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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1925
Page
2
A garbled OCR style puzzle section hints at a children's contest with clues about forms, ages, and various items. It mentions an editor and a Friday or Monday deadline, with scattered references to diagrams, lists, and potential prizes, all presented in a fragmented, antique newspaper tone.
A messy OCR note reviews Rupert Bunny's show at the Sydney gallery, noting his mature portraits and landscapes. It points to a bust of his wife, a painting of a Russian woman head, and various tonal qualities. The piece comments on color temperament and differences from his earlier works, with mixed judgments on execution.
Fragmentary text describes a paste combining walt and wal vol ile for whitening ivory handles and mentions whitening with bran and fullers earth. It then oddly references rugging, combing, skin rubbing, and a smothering period, with unclear subsequent notes about shale and woods on a cover.
Mr Jomen NCelligan of Metigan writes that his two brothers Enon and Bernard Melugan went to Australia about a year ago, now aged about six and four. They wrote from England saying they were in the sheep business, but after moving to America over 40 years ago they vanished. He seeks help to locate them, noting their birthplace as Glen and parents Manos and fore Mettigan.
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