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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
4
Wong Toy Sun, a renowned conjurer, debuts with The Woe Tey Sun ott Company at New Altumalira Theatre on Monday. Promoting dazzling effects, graceful stagecraft, and audience surprises, the act promises high engagement and broad appeal, with early patent notes for marble tin devices.
A damaged OCR line suggests a grim, global tone with references to funerals and a bitter British influence, but the fragmentary text lacks clear subjects or events to define a concrete news item.
The summary presents Beitne a London born financier’s view on Britain Germany and France tests of recovery and protectionism. He notes Britain leaning toward protection while enjoying renewed commerce and the gold standard discourse. He contrasts Paris and Berlin with Germany’s stagnation and currency stress and cites US transport and urban planning ideas including platoon traffic as observed in New York and Australia.
A dense list of entries for Derby Day and related events shows runners with weights and prices across multiple races. Notable names include Thomond, Ruaani Was Hisa, All's Well, Percun, Alarm King, Quindura, High Tay Terry, Newbattle, Kellidie, Duke Purple, Lady Nallett, Merry Spasa, Nilo Hoy, Stormgate, Monhppettville Plate entries, and Glenelg Handilab contenders with weights ranging from about 4.0 to 10.13 in varied event lines. The page catalogues horses, distances such as two miles and 258 yards, and weights per horse across several graded plates and sprint events.
Weiluvsitly Thrasher, full brother to Therate, deemed ineligible to start in the Debutant Stakes after owner failed to register with the VASTAS prior to the race. Thracian was purchased by A. T. Greswick for a recent tango figure.
Four humanely university students will sail from New York on a 18,000 ton ship in the New York University Around the World College. The 0 day cruise visits five continents, 89 countries and 50 ports with stops in Santiago Greece Africa Britain Italy France Germany and Egypt. Courses will be offered by faculty from leading American colleges, with six groups representing diverse U.S. regions. Professors from major universities will lecture on literature art botany biology economics and geography as part of an experimental study program aboard the voyage.
A San Francisco report traces rising crime and delayed punishment across the United States. Judge Marcus Kavanagh’s European review criticizes American legal reform, blaming lawyers in legislature and bench. The piece cites executions delayed for years and contrasts US punishments with Britain and Europe, highlighting calls for reform.
The article presents Claire Windsor promoting beauty through energy, rest, diet, and mindset. She urges eight hours of sleep, balanced meals with less meat and more greens, and regular walking to improve natural bloom and reduce reliance on cosmetics. She emphasizes calm thoughts and cheerful mood as inward beauty.
At the Waite Research Institute Lerbrae near Adelaide the Superphosphate Association of South Australia led a Farm Week visit drawing about 400 farmers by tram. Guided by Director Dr A B V Richardson the group toured experimental fields and a 30 acre layout with 290 plots testing wheat barley oats fodder crops and pasture rotations. A dinner followed withわ leaders praising rising fertilizer use from 3000 to 140000 tons and urging continued public spirit in farming.
Night catching of frogs using a bullseye lantern is described. In Veenendaal, a vast market sold 1586 swarms of insects in a week, about 30 tillion insects. In London a high class hair-dressing business pays assistants up to 10 to 12 pounds weekly with tips and commission.
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