Lodge Meetings Prompt Social Fun and Impromptu Speeches
The tent held its fortnightly meeting on Monday week with a drawn up syllabus for the quarter. Evening topics included impromptu speeches, with gents encouraged to speak and show knowledge while ladies were shy. Next meeting March 17 will focus on bowls practice before a match with the Surshine tent. The lodge is the only St. Albans branch in town, offering social recreation and a junior section for children. the secretary invites new members.
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St. Albans
Expert on Horseflestry Rebukes Veteran Rider
An officer supervising horse exercise rebuked an old soldier for his riding. The soldier replies he should know since he was a cock during the siege of Ladyemith, asserting his experience and right to instruction in the drill.
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Ladyemith
Footscray plans £40000 loan for electric works
Footscray Council approves borrowing 40000 pounds to fund electric light works as the city converts its electrical undertaking from single phase to three phase. Debentures will repay over 20 years with 60 half yearly payments of 41456 pounds each. Fire and rail updates follow including water supply concerns and Williamstown line platform works. Richmond Club pursues Con McCarthy as coach amid Dan Minogue move to Ballarat.
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Footscray Council
Richmond
Con. McCarthy
Dan Minogue
Ballarat
Snake Yarn In Irish Roadside Tale
Two men Pat and Mike tell of killing a snake on the road. They pound the head to a jelly while the tail wriggles. Pat asks if it is dead and Mike replies in a Dublin accent that the snake is dead but not conscious of the fret.
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Barnet Glaes and Cols
Pat
Mike
Fruit sellers at the theatre prompt quirky exchange
Three men sold fruit outside a theatre. One hawked green apples at 12 a penny, another offered green plums at 12 a penny, and a Cockney fruit seller shouted Gripes, Gripes in a comical misspeech.
Poultry Moult and Rearing Advice for Australia
Poultry notes advise farmers on moulting handling and feeding. Manage weak fowl and culls, provide soft mash with bran linseed meal and bone meal, ovoid fresh meat, and keep fowls housed with ample fresh air and sun. Emphasizes single breed focus, proper perch height of about 16 inches, and avoiding high perches to prevent injuries.
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Rocks
Sussex
Australia
Hashanil recalls first cigar voyage and wedding day
In a tender moment Hashanil answers his wife by recalling the first cigar he ever smoked his first sea voyage and their wedding day. He shares these early memories as a warmth of their lasting bond and life together.
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John
Hashanil
Sunshine
First Post
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