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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1935
Page
5
The note describes creating a border around a lawn with rocks or shells, planting larkspurs and gladioli, and keeping the earth light and weed free. Readers may write to Our Garden at The Advocate in Sunshine for help.
Aunt Judith writes to Sunshine readers about the Show letter contest closing October 1 and a future prize for best riddles and jokes. She notes a punctuation competition with a prize and lists towns from last week. Edward Crosby wins with correct entry.
A corrected list for the upcoming competition is provided with updated participant names. The event closes on Monday next, September 30, and the national or local organizer is not specified.
A note highlights a competition titled Our Competition This Week with a paragraph written as a continuous string, showing no spaces between words, prompting readers to decipher or reinsert spacing. The item appears in a list or feature section of the edition.
The old woman explains how she learned to understand birds and reveals a magical river table crafted from quartz and pebbles. Minna and John enjoy a special breakfast as the birds guide them to a stream and the cave’s wonders. The tale blends wonder with a lesson on listening to nature.
A concise note explains pyramids as masonry monuments built over kings' burial chambers. It highlights Gizeh pyramids near Memphis and the Great Pyramid of China Cheops, citing Herodotus and a workforce estimate. It mentions a roofing block weight average of 56 tons and 56 blocks used.
Readers from Percy Street and Main Road in St Albans send letters and riddles for the Big Smile Section. Jack Hook Edward Grosbie and Betty Hale receive marks and encouragement. a Towns Competition prize is awarded to Edward while Betty is urged to try again and await future contests.
A brief reflection urges personal effort and authentic selfhood. It imagines shining softly like a glow worm when greatness feels distant, framing resilience as steady, inner light guiding daily conduct.
A jumble of limerick style riddles and jokes fills a page with puns and pithy quips. Bits reference a coast guard style scene and a seaside kitchen exchange, along with a caption about a doggerel cabinet pudding and a drowning joke.
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