19 Aug 1926
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
1
Fragmented notes report Busselton Council discussions on inland development policy. Mentions reduced rail fares for families, debates over state and Commonwealth powers, and plans tied to inland settlements, with references to Narragin football, South-West Conference talks, and local holiday timing shifts.
Old Mount Barker advertisements list hardware clothing produce and services by P H Young Ahern Jones and Clarke plus a column of regional commentary on farming, politics and the potato market noting Bunbury and Bunbury market changes and cross state potato shipments from Victoria with price impacts.
A dense run of cash specials on fabrics and garments including cotton dresses, crepes, wool blends, and velours. Highlights feature 40 inch wool delaine, 54 inch coating velours, 36 inch damask, white flannelette, and assorted laces and handkerchiefs with aggressive price points and one-price sales.
A newspaper item listing various men and boys clothing deals with special wholesale-like prices. Items include tweed trousers, cotton knickers, three piece suits, all wool trousers, dress shirts, handkerchiefs, lawn gowns, and waterproof overcoats marked down to notably low “Our Special Price” figures.
Variety of vests, corsets, and ready to wear felt hats offered at reduced prices. Silk and wool blends, cotton and wool, with several “clearing” price tags. Ladies coats and umbrellas highlighted, many items advertised below cost as final sale.
Arnold Bein urges aspiring writers to focus on realistic, compelling characters as the core of a successful novel. He argues that invention and style matter less than the convincingness of characters, and notes many leading women writers lack formal recognition. The piece mentions Zane Grey visiting New Zealand and Hodder and Stoughton announcing a forthcoming book Tales of an Angler's Eldorado New Zealand with 238 pages of text and 128 pages of illustrations.
Hodder and Stoughton publish Edgar Wallace’s The Four Just Men in a strong public workmanlike style. The review lauds Wallace’s imagination and masterful storytelling to pull readers from start to finish. It notes the book’s grand conception of four educated men uniting to right wrongs and warns the sequels may not match this original surge of romance and suspense.
Emile Mercier debuts Your Dowdle at the top a new fast page drawing, first instalment in a series. The humor features a hipnopoteripe lookalike policeman character, with more than ten humorous migrations in the issue, plus jokes and stories by Australian and New Zealand creators.
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