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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
10
The piece surveys Sydney fashion in draped skirts and waistlines, notes on hats and belts, and mentions roller skating spectacles at North Sydney's Lingh Kate event. It also touches on local theatre, Eva Mylott's return to Kyung, and public sentiment on amusements.
The Garden advertises Candytuft seeds including popular white Empress and hybrids with large spikes resembling Hyacinth. Dwarf Candytufts form dense umbels in carmine rose purple and white. Canterbury Tulips grow 2 to 2 1/2 feet tall with long branches and varied single or double flowers. Cadoyantilema is a cup shaped flower in white pink and red hues.
The text lists several vegetable varieties with brief qualities. Hatter Lettuce is described as large and yellow-bearded with crimped tender leaves. Neapolitan is a large flat-leafed pale-green type with curled leaves. Tennis Ball is a small, solid light-green head variety noted for quick growth and dense heads. Early White Cox is an early self-folding variety with delicious flavor.
A fragmented verse describes life stages from infancy to death with playful rhymes about family and leisure. The piece reflects a mother and father, siblings, friends, and social habits prior to aging and death, ending on inevitable mortality.
The Late Quarter in the southern sky shows the moon moving through its phases with key dates listed: last quarter, first quarter on the 22nd, pull moon on the 20th, and the moon at 10th. This compact summary notes the sequence of lunar stages for a period.
Local church notices outline service times for Wellington and surrounding towns. Rev Cann Barry Brown and Rev J E Bellhouse lead morning and evening services at multiple venues including Neurea Curra Creek Bodangora and St John Baptist Day events set through June.
A notice from a Vienna trained optician describes eye examinations and surgical options. The practitioner, claimed to be master of optical associations in Dresden London and New York, may be consulted at the Royal Hotel Wallington on forthcoming dates. No consultation or testing fees are charged.
Fragmented lines describe stages of girls through playful tasks and vows, invoking parental pride and a Leap Year blessing. The text blends playful titles with phrases about growing, painting, dressing, and proposing, hinting at a ceremonial or celebratory arc.
A fragmented whirling line notes a pledge denial and a stay plea as readers glimpse a Western Advocate item. Names and places are obscured by OCR, but the piece centers on a dispute and a court action with a formal opposition and a possible ruling.
Listing of stallion parades and examination dates by town under a government scheme. Dates and place names include Grenfell Cumnock Molong Parkes Forbos Bogan Gate Trundle Dubbo Gilgandra Gulnn gainbous Coonamble Narroming Peak Hill Trangie Bathnint Cudal Wellington Orange Millthorpe Canowindra Lyndhurst Gulgong Mud August listings show localities and sequence of parade events across regions.
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