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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
4
H A Barraclough Ltd Opticians at 355 George Street Sydney announce a long standing visit to town spanning nine years. The note asks readers to write for a date of most recent visit and mort likely visit timing.
The faded notice mentions Dalton Brothers at Summer Street in Orange offering furniture items. The readable text emphasizes a local shop presence and promotional intent, though details are fragmented.
Theo learns their guest is a partner at Douglas Co. and Maggie and Theo plot to invite the city man to visit. Henry Warner writes to his Rose while Maggie helps mail letters, revealing Rose is Henry’s sister and setting up future visits as Maggie hopes for a sisterly bond.
In Paris a three hour trial held a packed audience spellbound as Hector Cebe a 22 year old accountant was acquitted of murdering M Albert Thiebault a wealthy safe manufacturer The dramatic case unfolded with high tension and near fiction like twists as the verdict was delivered with emotion and relief.
Jacqueline admitted and denied fabricating a hotel incident to shield her lover Cebe. Cebe testified he killed a protector of a "worthless girl" but now regrets the act. On deathbed forgiveness for the slain man supported extenuating circumstances, and Maitro Campinchi moved the jury to tears, securing acquittal.
The passage calls the wasp a notorious tippler, likening its appetite for spicy nut brown ale to human drinking, and contrasts it with common fears of wasps and adders in a brisk, wry tone.
Universal unveils 52 programmes in The White List from Monarch Pictures. Aimed at white exhibitors, the slate promises clean entertainment with high quality stories, casts, directing, and editing. Wellington patrons are invited to Tuesday nights starting March 10 with Reginald Denny in The Reckless Gee.
The passage extols wasp roles infruit farming and praises the queen wasp as a mother and founder. It contrasts the destructive impact of killing queens with the beauty of the wasp’s anatomy and a drone’s harmlessness, noting the queen’s spring nest-building and fifteen month lifespan. It ends with a remark on bravely catching drones to gain reputation.
A essay on the wig arises as fashion ends the era of shaving heads. After women in London or Paris cut their hair for new looks, the trend reverses. To cover shaved scalps, women retrieve yesterday’s tresses and seek wigs and disguises crafted by barbers to cover the work of yesterday.
A dubious testimonial claims Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble by filtering poisons from blood. Mrs M J Brokenborough of Wellington recalls severe colds settling in kidneys and relief after six bottles. The ad urges purchase from Foster McClellan Co. Sydney at 2/ per bottle, warning to get DOAN’S.
Visit Eden Studios near Central State for high grade photography with sepia and superior toned cabinets. Photo opportunities offered at moderate prices on September 12.
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