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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 14, 1937
Page
7
Dear readers a children’s tale recounts a spider and a nervous lizard competing to guess the princess secret name. The spider hides in the palace rafters while the lizard is sent to carry the secret message and faces a tense mission.
A tale ends with neither the spider nor the lizard marrying the princess. The gallant knight weds her, which is portrayed as the rightful outcome. The spider seeks punishment while the nervous lizard hides, and the narrator urges children to confess mistakes to parents for forgiveness.
Two numbers under hundred satisfy a+b=11 and a/b ratio condition. Let the greater be g and the lesser be l. Given g/2 = l−1 and g+l=11. Solve: g=2(l−1) so 2l−2 + l =11, 3l=13, l=13/3 not integer. No integer solution.
A letter by letter riddle yields a word hinted by letters in given words. The final answer is a word meaning planned with greatest care, guiding house construction, with the clue that no house is built until the first is there.
A collection of quick riddles and old nursery style verses. One joke plays on Eve and Adam to dodge measles, another about Old Mother Twitcher and a needle and thread, and a pun stating a pig is the strangest farm animal because it can be cured after death.
The technique guides you to jump over a walking stick placed on the floor while holding it with hands apart. Use a rug under your hands for comfort until you gain confidence.
Stamp collectors can lift stamps by dipping the envelope in hot water for about a minute. After removal, the stamp purportedly remains unchanged and does not fade.
The list provides answers to several puzzles and clues: First on the Programme a stitch in time saves nine Tell it not in Gath Who goes there Many men many minds For better or for worse So far so good Numbers Please 74 and 38 First Things First Foundation.
The Methodist Young People's Club held a birthday party featuring humorous burlesques of historical scenes from Nelson to Drake and Henry the Eighth. Rev A A Lyons officiated, and Miss E Taylor sent greetings while Miss M Batten lit the cake. The group will attend a church mission next.
The Druids social in St Mark's Hall drew many couples led by Bro J Oates from Carter SA. Miss Maisie Pieth and Marjorie Boyle won the Cosmopolitan dance, Keith Frazer took the hat prize, and Bro Ray Grenfell lost to Bob MehKenner in the coronation dance for king and queen.
A wry remark contrasts two fathers with a punchy line about pursuit. The speaker notes the first father would chase, while the second would vanish to make the partner unfindable. The quip hints at themes of desire and escape in a domestic setting.
In a candid exchange a narrator notes a kiss shared with a woman and questions how to seal the moment. She unexpectedly mentions her brother’s usual sixpence for deflecting questions, revealing a hush money dynamic in a tense domestic scene.
Aspiring Australian actresses face tough odds as film studios scout from Hollywood, with hundreds applying for few openings. Reps search for fresh, beautiful faces. many fail to be selected despite sending photos and letters from around the world. Those chosen receive contracts and training at film centers, with youth and appearance key factors.
A photographer presses for a lingering pleasant expression while the sitter complains of facial pain and hurry. The dialogue captures a tense moment in a studio portrait session with exasperation and eagerness.
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