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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1934
Page
4
An OCR fragment discusses Sundays, funerals, undertakers, and protests by preachers and others. It mentions funerals on weekdays, revolutionary action, and tense remarks about race. The text is garbled but centers on burial conduct and social dispute.
There is keen competition among New Zealand nurses to enter the newly erected church Nurses' Home. The attraction is not combat but that each nurse is allowed a pint of beer daily. without beer they may have the crab equivalent. Most nurses, however, drink the beer.
A Rhode Island town faced a stampede when trained circus elephants escaped a traveling show and chased a terrified mob through the streets as bush fires raged. Lightning frightened the herd back into the wild after a tense confrontation.
A wartime feature describes Japan forming a Corps of Death with new torpedoes guided from ships by steersmen inside the weapon. The system promises certain destruction for enemy ships and the steersman, reflecting Oriental fatalism. Recruits already offer themselves for what is seen as honor in battle.
A discussion on how police and courts evaluate drunken driving questions. Experts debate extending use of scientific tests to measure alcohol concentration in blood and other materials to determine impairment and responsibility.
A reader-supplied fragment shows a teacher asking if Reginald's father loves him, followed by a garbled reply and a violent line about killing a man who harms horses. The text is incomplete and unclear who says what.
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