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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1928
Page
2
Fragmented OCR lists weather forecasts and rhythm of local broadcasts with scattered names and venues. Mentions include weather terms, parades, and public events tied to unnamed dates, places, and broadcasters.
Fragmented text lists dates and places for mail closing times and deliveries across multiple towns including Vancouver Som and Amelia. It references various months and dates with scattered names and notes, lacking coherent context or complete details.
Weekend edition overview urges readers to buy the issue and compare prices. Mentions a price comparison theme and encourages purchase for full content.
An old promotional piece urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for cross, feverish, or constipated children. It praises the syrup’s pleasant taste, claims quick relief, and describes dosing guidance and the product’s appearance on bottles. It emphasizes harmlessness and natural cleansing of the bowels.
A government proclamation declares an industrial disturbance as cooks strike at shipping offices. The piece argues workers rights to quit and to return, condemns withholding jobs, and urges a swift return to work to protect law and order and avoid wider economic harm. It notes leaders like Mr. Scullin and warns a prolonged halt risks gains won by unions.
The Prime Minister at Drummoyne urges recruiting younger leaders to steer public life, arguing energy and optimism favor youth over cynicism. Observers note Tom Walsh’s shift toward industrial peace and suffrage as a hopeful omen, with advocates urging broader rights for married women and practical protections for workers.
The article argues that top professionals largely learned as boys and that late learners face cognitive and motor hurdles. James Braid notes childhood training gives enduring advantages in swing familiarity, while latecomers must overcome deliberate, slower acquisition and mental load in matching instinctive play.
The readable lines present partial archaic sounding verse about journeys and pride in Australia with stray phrases on “Smithy” and a strange glamor. The text is highly garbled, incomprehensible, and lacks a coherent narrative or identifiable events.
Abutilon or Chinese Lanterns are rapid growing shrubs. Variegated kinds bloom in the garden with mandeenon flowers. They are hardy and require pruning every second year to stay shapely. They are grown from cuttings and root where branches are covered with buds. Average height unknown due to garbled text.
A vivid diary like account covers an Australian air derby eve with duckboards and crowds, the Aero Club’s guidance, spectators joking about dope and planes, and Kingsford Smully’s Fokker in action. It mentions attempts to organize spectators, the Cowra cattle incident reference, and a plea from Mr. Hughes for air travel between England and Australia.
Readers praise editorials condemning inhuman cruelty in Forbes court cases and call for stronger penalties. The letter-writers criticize government action, protest flimsy penalties, and urge the press and public to demand tougher cruelty legislation and enforcement.
A fragment discusses police personnel shortages and recruitment in the Loree area. It notes many men stay away from stations while clerical staff are overwhelmed, and it suggests that volunteers or volunteers could fill roles to avert a manpower shortfall.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a discussion or scene involving a road tax and a crowd or team. Names and places are unreadable, with partial phrases about driving, weights, and a demand to pry something loose. The text is too distorted to extract a full event or clear entities.
A fragmentary note hints at a backward classical music motif or puzzle. It mentions strings, violins, and a sequence of terms that resemble a coded or reversed phrase. The text conveys a sense of eclectic musical content and a puzzle-like arrangement.
A reader asks about securing a divorce on grounds of desertion or mutual agreement. The reply explains fault and no fault options, noting how courts handle separation, desertion, and property implications, with references to lawyer letters and the role of the solicitor in divorce cases.
An urchin like account describes a snake’s mesmeric power captivating prey, turning their retreat to doom. The scene references Kurrajong citrus orchard incidents and mentions entities such as SELLBIRD THORNYCROFT LORRIES and ASSOCIATED DAIMLER LORRIES with Wilkin Bodine, implying a colonial rural setting.
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