Village Council Roars Over Honorarium Debate
In a lively parish council session a proposal for an official honorarium prompts laughter and sharp quips. Critics scoff at the idea, while others joke about a ceremonial robe for the chairman, including a gleefully absurd suggestion to trim it with vermin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esid
Beoma
Cme
Hipnet Dixter
Portthar
Iaoghter
Tie Prumbler
Ptranwera’ Gallery
Ume
Sion
Bunday
Fined for Getting Married At Oxford and Germany Clubs
A discussion of penalties for marriage in clubs at All Saints College Oxford and a German Jungesellen society highlights rules where a member facing matrimony is summoned for trial. Fines range from £2 to £25 with possible loss of honorary status and expulsion after mourning dinner rituals.
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Inataner
All Saints College, Oxford
Don Bratt Yi
Germany
Jungesellen
Value in Waste: How Everyday Items Recycle Into Goods
An article explains trade in discarded household items and components in England. It notes gloves from eggshells, corks, inner tubes, and rubber parts are sorted and reused, with metals melted down for new products. It highlights value in waste streams and how manufacturers profit from reclaimed materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urthele
Dastcarte
England
Oege-Abetla
Son Chooses Music Career Over Hardware Trade
A dialogue shows a son declaring his intent to pursue music as a career, arguing it is his soul's expansion while his father warns that if he continues on this path he should not expect help or money from him. A tangential line notes bank clerks signing declarations of secrecy for customer accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cannon
Ayron
Simple Burma Divorce by Candles and a Wager
The article notes a Burmese marriage dissolution method where partners light two candles and separate after the first candle burns out, leaving the other with all property. It also includes curiosities about fingernail growth rates, dynamite usage in orchard planting, a Cannon campaign school anecdote, and a discussion on limb length causing circular walking patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
March 1916 Federal Clerical results and 1916 highlights
A historical record notes multiple 1916 exam outcomes across Federal Clerical and State Clerical groups in Victoria New South Wales and Melbourne. It lists candidates presented, passes achieved, and top places including first and second in various divisions, with totals such as 600 presented and 194 passed, plus pharmacy and messengers results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
New South Wales
Postmaster-General's Department
Melbourne
Federal
Talkative Maid Meets Pedlar in Quirky Encounter
In a provincial town a famed fast-talking maid challenged a pedlar who rang her doorbell. The exchange ended with the pedlar replying he sells mousetraps not muzzles, framing a playful standoff.
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Bool
Ladies’ and Children’s Drapers and Costumieres
Chapel St
South Yarra
Malvern Road
A. Gelman
Wd. Henley
LOGAL
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Tel
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Mitford Street
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Windsor
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Duke ST
Hassehtt
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S. Waddingham
Savings Bank
Canterbury
Bankers’ Institute
Metropolitan Board of Works
Commonwealth
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Rooma
Hampstead
Express
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Orreta
Thala
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