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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
4
W. M. Hughes urges Australians to vote Yes in the October 28 referendum, describing it as a national crisis and calling for duty and sacrifice. He warns against industrial conscription fears and emphasizes winning the war through reinforced effort and support for the empire.
A speech urging a decisive Yes vote on referendum day October, arguing national unity and mutual aid. Emphasizes the duty of Australians to support the war effort, defend the bush and towns, and back government plans to strengthen the country’s future through collective action. Whitehead, Melbourne address noted.
The article recalls Andrew Carnegie’s Scottish birth in Dumfermline and his mother’s varied roles from companion to washerwoman. It traces his rise from bobbin boy in a mill to telegraph operator and Civil War Government service, then highlights early investments in sleeping cars yielding large profits and funding his steel empire.
The government seeks to maintain the army with 100000 men and calls for reinforcements of 16500 per month. Single men to be called first while fit men remain, with exemptions for youths 18 to 25, only sons, sole dependents, or those with half the family enlisted. Additional exemptions to protect essential industries. No pay or pension differences. War duration only. Adam McCay Referendum Council Collins Street Melbourne.
Ten youths parade in a verse about war resistance ending with one who resists killing and protests if attacked. The survivor reveals his stance in the N.C.C. while the others face grim fates. The piece reflects pacifist sentiment and wartime protest.
A scientific view suggests women can talk longer than men, with energy use linked to laryngeal force. The study notes baritones consume far more lung power than tenors or sopranos, while contraltos and basses show marked divergence. It explains that voice production relies on vibrating membranes and air emission, with wider vocal cord space for lower ranges requiring more effort.
A statistician notes thirty six million babies born yearly, about seventy per minute. If lined in cradles around the globe, they would circle the world. If carried in mothers arms past a point, only about one sixth pass within a year, even at twelve per minute. The imagined procession ends with older children in the rear as matrimony is discussed.
Absorbing drama by Derwent Miall begins in this issue with a story titled A Threefold Threat. Readers are invited to follow the evolving situation as characters confront intertwined dangers and suspenseful developments unfold across chapters.
Royd Burton, a hardnosed London lawyer, receives a rain-soaked warning note. A ticket-of-leave man, Joe Larmer, delivers the message while a cousin Hugo Franklin visits with plans to marry, prompting Burton to visit Greylands to clear a family past and face a looming threat.
Boyd Burton and Hugo Franklin visit Greylands in spring. Burton, seeking past ties, confronts cousin Hugo and the Mayne family. After a moonlit tower climb, Burton falls senseless but survives. Diana Mayne interests Burton as Hugo faces suspicion. The night ends with Hilda doubting Hugo's motives as secrets loom.
The Victoria Savings Bank announces new interest rates from October 1. Deposit accounts from 24 to 360 pounds will earn 3 percent, replacing 3 1/2 percent. Victoria Savings Bank Deposit Stock will pay 3 percent on gilt edges from 10 to 1000 pounds.
The piece surveys laughter through history from a 1662 Italian pamphlet to Ella Wheeler Wilcox. It argues cheerful bearing bolsters spirits, citing poetry and everyday resilience. It urges readers to maintain brightness to lift others from despondency and assist the nation in troubled times.
The text notes sundews and other plants exhibit selective behavior, withdrawing when misled and seeking suitable holes for tendrils. Darwin linked similar plant habits to begonia tendril searches. The passage also mentions Cambérg Ike the Iianas and a shy confession as a vivid, if quirky, aside.
A home made preparation promotes hair growth restores color without dyeing. Mix 1½ oz Rejuvenant Compound with 1 oz Bay Rum and water to 100 ml. Rub nightly at roots to restore color and thicken hair. Available from S. H. Henshall Chemist 246 Clarendon Street South Melbourne with country orders.
An old advertisement urges young women and matrons to take Formettes for Fatness to shed excess fat without exercise or dieting. It claims the tablets reduce heart palpitations headaches breath difficulties indigestion and greasy skin while promising a youthful figure. Sold by chemists and dealers in Melbourne with direct purchase options.
Lord Lonsdale shares a tale of a traveler who claimed petrified birds flying over a Texas forest proving gravity laws are themselves petrified in that forest. An American counters with humor about stone lions and elephants in Africa.
In a humorous Victorian vignette a nosy Jones family prepares to move from a home amid snide talk. As furniture is loaded, a grand planforte must pass through a window amid shifting tensions. A bitter neighbor quips that the piano should leave “on the instalment system.”
A Melbourne advert by Mrs. Derban offers private loans on written promise with or without security, low charges, easy repayments, and post-dated cheque cashing, plus pawning against stock and furniture. In separate anecdote, a Chinese philosopher hears a grieving woman explain her promise not to remarry until her husband’s grave is dry.
Trig cites a gravestone inscription reading Here lies the body of Samuel Holden who died suddenly and aspectedly by being kicked to death by a cow. The epitaph praises him as a faithful servant in a terse, ceremonial tone.
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