11 Jun 1923
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1923
Page
1
An illustrated fashion and domestic piece reviews dress trends for cold weather, shoes, hats, and furs, with tips on mint for mice, mint jelly, and a Booteh broth recipe. It notes English and American trends, three piece suits, drapery, and practical wardrobe ideas for debutantes and young women.
An advertisement proclaims a store offers quality merchandise at low prices with courtesy and satisfaction. It highlights London-bought stock bought for spot cash including ladies and gents umbrellas ribbons skirts gloves hosiery and more.
The Albany Dog and Poultry Society schedules a poultry exhibition at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday in July. The event features classes for popular fowls and ducks, with entries promised from local fanciers and inquiries from the Great Southern and metropolitan areas. Members can buy tickets for 5 shillings granting access to all society shows.
A farmer guides broodiness handling with proper selection of a hen placed on nest for three to four days. Set her in a prepared coop with eggs, monitor for calmness, and remove may disrupt. Let her hatch after eighteen to twenty one days, then remove early hatchlings if needed and adjust humidity.
In a Transport and Travel monthly discussion Colonel A Pope argues railways must justify long term costs while motorists gain from shorter trips. He notes pre war season tickets and suburban expansion pressuring rail lines to target longer journeys and deny short distance passenger diversion to roads.
A lecture in Ararat highlighted the Bureau of Service and Industry's tests showing Australian hardwoods can yield pulp superior to spruce and other timbers used in Scandinavia and America. Younger eight to fifteen year growth is suitable, potentially reducing newspaper imports and easing rising prices and import losses of over 26 million.
The passage notes that newly hatched chicks should not be fed or given water for twenty four hours to avoid harming their bills and then should receive boiled rice refined and a shallow dish of water.
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