12 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
1
A column offers hair pre bed ritual and morning brush tips to tame kinks with a liquid cilmerine, coat and gown adornment notes, and gloves renewed with petrol. It highlights Delgians in England, Princess Napoleon and Prince Napoleon’s plans, Debrett’s artists, and hat styling trends. Also includes home care tips for heating, hair care with boranium mix, and hat cleaning methods amid a tragic Redskins tale from Montreal.
The Melbourne community mobilizes to collect waste paper for the Australian Comforts Fund and Red Cross. Mrs. C J Henderson organises canvassing of banks, offices, and laundries, learning newspapers fetch far higher prices than generic waste and arranging direct sales to laundries for 12 pounds 10 shillings per ton.
At the South Yarra Australian Women's National League meeting Victorian Minister for Public Works Mr. Robinson urged better housing for war workers noting multi family rooms in Melbourne. The piece also recounts a Bolshevik influenced anecdote about domestic servants and a Smolensk bachelor unable to dismiss his cook due to a marriage declaration.
A British Cocoa Company merger unites Cadbury Pry and Sons and other manufacturers. A Western Australian letter panel laments political deals and budget fixes, jokes about election reforms, and notes local finance woes and the pending Labour Parliament.
The Federal Government approved war service leave gratuities in December. Eligible AIF members with more than 12 months service receive 74 days pay per 12 months abroad plus 3d per day sustenance for the leave period on discharge. Retroactive to those discharged earlier, many may have not yet submitted applications. Forms are available at post offices and should be sent to the Secretary Department of Defence Melbourne.
Postmaster Mr John Norman provides mail closing times for the Eastern and Great Southern Railways including Malin to Perth Fremantle and Denmark lines. Mails close at 2:00 p.m. on Mon Tue Thu Fri, 6:00 p.m. Wed, and 10:00 p.m. Saturday for Sunday trains. late letters may be posted at the railway station to 3:15 p.m. Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday.
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