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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
6
A humorous tale follows Leouides Spinker, a bashful cricketer, as he travels to a local match with the Charlatans. Onboard, his nerves and timid fame collide with train compartment chaos and a gap between ambition and action in a comic preface to the game.
The narrator endures a cramped train journey with a toy terrier, arousing ticklish distress and social awkwardness. A window jam, a brazen reply from a young woman, and pitying glances from a mother heighten discomfort until Tean Tom Larkworthy appears on the platform.
A man recounts a chaotic station episode as a porter crowd emerges, his bag delivered by the station-master who warns of legal trouble. The narrator laments public ridicule and quotes an harsh, old advertence about law in England.
Mr J Gordon Selfridge spoke to Kil pura Grammar School commercial section on character building in business. He urged perfection in work, thrift for employers, and constant effort to improve tasks. The talk stressed thoroughness, punctuality, imagination, and a distinct personality as keys to business success.
A home scene unfolds as a boy reports his father’s dog Towser died, while an elderly mistress questions the tale. She urges caution, noting circumstantial evidence can mislead, and the boy hints at a mistaken conclusion involving a housemaid.
An advertisement extols Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for urinary and biliary poisons that allegedly cause gout neuralgia liver and kidney disorders. It claims the liver and kidneys work together, describes how the medicine cleanses the system, and offers free information via H. H. Warner Australasian Branch.
The document lists capital, reserve funds, and registered offices at Queen Street Melbourne. It names directors Edward Fanning H Irvine Donald Mackinnon R McCutcheon and Stewart McArthur with titles and credentials. The company is empowered by Parliament to act as executor administrator trustee receiver and related roles under Lunacy Act with powers over trusts funds investments and estates. Joel Fox is manager and T Martin assistant manager.
A list of writers including Marjorin Howen BB Mey sun JJ Rell Barry Pain Sox Koll fer and others is noted with publication.
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