'The periodical clearance sale of flotsam and jetsam and confiscated articles took place at the Central Police Station [on August 22] forenoon,' said a report on August 23. 'Among the articles was a quantity of opium dross, pipes, lamps and other paraphernalia, but the opium was withdrawn. The police have no right to sell the drug. A quantity of wine seized at the Grand Carlton fetched fairly good prices.'
The Science Sparklets column on August 23 listed a number of interesting one-sentence 'facts'. 'Every rat steals at least 60 cents worth of food every year; for every birth at sea there are about 100 deaths; it takes 100 livers to yield one gallon of cod liver oil; during the year ending March 31, 1909, 84,825,000 telegrams were sent in the United Kingdom.'
An advertisement in the Post's August 25 edition said: 'Insure your life against all diseases by drinking Bear Brand Milk. Absolutely pure and free from all germs. It can be taken just as it comes from the can.'
Here are some hot weather hints in an article on August 23: 'Avoid noticing the heat as far as possible. You will find it helpful to have the maid pour a cup of ice water over the thermometer every 10 to 15 minutes,' it said. 'Keep your temper. The man who loses it gets hot under the collar and is in danger of having all the starch taken out of him.'
Under the local news pages on August 23, the Great Western Railway Company ad introduced an innovation at Paddington station, the provision of bathrooms for travellers. 'Bathing being the popular amusement just now, it may be as well to warn swimmers and others who delight in disporting themselves in the water that sharks have been seen in the neighbourhood - good-sized healthy looking specimens which, in the words of one who has seen them, could 'nip a bit quite easily',' a report on August 25 said.
The manager of the Deep Water Bay Tile Works said he had seen two large, flat-nosed sharks close to the wharf at the works and they were eight feet long.