Wellington Ladies Swim Club to Form and Race Plan
Wellington swimmers discuss forming a ladies club at a Monday meeting in the Club room. Plans include a charitable race event, interclub rivalries, recruitment led by Miss Fane Williams, and a forthcoming club handicap for under 10s. The report notes total Wellington Club membership exceeding 100, a clock hut idea for the baths, and a revival of the Dubbo Swimming Club on Boxing Day with local swimmers aiming to compete in Cuvee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeans
Fane Williams
Une Ladies of
Wellington
Dubbo
Mente
Platinum Find Near Parkes Reported Near-Fifield Discovery
Mro A P Egan reports a sensational platinum gold find near Fifield, with a syndicate seeking £50,000 on an £42,190 capital plan. About 80 acres show gold and platinum bearing alluvial wash, with yields of 11 to 27 grains per ton in tests. Sluicing and dredging cost about 2 per ton, and a £50,000 offer from a Sydney man has been made but not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Egan
Fifield
Gondobolin
Parkes
Bond
Burra Burea
J. W. Archibald
Egan
Sydney
Gas Stove Hints for Safe and Efficient Cooking
Practical advice on gas stove use to save gas and avoid odors. Key tips include turning off unused jets, preventing flame contact with kettle rims, cleaning oven interiors with hot soda water after cooking, not poking glowing burner specks, crewing burner holes with a file, using well-mitted utensils, employing steamers, cooking multi compartment dinners over a single burner, and using a tin shield to keep several saucepans warm on one flame.
The Paper Man and the Echoes of Payment
A fragmented poem moralizes about editors and printers who take everything for free, while workers endure late nights and unpaid wages. It contrasts payed labor with claimed privileges, depicting a world where those who never pay prosper and snow remains absent, ending with a bleak image of perpetual debt.
The Accomplished Female Through Time
A reflective column traces the idea of the accomplished woman from Edwardian albums and amateur art to 1920s ideas. It questions changing fashions, the role of hosts and guests, and whether contemporary women still pursue the label or accept modern restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
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