15 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
1
A vintage column surveys summer dress trends with muslin frocks trimmed in embroidery and ribbons, wide hats, and sheer knits. It warns against over dressing, notes moths and wardrobe care, and includes a humorous anecdote about a British officer in Cologne.
A wide rabbit exodus disrupts the wheat belt and goldfields with vast numbers vanishing from Dover to Kalgoorlie. Officials cite a combination of weather and poison, while NSW faces a long term pest affecting sheep numbers and potential economic losses estimated near 217.5 million if 35 million rabbits are controlled.
A lively, rambling dialogue depicts Pepper returning to a bustling town, noting industrial growth and cheap power from a Kalgin river weir and Chya tur Harbor plant. The scene highlights new factories, a modern library, hotels, and sports facilities, plus travel by tram and mail service to Coop Island and Townecrif.
The letter in the Daily Telegraph lauds state support for music education in New South Wales. It credits Premier Verbrugghen and the Education Minister for expanding the State Conservatorium, funding a symphony series, chamber music, and a new string orchestra, while arguing for amateur and professional balance and caution about a national opera house.
In the Angus issue of the Journal of Agriculture the Government veterinary warns about strangles a spring and autumn horse disease. Place prescribes hygiene isolation steam head treatment and lard rubs with lemon juice honey and turpentine. He notes immunisation timing and potential relapses. English farm workers union forms National Agricultural Laborers Union with a weekly wage discussion and overtime rates.
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