London College of Music Examination Results
In Goulburn on the previous Wednesday candidates from the London College of Music under Mr. M Finlayson at Caralga achieved passes. Reg Croker earned a first class pass in violin intermediate while Nancy Bradbury and Marie Croke both passed elementary piano forte and Eva Croker also passed.
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Goulburn
M. Finlayson
Caralga
Reg Croker
Nancy Bradbury
Marie Croke
Eva Croker
Gosspie Graythwaite Ball Thanks Donors
The committee expresses special thanks to Miss Dot Croker and Miss Ettie Boya for collecting £5 3 6 and Miss Cartwright for £1 8 6 aiding secretary Mrs A J Boys.
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Dot Croker
Ettie Boya
Kempton
Cartwright
A. J. Boys
Warriagal players suspended by Crookwell Rugby Board
At a Crookwell and District Rugby Football League Board of Control meeting on Monday two Warrigal Club players H Billingham and R Banfield were suspended from today’s match for taking part in a Taralga game on the 6th without consent. They must attend a Board meeting next Monday for explanations.
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Board of Control
Crookwell and District Rugby Football League
Warrigal
Railway smash derails Rockhampton mail at Traveston
A serious railway accident occurred at Traveston at 2 am Tuesday when part of the Rockhampton mail train from Brisbane derailed and toppled from a small bridge into a creek. Several people were killed and forty injured, some seriously.
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Traveston
Rockhampton
Brisbane
Wit and Humor Quote from Shakespeare
A Shakespearean quip on folly and joy is cited, contrasting merriment with sorrow. The line suggests preferring a fool’s wit to painful experience as a source of amusement and relief.
Presence of Mind In A Farm Child Tale
A five year old boy runs excitedly to his mother saying there’s a mote in the cream. The mother asks if he removed it. He proudly replies that he threw the cut in beside it, showing a humorous misunderstanding of dairy terms.
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Jamie
Peach Takes Walk Turns Into Pair in Street Tale
A playful verse follows a peach strolling the street causing a visual and metaphorical transformation into a paired figure. Bright imagery and light rhythm evoke whimsy as the fruit becomes two entities sharing the scene.
Fragmentary courtroom squib with quips on marriage
A clipped exchange features a clerk objecting to Mr Smith and joking about changing him into a poor husband. The text hinges on a remark about women and humor amid a bill of correction.
Taralga News Briefs Reflect Local Changes
Mr. D. Congreve has bought a property near Cusailia in Mudgee district and left Taralga for His new home during the week. Mr. Stan Horne faces another operation at St John of God’s Hospital next week after a year of treatment for double pneumonia. Miss L Webb, recently in Sydney, spends holidays with her Taralga parents. Messrs J Byrne and L Walsh bought the butcher’s business on Orchard Street from Eddie Croke and Cecil Mooney, with best wishes for success. Mr. W Borthwick sold Richlands Hotel to Mr Krille of Sydney who will take over soon.
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D. Congreve
Cusailia
Mudgee
Taralga
Stan Horne
St. John of God's Hospital
Stan
J. Byrne
L. Walsh
Eddie Croke
Orchard-street
Cecil Mooney
W. Borthwick
Richlands Hotel
Mr. Krille
Sydney
John Ingleby Webster
Hyde Park
Bloda Road
Crookwell
Elsie Smith
Simiths
Jim
John Smith
bin Home
Langs Celebrate Marriage With Wombeyan Barrallier Friends
A June 6 gathering at Rocksilly honored Mr and Mrs Roy Lang on their marriage. T M Chalker spoke warmly, presenting a cutlery set from local residents Green wood area. Roy Lang thanked guests as dancing continued into night with L Lang and Bradford in attendance.
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Rocksilly
Roy Lang
T. M. Chalker
Postal Revenue Fails Under Cheaper Rates in 1924
The Postmaster-General reports 1924 postal revenue at 29,724,801 with a profit of 1,101,007 below the prior year. Revenue decline stemmed from end 1923 rate cuts, plus 1920 rate changes, 1924 telephone rate shifts, and full-year effects of higher superannuation costs.
