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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
5
A veteran reflection on clerking life compares manual labor and desk work. The writer notes typewriters and card systems raise pace, suggests short tea breaks twice daily to boost productivity, and asks bosses to approve them. The tone is practical and tongue in cheek.
A narrator mocks the Bishop of Rumtfoo as a vain, aging figure and imagines wartime military training under his influence. The speaker contrasts clerical fuss with practical drill, depicting sergeants demanding discipline and worn troops struggling to form fours. The tone is satirical and sharp.
The dialogue shows Ethel chiding her father for financiering her wants while he explains preparing her for marriage. The piece ends with a practical housekeeping tip advising to rub browned stove fittings with vinegar before cleaning.
The narrator recalls army drill and punishment talk with exaggerated profanity as recruits imitate commands and swearing erupts. He describes rough discipline, chaotic marching, injuries, and a blunt contrast with the bishop’s gentler expectations. He notes forming four and the necessity of coarse language for sergeants to cope in war.
A churchwarden who recently became a father jokingly cites a baby as a new wave on the oceans of life to the vicar in the vestry. The vicar agrees it was a peatreigure of speech and suggests a fresh squall might have hit the mark better.
Letters from J J Hollick of Mackay and George Rose of South Morang describe relief from bladder stones and inflammation after using Warner's Safe Cure. Hollick reports passing a large stone within a bottle, with lasting health, while Rose notes rapid relief after one bottle and full recovery after four. Ad promotes both original and concentrated 5 shilling and 2 shilling sixpence sizes sold by chemists and stores.
A scientist calculates that Earth’s population could fit in the County of London per square yard density. Canada’s people in Hyde Park, Australia in Battersea Park, New Zealand in Buckingham Palace grounds, France in Richmond Park, and Russia in Epping Forest with careful management.
A small amount of glycerine smeared around glass stoppers prevents bottles from sticking. This simple precaution preserves seal integrity and eases access, relevant for households and small-scale bottling alike.
The eminent scientist argues weather control is beyond man’s power but proposes upper atmosphere experiments. He envisions copper rods around the globe and discharging amperes to charge the earth and sky. He urges electricians to build high mountain stations to emit positive electricity and stabilize conditions.
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