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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
6
A Melbourne seed catalogue lists vegetable seeds for sowing this month including beet, cabbage, carrot, cantaloupe, leek, lettuce, parsley, radish, turnip, spinach, onion. Railton Bros at 273 Swanston Street and Fink's Buildings offer 34 varieties.
A colonial advertisement lists Robur tea blends and prices with bulk discounts and free train delivery to Melbourne shops. The feature also recounts Flaxman and his wife Ann Wenham’s frugal years, their move to Rome, and his rise as a leading English sculptor.
A commercial traveller misses the Southbound train and is roused by a hotel boot to hear his hour has come in a stark morning wake up. Readers are invited to try Sunlight Old for horses and a Sydney booklet on usage. A tale of a stern laird berating a tailor ends in a quip about trousers. The emancipation of women sparks a traveler’s reflection on crowded tram cars.
The article notes various curiosities including statues of animals in the countryside. The highlight is Mt. Harley near Winchester with a monument recounting a horse once owned by Paulet St. John Bay. It leapt into a chalk pit in September 1732 with its master aboard and later won the Hunter's Plate on Worthing Downs. The inscription, copied from the original and restored in 1870 by Sir William Heathcote, is housed in an interior duplicate with seating for travelers.
A rich father offers 2 percent monthly interest on any saved money deposited by his son who earns £5 weekly. The boy piles up deposits beyond his allowance, later admitting most funds were borrowed. He earned interest at 2 percent monthly yet paid only 10 percent yearly, finding the scheme profitable. The passage shifts to notes on air purification by water and details about the Congo River as a vast waterway compared to the Mississippi.
A fragment describes gourd whistles with bamboo or oxhorn tubes and mouthpieces. Variants include two, three, six, ten, or thirteen tubes. Some designs place tubes around a principal mouthpiece. One named form is a whistle with a single mouthpiece and ten tubes called the eleven eyed one.
Sir Morel Mackenzie received a £500 fee from Antwerp for a patient who died before arrival. Mourning men met him, saying he would be paid in full, then invited him to perform free clinics at Renemtine Pypach. He later learned a ruse: two operations at the same price.
Mr J E Norris of Burwood praises Sunlight Oil Cake as a horse feed after dissolving it in hot water improves intake and vitality. He notes his horse eats greedily, looks fatter and coat glossier, and gains livelier action. Readers are invited to contact Lever Brothers Limited Sydney for the booklet. Freddie recalls earning a born certificate in a joke exchange with his uncle.
A brief aphorism notes that a man requires little in life but lists a few essential things he should never be without, hinting at prudent needs and simple comforts.
A garbled account describes divers exploring a sunken city, treasure quests, and a farmer questioning a horse in a confusing narrative. Names, places, and events are incoherent, but the core scene centers on underwater exploration and local dialogue amid mysterious objects.
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