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Newspaper
Preston Leader
Location
Preston, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
6
Wakeman recounts the missing guardian and the twins Olivia and Viola de Rochefort while Marie the French maid remains key. Richard Cooper presents a theory of a intruder entering Castleming Hall, balcony garden clues, and a life preserver found as evidence. inquest adjourns pending Marie's return and Miss de Rochefort's deposition.
In Candaming Wonstead a Frenchwoman named Marle escapes a bustling scene to London. She slips away before detection, rides a fast train, and travels by taxis to reach Victoria and Albert Museum area. After signaling urgency she seeks a servant at a house to meet a contact amid urgent matters.
In a deserted Castleming residence a tense scene unfolds as Marl and Jacques report to the mysterious Monsieur about a suspected murder linked to mademoiselle. Papers reveal an inquest delayed until Friday while plans are drawn to move Olivia or Viola and shield the truth from curious eyes.
The Castleming mansion buzzes with excitement after Marie's disappearance and Miss de Rochefort's return. At Wakeman's home, Marie lies top the bed in a perilous state as she mutters in French and English, pleading not to touch her and calling for a key. Doctors, maids, and anxious family race to calm her while rumors ripple through Mrs. Chester's party across the street.
In a dim room Mr. Wakeham and a doctor struggle to soothe Olivia as she mutters and calls for Marie and Ollyia. A French nurse, Marie and the madam de Trohazfort, enters, and Olivia finally sleeps as the watchers note a hopeful turn in her condition.
An illustrated article in the official organ of the Consolidated Gun Company shows five color wallpaper booths lit by identical lamps. Dark greens and reds absorb up to half the light, while robin's egg blue and pale salmon pink reflect more. The center white buff booth virtually reflects all light, creating a bright, daylight-like effect and illustrating energy conservation.
At the International Congress of Tropical Agriculture attention was given to Toff grass, a valuable sub tropical hay grass introduced to South Africa. It grows rapidly in favorable weather and yields three crops per season, producing 24 to 3 tons per acre and autumn grazing. Its adoption promises comfort and independence for small farmers, with widespread positive impact noted by the Division of Botany.
A fragmented humorous dialogue recounts medical banter about fatal illnesses and a tale of a philanthropist addressing a temperance meeting. It includes a Frenchman misattributing measles to German illness and a parable comparing a young man to a cup on the ocean, stopping mid-sentence as he avoids leaking water.
A playful exchange unfolds between a man and a woman as he declares his passion. She tests his interest with a dance question and he admits he cannot play piano yet hopes to try the mouth organ, sparking a light hearted moment.
A dinner derision of philosophy yields a witty retort from a professor beside his violin. In a grocery store misdelivery, a farmer complains of misbound liniment swapped for eau de Cologne. The cow now mocks milking, while the farmer laments the reflection in a pond and the cow’s stubborn mood.
An American tourist recalls travelling in England with a friend when they reached an inn by moonlight. They notice a sign showing two heads and the line When shall we three meet again. The friend bangs the door with his cane as the innkeeper bursts out windows. He jokes that there are only two heads and he wants to see the other one.
Bir Squire Bancroft remains active in theater support after retirement from the stage. He is a popular after-dinner speaker and was beloved by King Edward for his witty talk. A royal anecdote recalls the Prince of Wales spotting a lost pet bird for Lady Bancroft and joking about a reward.
A Scottish tale about Andrew Carnegie testing a golf course idea at Skibo Castle. Carnegie asks a Edinburgh friend whether the course would extend his life by ten years, offering two million if proven. The friend counters with a gamble, reflecting Carnegie’s famed generosity and steady wit.
An Allied correspondent cites rising disaffection across Germany as war pressures bite. Socialist presses face suspensions, Catholic towns see anti war leaflets, and arrests follow alleged treasonous remarks. Evident fear of French advances reaches Cologne and other cities.
A Lancet piece urges support for tobacco among British soldiers at the front. It argues tobacco comforts nerves and relieves fatigue, and cites Huxley’s experiences to illustrate smoking’s complex grip, noting its place in psycho physiological matters and the temptations faced by scholars and leaders.
Soissons, a town on the River Aisne, famed for abbeys and missionary work of St Crispin and St Crispinian, endured numerous sieges and tortures, with a notorious history of warfare and a German bombardment in 1870, marking it as a site of repeated military action.
A dated courtroom vignette shows a judge offering a prisoner a bleak choice. The judge quotes a cheerful home scene and imposes a forty two day term, contrasting plea and punishment in a stark, reflective moment.
A terse exchange between Youth and Wattress reveals a comic belief about impressing the wattress. Gertie questions whether Youth is a steak pudding or boiled Tabbit as T inquires about thoughts.
An on board gunner recalls Admiral Jellicoe keeping fit with deck running and ball tossing as a playful drill. A humorous mistiming aboard the HMS Iron Duke ends with the night watch encounter, when a KIP boy jokes with a specter only to reveal it was the admiral in disguise.
A cooperative women's farm started with support from the Women's Political Association and the Closer Settlement Board aims to grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers on about twenty three areas of land. Led by Miss Ca eula St John and Miss Ian Wriggleue, the venture rejects male labor, features a share system with £1 shares, and showcases a distinctive workwear style. Prominent supporters include Adela Pankhurst Vita Goldstein Bertha Merfield and Robert Singleton, with critiques on women’s employment and social reform.
The article discusses how rainbow striped uniforms and color bands in military wear might blend with various landscapes. It cites observers doubting khaki blue grey effectiveness, notes color patterns that break outlines at distance, and mentions colonial India as an example where vivid markings failed to conceal troops.
A collection of odd vignettes and humorous remarks about premiers, recording debts, a young student drawing a portrait, modern parenting, a weary businessman, and a girl discovering her father's passing, all rendered in a fragmented, anecdotal voice.
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