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Newspaper
Armidale Chronicle
Location
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 25, 1915
Page
8
A wartime letter from an Australian soldier boy in the trenches at the Dardanelles shares verses praising comrades, love for home, and resolve to press on. It describes shell fire and death yet vows to repay the Turkish foe, foretelling a future advance and the cost paid by mates.
Mr W Tewin of Gill street Wallsend writes to Mr J E Rowland of Newcastle praising Herbes Pills for curing Rheumatism after limited use. He claims twenty years of pain vanished after several bottles and says he will keep the remedy at home and has advised friends. he knows five other local cases cured.
The October issue of the Monthly Status bulletin reports strong banking performance for the quarter ended September. Advances and deposits rose, current accounts up by 24,899,402 and total deposits by 68,020,005, with cash, bullion, and notes ratio at 41.65 percent. Mineral exports from Western Australia show mixed results, gold yield up in October but declines in some minerals, while coal exports fall. Crown Lands Act applications reached 9,? million acres, with residential settlements gazetted across 175 blocks and 1,084,411 hectares applied for this year.
Wheatley reports 2995 cattle yarded at Goulburn on Tuesday with strong buyer turnout from Riverina Victoria Gundagai Upper Murray and West districts. Prices averaged about £40 per head with good demand for bullocks and cows. Wheatley also yarded 19060 sheep on Friday with most sold, while Homebush cattle sale saw high competition and firmer values. Hides and skins market rose with widespread bidding and firm valuations.
A satirical verse in Melbourne's Arpt mocks Ford Peace efforts. Henry Ford’s son allegedly voyages toward Europe in a comic Neptune of peace, with a submarine and toy balloon imagery, while a campaign of misadventure and mechanical mishaps unfolds amid war and trade talk.
An advertisement extols DR. SHELDON'S DIGESTIVE TABULES as the cure for weak stomachs and poor strength, claiming they enable full appetite and better digestion. It asserts all food is tastes good and nutrients are assimilated, urging purchase at Henderson's with prices 1/6 and 3/8 in tin.
The firm of John Bridge and Go reports a strong sale year with 38 bales of crossbred wool from Samuel Kelly of Gayri and other notable consignments. Average prices per bale reached £21 6s 8d, with a broad catalog yielding solid bids and several high value lots across the event.
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