Various Odds and News Snippets from Australian Pubs
A compilation of short notes from Australian localities including commentary on strikes, postal notes, and social observations. Mentions Cobar miners, Parkes presbytery opening, Grenfell penalties for rabbit destruction, and a fatal accident at Wee Waa. References market news, political talk, and a New Zealand prohibition district postcard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobar
Church of Pagent
Brewarrina
R.O. Presbytery
Parkess
Dunne
Bix Grenfell
Nyngan Rabbiting
Onsaven
Man
Germany
Russia
Tenterfield Council
Bombala
James Boga
Gunnedah
New Zealand
Bir
Grenfell
Constantines Gorge City Promoted In Awe Inspiring Feature
A vivid travel sketch extols Constantine in North Africa perched 2000 feet up a limestone escarpment. Visitors walk a cliff edge path beside roaring torrents and a 800 foot drop, with a grand waterfall lower down and a dramatic skyline. The piece closes with a religious reflection on creation and salvation through Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
North Africa
Jesus
Chinese Peculiarities and Costume Observations
Reported quirks describe a Chinese person supposedly shaking his own hand, walking out of step, saluting with a hat, whitening boots, riding with heels inwards, and wearing white mourning. The summary notes compass points south and mentions women in trousers with men in gowns, also odd fruit habits and seed disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tux
Wife's scheme backfires in drunken husband tale
A correspondent recalls a wife who tormented her spouse until he fled home to drink. A friend dressed as a grotesque deer to confront him on his way home. The man, drunk, mistook the creature for a figure named Tam Bo and the encounter ends with a quip about reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Walgett
Brewarrina
Darling
Broken Hill
Peter Badeek
Grenfell
Costa
Mofnnes
Bulyerd
Wee Waa
Brewarrina Tres
Tam Bo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fee
Cou Teo Graton
Rollek
H. A. Barra
Clough
Opticiana
George At
ROYAL
F. J. Graham
Yin
Ida
Glasheen & Scourfield
Caswell Street
Peak Hill
SLAYO
Tronmongery
Holloware
Galvanised Ware
Colonial Produce, &c
Thos. Hand
NG 00, Ltd
Pitt St
Dox
P.O
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