13 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 13, 1920
Page
1
A London fashion note surveys hat styles with a transparent wide brim, lace materials, and bold colors. It contrasts one piece frocks, delicate fabrics, and rising costs with shopper tips, affordable tailoring, and the push of youth fashion versus grandmothers.
A city paper notes daffodils in florist windows and recounts old divination beliefs. It discusses Daffodilla imagery, Herrick references, and poetical uses of the flower and its name.
The piece argues for rapid railway development to unlock settlement and farming in west Western districts. It contends that rail access boosts markets, crop diversification, and land settlement, enhancing state prosperity. It favors a Denmark to Kojonup-Donnybrook corridor as the broad, feasible route to serve more settlers and Crown lands.
A British bred Friesian cow named Colton Beers, owned by T. H. Thomas of High Wycombe, England, produced 105.75 pints of milk in three milking sessions with 2.06 butter fat for the day. The article details her heavy feeding regimen, including crushed wheat, bran, linseed, horley, cotton cake, oats, meadow hay, wheat straw bedding, and water, noting the care and expense needed for profitable dairy farming and the value of private dairy testing and record keeping to assess feeding and production.
Government interest in improving rail connections to attract newcomers and aid the port and district. Emphasis on granting new railway facilities as essential to regional advantage and economic opportunity. Calls for open discussion of district-specific questions to ensure mutual benefit.
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