19 Dec 1927
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1927
Page
1
The article surveys current fashion trends with patterns, fabrics, accessories, and color cues for evening wear and day dresses. It notes new trims, tighter waists, and lighter tones, plus tiny onyx earrings and black daisies as popular adornments. It also provides two Christmas pudding recipes with steps and ingredient lists.
Local business notices list several Mounts Barker firms including Young's Leading Business House offering household requisites clothing farm produce machinery and Kodak agent. The Park Hotel Mirs introduces hostess Reddin welcoming residents and travelers. Wells Motor Garage repairs and agency for car brands. Dan Davies boot and shoe merchant promotes best totwear and punctual service. A Jones builder contractor advertises work in town or country with repairs and estimates.
An auction notice lists toys boxed items and decorative goods with prices and vendors. The ad promotes quality lighting tools and household wares from Wizard Lights and others, plus bake and kitchen supplies, fabrics, stationery, and novelty items offered at sale days.
A list of home diet claims covers asparagus kidneys celery nerve tone and honey as cod substitutes. Parsnips honey and beets claimed to aid chest ailments and flesh gain while tomatoes and lettuce affect liver nerves and gout differently.
A long review of the Jalna novel series by Mazo de la Roche traces Captain Philip Whiteoak and Adeline Court’s union and the family’s rise in western Ontario. It outlines kin, estate, and the vibrant Wakefield household with Eden, Meg, and Alayne Avcher as key figures driving a multigenerational tale.
An early overpromise and subsequent collapse hit flux cultivation in Australia 120 years ago, with government aid faltering and production fading. The article notes uncertain demand, high costs, and lingering doubts about reviving large scale vegetable industries through conservation and education efforts despite evidence that raw vegetables can be grown domestically.
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