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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
10
A personal reminiscence describes years of severe hand pain and ineffective treatments before finding relief from Elmore’s Cure. The account mentions doctoring costs, failed remedies, and eventual satisfaction with a topical treatment that eased aches and allowed daily work.
A state farmer bought 34 ostriches for £400 from Hawkesbury College. The article notes ostrich farming in various regions, detailing costs, feather values, and potential profits, with comparisons to Cape Colony and American developments. It discusses breeding, growth, and regional feather quality, highlighting ostrich meat and plumage markets and cautions about care and handling. It also mentions irrigation projects and optimistic outlook for warm, dry lands.
The article surveys ostrich domestication in the United States, noting a population rooted in an Arizona pair from 1891. It describes nesting, incubation, and care by both parents, egg handling with a hammer and incubator, chick growth, feed, and feather plucking with careful shears, alongside the birds’ behavior and farm management requirements.
Historic Arctic explorations are outlined with mentions of Peary, Scott, Nansen, and others. The piece highlights early attempts to reach the pole, perilous journeys, shipwrecks like the Jeannette, and significant hardships faced by crews in the cold.
The fragment discusses political manipulation affecting a Finchley hairdresser, and reviews major expeditions from Darwin to Younghusband. It notes a poisoning inquest, political persecution by the Tariff Reform League, and recalls famed explorations with figures like Darwin, Franklin, and Cook. The tone mirrors a wariness of politics and a fascination with discovery.
A chaotic report from the London conference on canteen goods notes controversy over margarine pricing and quality. Experts discuss consumer fairness and the role of additives while officials debate permitted standards for beer and beverages amid trade tensions.
A puzzling court report details an alleged pillow related incident involving a woman named Pat and an unknown man in a Tower Brider area venue. The summary notes claims of theft and a sequence of confrontations over a 15 price and a gemstones sale.
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