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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1935
Page
6
Letter from Aunt Judith invites readers to write for Sunshine Corner, asks for riddles and jokes, and offers to arrange pen friends in England Scotland and possibly America. She urges clear return address and siblings to contribute, noting the Corner is a growing community the children help build.
A reader note describes ants as organized armies with workers captains officers and soldiers plus wounded wards. It highlights collective behavior and praises Ronald Rye for providing the correct answer in a school puzzle, urging speedy submissions for this week’s contest.
The article expands gardening topics beyond flowers and ferns. It advises keeping kitchens stocked with tomatoes, suggests buying plants from florists or nurserymen, planting in a sheltered spot, watering, weeding, and tying plants to stakes without disturbing roots or using sharp ties.
The article describes so called little trees of Japan kept in pots, ages centuries old, shaped by a secret gardening process. Roots and tips are stunted by generations of gardeners, creating miniature oaks elms and cedars that fit in a drawing room. Dragon motifs are a common expression.
Readers are urged to ensure entries are clearly marked Big Smile Section to avoid misplacement. Jack Hook of Percy Street, St Albans, earns 9 marks toward a November prize while warnings about envelope mislabeling and stray poems appear amid light anecdotes and quips about daily life.
A whimsical exchange about a marble bridge answer hints at a joke origin. A barber questions a young man about a haircut while another boy insists on having every hair cut. The tale links to the puzzling origin of the jigsaw game from a Scottish butcher.
Roslyn, Main Street and Percy Street residents respond to letters and jokes in the Letterbox column. Ronald and Jack Hook offer thanks and encouragement to keep trying for the competition entries and jokes, noting appreciation and hope for future success.
St Mark's Harriers publish fixtures for November through February inter-club track meets. E Grade and G Grade matches split across Footscray Caulfield Gram NA plans Oakleigh Glenhuntly Essendon Geelong Guild East Melbourne VRI Power House Carlton St Joseph's Sandringham Metropolitan Preston CYMS Old Scotch Ivanhoe University H S Coburg Old Xavier and more. Preliminary trials set for October 19 and 26 as final team selection likely from these events.
Children explore a glowing cave with shifting walls and a river that lights the scene. They lose sight of the old woman and worry they are lost. The river hints at an exit under a waterfall as they ration watercress and press on along the fading light.
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