Specimens of Silk and Fashion Notes From Melbourne
A mix of fashion commentary and social notes from Australia discusses silk fabrics from Vietorian and spider silk ventures in New South Wales, plus a London lace shipment of mulberry trees for Victoria. It also covers theatrical tastes in Australia, costumes, and stage fashion, with remarks on open women and the mock funeral of a man’s fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietorian
New South Wales
London
Victoria
Fashionable Battery
The Cost of Living During Wartime Australia
The piece discusses rising prices and shortages in Australia amid WWI, noting higher costs for flour, meal, condensed milk, bread, bacon, and tea. It cites wage pressures, potential profiteering, and debates over the Wheat Pool, price fixing, and ministry supervision as the nation grapples with supply and demand imbalances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Australia
London
France
Perth
Commonwealth
Melbourne
Price Fixing Commission
Recreation facilities boost morale and output, says Lady Fergusion
Speaking at a V.W.C.A meeting in Melbourne, Lady Maria Fergus on argued young people need decent recreation. She notes wartime Britain provided halls, football grounds, swimming baths, and allotments, improving worker spirit and factory productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.w.ca
Melbourne
Maria Ferguson
England
The South Coast Prospecting Report by Bushman
The author details pale outcrops of quartz and slate along the coast revealing copper and gold indications. He notes manganeese and ironstone lodes, greenstone nephrite potential, dense brush complicating prospecting, and hints at large lode formations near Copper Mine Creek and Jarrahmon cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushman
The
Homer
Dempster's Inlet
Copper Mine Creek
New Zealand
West Australia
Wall Worth
Fitzgerald River
H. D. Woodward
Quarta Reefa
Sheep on the Farm Hints for Breeders
An article traces the Ryeland sheep, one of England’s oldest breeds, from its likely Herefordshire origins between the Severn and Wales. It notes fine wool rivaling merino, historic crossbreeding attempts, hardiness, early maturity, and high prizes in shows. A humorous local anecdote follows about a traveler and a native on a muddy road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassel
Jarrahmoncup
Ravens- Whorpe
England
Standard Encyclopedia of Modern Agriculture
Severn
Wales
Rose
Herefordshire
Wiltshire
Hyeland
Britain
Wrightson
Saxony
Ryeland
Southdown
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Women’s Realm
Budapest
Francisco
Roland Fraser
Sydney
Tve
Benforth Highlanders
Venus de Milo
Colona
Horrockses
Osman
Drew, Robinson and Co
H.K. Corry & Co
Ee Abc Corse Peateceh and
Sai Biesete
Allinnes Assurance
Dobhinea
Taylorite
Ree Sixing Shop
Abbany Butchering Company
Frederick Street
H. Wiley, Budider, Cemrader
Tender Merchant
York Atreit
Tom Latist
Todd
York Street
Mouchemore & Co
Albany
Tte
Associated Fruitgrowers, Limited
Western Australia
Associated Fruitgrowers, Ltd
Kalgoorlie
Produce Markets, Ltd
Growers
Kealgoorlie
H. Pember
M. J. Scanlan
F. Honisett & Co
Albany Despatch
Albany Bakery Tea Root
Proprietiesa
the Tailor
Aberdeen Street
Albany Hotel
Dick Scott
Old Sport
Boott
the Handy Corner Shop
E. Tassell
Frofrietor
Jas. R. Anderson
Cill-street
Phona
York-Street
Commonwealth Military Forces
National Library of Australia
T. B. Carter
Returned Soldier
A. O. Cameron
E. G. McKenzie
Jon Gats
Cockhill
Fowler's Preserving Outler
Victoria Insurance
Albany Council
Bensine
Stirling Terrace
Nla.gov
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