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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
6
This column urges farmers to thin out surplus poultry before Christmas to secure the best prices, notes drought and rising poultry feed costs, and advises keeping breeding stock for next season. It also praises conserving poultry manure as valuable fertilizer and describes making liquid manure from mixed wastes.
Botanists cannot identify the native Apertea crop linked to a potato like plant. Melbourne meat market prices for the week to December 15 show prime porkers up to 6 3d per lb, veal and lamb values varying, with prime beef and mutton quoted, most consignments from country sellers. Vendors Hloue and a invite country buyers to Melbourne.
The Robur Tea company leverages aesthetic and utilitarian appeal with a set of four calendars featuring notable oil paintings from Sydney and Adelaide galleries. The editions also faithfully reproduce portraits of the King and Queen. Storekeepers across the towns report ample Roburtex supplies for customers.
An early Peninsular War anecdote recalls the Duke of Wellington crossing a river to assess Hill's position. A sentry named Pat Irish recognizes him by his crooked nose and jokes, declaring he would rather see it than ten hogs and maidens, a compliment Wellington revered as his greatest.
An express train between Bel Tintzona and Luino killed Ludovich Caduto, who sat between the rails eating his dinner. A note bearing the words I want to die this is my last dinner and a good one was found. the youth apparently timed his death while finishing his fruit.
In a domestic vignette Bobby stammers through the suds while his mother cleans him. He worries she is trying to “get rid o’ ma,” but she reassures him it is not so. The exchange captures a moment of strained affection and miscommunication.
Letters from Mia, Ellen Waters, and Mrs. W Cooper recount long battles with liver illness and relief after using Warner's Safe Cure. A Victorian man recalls abscesses and hospital scarring, another Sydney resident reports pain relief after trying the remedy, and a third notes sleep and digestion improved after years of indigestion.
A quoted author lists thirteen errors shaping life. These include judging others by personal standards, insisting on uniform opinions, seeking youth judgments, yielding to immaterial aims, pursuing flawless personal conduct, worrying about unfixable issues, neglecting to ease needs, not allowing for others’ infirmities, deeming things impossible, and doubting beyond finite understanding. The closing line notes joys as wings and spur.
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