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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
6
The late Professor Rowland of Inivinghinw was a celebrated physicist famed for calculating the mechanical equivalent of heat and for spectrum analysis. In a courtroom cross examination he declared his opinion vain when questioned by a lawyer, prompting a terse exchange about the jury’s perception.
A garbled report notes a character named Andrews preferring Cannes for a cooking and hot water venture. After a questionable medical review, a bishop and a doctor discuss a travel choice to a resort in Algeria, with unclear dialogue about health and plans.
Railton Bros offer a wide fruit tree and plant selection at Swanston Street and Fink's Buildings Melbourne. Includes pears cherries apples quinces peaches walnuts mulberries strawberries and a large range of flowering plants including carnations roses climbing varieties and flower seedings. Availability listed with pricing like 2/6 for strawberries and 20 dozen for currant berries.
A rambling, fragmentary narrative follows a group including a shoemaker and a railway journey. The men display strange bravado and quick wit as a theft sparks a chaotic scene aboard a train, ending with a remark about a missing overcoat. The text reads like a street tableau with vivid, if garbled, Victorian voices.
In Aberdeen two men discuss women’s suffrage with sharp humor and caution. McTosh recalls past and mocks reformers while Sandy questions the vote’s value and effects on society, policing, and local politics amid references to temperance and Parliament.
In a Highland dialogue, men fear political changes as women gain the vote. Auld Laird McTosh predicts upheaval as women secure payment and control, while Sandy Macphairson contemplates bond breaks and social shifts. The speakers imagine liquor limits and arrests if men stray, and vow an old order could die as women step into public power.
A factory chief, aged and weary, contemplates retirement and faces a sudden idea from his son. The father proposes stepping away while the son asks them to work a few more years together, envisioning a joint exit from the business. The dialogue hints at family strategy amid aging leadership.
A youth curate is reproved by the Archbishop of Canterbury for a flubbed reading of lessons about vice. A parishioner praises his delivery, provoking a sharp Bishop remark. The tone shifts as the curate recalls past bravado and a later marriage proposal with a twist.
A reclusive farmer Mr Wormwell with a fierce housekeeper trap a gang leader at his estate. At a railway hamper arrival the plot is uncovered. the housekeeper defies the invaders and guards imprison the gang leader, whose confession leads to long prison terms for many accomplices.
Prize entries from 250 schoolchildren aged ten to thirteen reflect mixed views on animal happiness. Responses praise clean fur, lack of chores for cats, and horseplay, while some children pity animals for work, discipline, and being unable to voice refusals. Some lines veer into harsh opinions about human offenders and penalties.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Fae’s plans to erect a statue of Lord Kitchener near London but the project faded. A barber shop anecdote mocks Melba era culture with a jest about a baritone, two pianists, and a tautist filling the blanks in time.
A New York correspondent reports Professor David Todd of Amherst, famed astronomy expert, proposing a bold method to communicate with Mars and Venus. He imagines ascending in a balloon with wireless gear, living in a sealed cage to avoid carbonic gas, to receive signals from other planets, while others mock the idea as fanciful and unwise.
A garbled OCR style notice describes a few names and places, mentioning Burwood and Lever Brothers Limited Sydney. It hints at a past four to five week period and a youth colt feeding experiment. The text is fragmentary with reader guidance about recipes and wind direction.
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