Sonthwerton Goers
Mundays
Mf Crawford
Gaear Brittain
Diepouser , Fnaxyts & Co
Melbonrar
Crawford
Elsim
Brown
Shia Bay
Mb Chanles
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Pouin Millihouroe
Picola
Stevens
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Oeerseessson
Fereenpeeses Seetess
Seesessbeea
Besessarsers
Easanaeeses
Elz
Ayer
Gey Lowell
Rass
Aebey
Melbourne Sports Depot
AW Ocean Lmr
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France
Chancer
Taeland
Annim
Americas
Abbey of
Beauprestor
Post Office
England
Straits Settlements
Prussia
Motor Engineering Society
Viena
Aueetian
Sahara
Alont
Sui
Etrey
Drsglate WI
Derness
Was von Waurs
Biel
Sejuon Meckte
Cathiss
Justin Weck
Wallsen
Rover
DR. Hebh
Alice
Sha
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