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Newspaper
Prahran Chronicle
Location
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1917
Page
3
A garbled Victorian style scene recounts a man recounting a family swindle and a tense family rift. An elderly parent confronts a son about theft, deception, and debts, while a distant relative reveals more about a fraught inheritance and a final, fraught plea for reconciliation upon the parent’s death.
Fragmentary dialogue and anecdotes present a Victorian domestic scene with hypnotism, poetry, a sunlit incident, a shipowner story, toothpick gifts, and a cake mishap. The piece weaves talking points on art, sentiment, and social pretensions through scattered conversations and illustrations.
A historic trade prose describes a fever cure once linked to Spaniards and a Jewish discoverer around 1700. It traces the drug’s notoriety through its cures of nobility, its European spread, and later public skepticism. Notable mentions include the Viceroy’s wife, Sir Thomas Blount, and Dr. Tria XIV.
A historical sketch of The Times, tracing its early 18th century beginnings under John Walker, its gradual rise, and Walter's transformative leadership. It describes the shift from a simple newspaper to a political organ, with strategic writer selection and aggressive editorials shaping public opinion and a growing circulation.
A bricklayer slips from a scaffold and falls to the ground as neighbors react. One man hurries to tell his wife at home while the injured worker is cared for by onlookers. The scene captures a tense moment as fear rises over the accident.
A report lists 160 candidates presented from inside and outside the service with 87 ours. First eight inside positions and second outside position earned by our students. May 1916 State Clerical 23 passed, seven ours. State General three ours. September 1916 Lady Assistant Mabpatie 27 presented, nine ours. touch typewriting top six stakes. October 1916 Federal Clerical Victoria 600 presented, 194 passed, 106 ours. first five inside positions ours, two outside. November 1916 State Clerical nine presented.
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