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House of Representatives
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement touts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for coughs and colds. The snippet highlights household use and mentions its availability in local shops of the period.
Sudden Death In Crookwell Coronial Inquest
The coroner investigated the death of Elsie Smith wife of John William Smith of Binda Road Crookwell who died in the early hours of June 6 1926. Dr F A Burns concluded death from Pachymeningitis haemorrhagica caused by natural illness.
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F. A. Burns
Crookwell
John William Smith
Sereant Corcoran
Elsie Smith
Binda Road
Goulburn
New South Wales
Wagen Mayor Predicts Flood Damage Over £14,000
Alderman D. T. Ryness says no exact damage estimate yet for Wagen flood. He expects losses to exceed £14,000 and the Municipal Council will file a claim with the Government for at least that amount. Once detail work is cleared, a fuller total will be assessed.
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Wagen
Ald
D. T. Ryness
Back to Wool Campaign Advocated by Contrasting Views
An Australian wool note from Schute, Bell & Co. urges a "Back to Wool" campaign while criticizing wool control and predicting uncertain July sales. It laments shifting fashion away from wool to silk and artificial fibers, urging a self denial brigade to boost demand and noting rising sheepskin values as a glimmer of hope.
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Bradford
Rabbit Skins Market Report Shows Varied Pelts Prices
The article notes 1d to 3d per lb for first and second winters and incomings, with 2nd pelts often 7d to 3d per lb higher. Ord pelts, autumning and racks sometimes sold higher. Overall, market prices averaged about 1d per lb lower.
Wool Market Holds Steady as Holdovers Loom
Pitt Son and Badgery report no market improvement with few sales of locally produced wool. Buyers await decisions on resumption of sales affecting Australia and English manufacturers. Overseas users seek clarity on held over wool and future sale plans to prevent market overload and ease factory conditions.
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Condi Lions
Insanity Admissions Rise Amid Prohibition Effects
The New York State Hospital Commission reports Td persons were sent to asylums for insanity due to alcoholism in 1924, more than triple the 1910 figure. Chicago sees sanity cases rise over 100 percent since Prohibition, with county hospitals overwhelmed by mental patients.
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New York State Hospital Commission
Whitney Hall
Medical Commission
Cook County
Ill
Chicago
Should Nurses Bob Their Hair at Wallsend Hospital
At a Wallsend Hospital committee meeting last Thursday the bobbed or shingled hairstyle for nurses was raised again. The matron had objected earlier, but the committee declined to intervene. Mr Hughes asked the president about reports that two or three nurses bobbed their hair and were assigned to night duty to avoid visitors. The president would investigate and report at the next meeting.
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Wallsend
Mr. Hughes
Glasgow boy takes lift to London with Australian squatter
Victor King, 17, a Glasgow newspaper seller, walked away from his struggling life and flagged a touring car. The driver, an Australian squatter, gave him a lift that ended with Victor disembarking in Sydney aboard the steamship Berri ma, bound for an outback station of his benefactor.
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Victor King
Glasgow
London
Sydney
Doan's Ointment Brings Piles Relief Amid Royal Plot News
Serious neglect of piles risks chronicity ulceration and fistula. Doan's Ointment touted as safe fast relief after a Glebe Sydney sufferer regained rest and comfort. Mrs Mitchell later says husband remains free of itching piles though uses it sparingly. Doan's sold 2/9 by chemists or posted from Poster McClellan Co Sydney. Also reports further arrests over an attempted attack on the King and Queen of Spain.
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Dean
J. Mitchell
Campbell St
Glebe
Sydney
Doan
Hamilton Street
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London College OF Music
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Queensland
Gill
Shakespeare
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Io Cashier
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L. Lang
R. J. Winning
Tel
MAB
J. W. Smith
Hubband
John Wiliam Smith
Grasser
Ingleby Webster
Denis Joseph Corcoran
Hurns
Bind#road
Elsley Solth
Burns
Ibad
Crookwell District Hospital
WOOL
Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd
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Tno
Commercial
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Wallsend Hospital
Ppaln
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