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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
12
A garbled fragment describes cricket enthusiasts at Rye Park during holidays. Wickets are poor and bowling weak amid makeshift preparations. Family tensions and social observations color the scene as characters discuss matches, attendance, and personal dynamics.
A fragmentary 1920s style essay describes Christmas rites among tropical tribes, including meat feasts, dancing, and masked processionals led by a white overseer. It contrasts Western Hollywood psychology with the communal, ritual celebration, noting festivity, intoxication, and music around a central fire while observing how colonial observers interpret local customs.
A reader reflects on the Christian message of love as the path to peace. The text recalls Christ’s teaching to love one another and urges individuals governments and churches to embrace Christian charity and work toward goodwill on earth.
A testimony by Dr B C Hall Government Medical Officer declares Bill Smith a woman who has lived as a man for over two decades. The subject left Dundees on horseback to Cairns to farm and recounts a remarkable life of work from railway construction to droving in Queensland and beyond. She fought family strife and gender barriers, earning money through timber work, hunting, and station life while mastering rifle making.
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