Tales of the Old Days and Other Australian Tales
A collage of odd anecdotes on a trapdoor spider and a snake bitten man. The tale describes a spider fixing a dented funnel and peering from a bank tunnel while a narrator recalls sightings near Kurrajong Bank. Includes notes on a healer professor Elchorn and snake venom antidotes.
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Kurrajong
Homer
Vanid
The Owl and the Pussy Cat and Theft Tale
A strange blend of folklore and crime unfolds as snippets describe the owl and pussy cat voyage in a pea green boat with honey and money, then pivot to a tale of a thief who steals coins outside a pub, later found by children in a nearby nest. The text combines nursery imagery with a moral of misdeed and consequence.
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Mario Cash
Bodty
Ope
Saan Com Adie Oay Par Ef Soe Bae
Readable fragments describe a local event involving Saan Com and Adie with par efforts and hopeful prospects. Details are limited but indicate community activity and planned collaboration between groups in the area.
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Saan
Mumbled Wedding Plans Echo Odd Rhyme
Fragmentary lines speak of a ceremony and a ring. The text mentions a couple and marriage but lacks clear context or identities. It reads as a whimsical or corrupted verse about toasts and vows with no definite events.
Lyrebird Call Stuns Wife at Harlow Home
In a 1908 scene near Harlow Constable Tom Brown reports Mrs Brown witnessed a male lyrebird enter the bedroom from the hall and drift out the window after posing on the bed. The tale shares a rustic Bowral touch with hunting hare soup and local print shop notes.
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Iisa
Tom Brown
Tom
Harlow
Barlow
Tarcutta Creek
Rurambola
Kubba
Bowral
Cherry slug and parasite plan from New Youth Wales
Mr B E Herrod secretary of the rustgrowers Federation of New Youth Wales states the government Entomologist has sorted the pear and cherry site to the meat onally controlled fly d l yest spraying with lead area to pamder 115 to 40 gallons. The Entomologist reports success in procuring a parasite from Great Britain for the pear slug and expects laboratory availability in December of the year.
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B. E. Herrod
Rustgrowers' Federation of New Youth Wales
Entoimologiet Alo
Great Britain
Velmol Hair Product Claims Long Lasting Combability
An advertisement praises Velmol for absorbing into the scalp and leaving hair glossy, soft, and natural looking without visible product use. It asserts the formula prevents greasiness and controls unruly hair, with claims attributed to chemist Er Brake of Bowral.
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Avalea
Er Brake
Bowral
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