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Newspaper
Yea Chronicle
Location
Yea, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
5
A country squire, wary of motor cars, buys a mare and soon discovers the horse resists grooming. A groom reports the mare dislikes people near her stall, and the squire reassures that the animal will calm in a few days.
A humorous essay on footwear and fashion during wartime. The author mocks sturdy boots against delicate slippers, recalls personal boot memories, and laments clumpy military styles while noting women’s short skirts attract attention. He muses on officer boots, sentimental parent moments, and the fate of old shoes.
An old coinage study notes the half crown outlasts others, with a sixty four year average life, while sixpences fade fastest. Florins wear inscriptions in about forty five years and sovereigns in about twenty four. Worn coins are withdrawn from circulation by millions yearly.
A jumble of vintage recipes describes improving soups and stews with oat water, milk, and stock. Instructions cover onion, potato, beet, tapioca, and veal stock preparations, plus cheese salt sugar and spice notes. Also included are rolls filled with meat and a rice meat pie with layered pastry and gravy, ending with a batter-based Martins batter mix.
Fragmented poetic reflection on time memory and love across ages. It laments how names fade as crowds hurry by, asking what time grants or takes from mortal lives and urging care to love while near, with a quiet thanks to past voices and a gentle, enduring bond.
Not the Same Buchanan recounts Lady Dichenan’s extensive travels and a Sofia garden party anecdote involving Sir George Buchanan and an American tourist who lamented missing him. The tale includes the tourist’s humorous claim of valuing Buchanan’s whiskey and his admission of a years long abstinence.
An Eastern caliph addresses his people in three attempts to speak amid curiosity and varying responses. He teases the audience, then invites those who know to teach those who do not, ending with a departing bow as silence settles.
A rambling, era-spanning note discusses April Fools Day customs and legends. It links the old practice of playful deception to various cultures including India, the Mull Festival, South Sea islanders, and Cape traders. The piece evokes historic memories of mock trials and trickster figures while noting calendars and New Year changes tied to the date.
The piece argues women are more revengeful than men, citing figures like Charlotte Corday and Elizabeth I. It claims women feel emotions more intensely and dwell on grievances, while men forgive and move on. It contrasts urban southern societies with cooler climates where patience reduces revenge impulses.
An Irish railway worker Pat brings up his brother and father for jobs. The foreman weighs family merit and declines, asking Pat’s father to apply. Pat plans to call his wife to report bringing a man to dinner, citing a delicate situation in his room. The tale ends with Pat requesting a phone to relay his awkward plan.
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