21 Jun 1926
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1926
Page
1
A long excerpt surveys women's fashion and grooming trends, noting bright but tasteful garment accents, patchwork styles, and fur trims. It cites an American hotel manager in England remarking on a London dress, discusses hair, hats, and jewelry, and offers gas-saving tips for housewives amid coal shortages, concluding with hints on wardrobe education and the popularity of round diamonds.
A disjointed set of notes discusses dancing prowess and social norms, including remarks on women, men, and etiquette at dances. It mentions a new suspender design with velvet padding, an Australian needlework exhibition led by Miss R Field of Temora, and quotes from Romany Traquair on trousers' history. The fragmentary text weaves fashion, behavior, and cultural commentary in a dated mood.
A dense list of clothing offers and fabric prices from Albany Warehouse casuals. Men s and women s garments include flannels suits coats and hosiery with steep discounts and value pricing across wool blends cottons velvets and velours.
Shipping concern grows over fruit carriage in ships with oxygen and carbon dioxide balance. A Liverpool lecture by H P Kwon highlights how living fruit needs proper ventilation to prevent disease, with 1918 reforms and a Northumberland case where three judges ruled shipowners were acquitted of liability for apples damaged by improper cooling and air quality.
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