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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
7
F Murphy & Co offers a sale on ladies wear including coats hats chokers and frocks in various colors and fabrics. Items listed include wool coats velour dresses and hats with hemstitching done on the premises and pricing shown in old currency.
Danish raiser offers a grand new pedigree seed for the earliest large cabbages. Claims seed is superior to Ali-Head St. John's Day Improved and Enkhuizen Glory. Describes solid head quality and suitability for the home garden. Price quoted as 2/ and 6/- per arythes 20/-.
The Wellington District Hospital Disraeli Hospital Committee met Monday. The president reported the hospital was in satisfactory order with no complaints though some work remained unfinished. The secretary and committee discussed finishing tasks, visiting days, gas account issues from a leak, a water and electrical Plant proposal, and plans for the nurses quarters estimated at £4800 with potential Council funding. A visiting board, a bull fundraising, and donations were reviewed.
A discussion of the Andromeda Nebula's distance to Earth using recent measurements places it around 150000 light years away with light traveling 300000 kilometers per second. It notes a bright event in Andromeda, its magnitude, and the concept of a universe boundary with estimates for another nebula at 1,000,000 light years.
Arrivals list daily times from Sydney and Western towns with Monday to Saturday stops including Arthurville Bodangora Goolma Gollan Lincoln Montafioras Spicers Creek Two Mile Flat Baldry Finger Post Mt Aubrey Yeoval and more. Departures show daily times to Sydney or western towns with moments for Arthurville Bodangora Bournewood Curra Creek Caves Goolma Gollan Lincoln Yeoval and other stops. Registered mails close one hour earlier than ordinary.
Practical cleaning and household tips covering frame care varnish for oilcloth floor polish tea leaves for varnished surfaces and storage ideas. Advice ranges from wiping gilt frames with onion water to cleaning painted walls with steam and soap and using tea leaves to renew varnished paint. Includes small storage and organization ideas for clothing and odds and ends.
The passage traces fictional figures who never existed as real people. It discusses Mrs Malaprop from Sheridan’s The Rivals and the iconic Mrs Grundy from Tom Morton’s Spend the Plough, noting how their names became symbols of propriety and a fashion of character types. It also mentions Dolly Varden and Trilby as literary sensations tied to these fictional personas.
An editor tracks a year of ups and downs in a quirky diary style. It logs being broke 901 times and praising the public 80 times, with counts for lies told 720 and errors in prayer 52. Miscellaneous items include roasted colleagues 487 times and minor daily chores, ending with garbled cash notes.
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