Australian and New Zealand City Markets Wealth and Structure
Australian and New Zealand city councils report profitable municipal markets with multiple facilities. Sydney shows a fish market at Woolloomooloo rebuilt by 1894 with cooling chambers and display tables, costing £17,000, averaging £3,363 0s 9d receipts and £3,024 0s Ad per year. Brisbane notes a primary market for farm produce with forty six sections, plus a separate metropolitan fish market board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Soveral
Sydney Municipal Council
Woullogmoglio
Oldelmere
Belpote
Ballarat
Brisbane
Metropolitan Fish Market Board
Brisbane Metropolitan Fish Market Board
Bendigo
Adelaide
Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange
Perth
Department of Agriculture
Auckland
Flying Machines in War and the Myth of Wipeout
The article cites Maxim as the first to fly and argues dynamite bombs dropped from aircraft would cause limited damage. It contends a half ton on a battleship would kill a few, wreck structures, and dent decks, while coast forts and urban areas would suffer only modest effects. The piece describes destruction as an inverted cone from the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxim
For Bronichial Coughs Take Woods Great Peppermint
A historic remedy note lists Woods as a trusted agent for bronchial cough relief with peppermint flavor cited as beneficial. The fragment suggests a guideline or advertisement calling attention to Woods products and peppermint for throat comfort.
The Ecuassines Whitsun Marriage Fair Goes International
From Belgians in Ecuassines near the French frontier comes a Whitsun fair that began as a local betrothal ritual in 1902 and has grown into an international event. Women invite suitors for open air gatherings leading to weddings with trains bringing candidates from France Germany and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Standard
Klluza
Ecaassines
Belgium
Ecuassines
Frans
Germany
Russia
Mile
Victorine Cordez
Prabant
Wanders
Hainault
Fortune Thrown Away by East Ham Pawnbroker
Aleck George lent £15 on seven old pictures that later proved valuable, with experts valuing the lot around £3000. The customer, in arrears on rent, pledged the canvases before Christmas. the pawnbroker did not redeem them and kept the collection in a lumber room until antique dealers revealed the antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleck George
East Ham
George
Gold Street
Martordom
St. Agnes
Guarini
Ifin
Josephus
Rembrandt
Rubens
Gainsborough
Brooklyn inventor touts silent powerball gun
A Swiss-born inventor in Flatbush, Brooklyn showcases a device claimed to discharge 1,000,000 steel bullets per hour without powder, flame, smoke, or recoil. The demonstration is hidden from officials, with a 3 ft muzzle distance, steel projectiles, and a low cost of ten dollars per million shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
Flatbush
Ordnance Departments
Army
Tred Bangerter
Switzerland
United States
Amit Be
Genuine Sanders and Sons Eucalyptus Extract Advantage
A historical notice asserts Sanders and Sons Eucalyptus Extract superior to rivals. It warns against inferior "Extracta" products tied to deaths and cruel irritation, urging insistence on the genuine pure volatile eucalyptus extract proven by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria and authorities over 45 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San-Er and Sons
Supreme Court of Victoria
Sander and Sons
Squandering Fertility and the Duty of Soil Care
An American agricultural journal argues that true farmers must feed the soil as well as livestock. It condemns squandering fertility, urges saving manure, and recapturing nutrients so crops remain productive for future generations.
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Raya
At Home Tea Promises Right Aroma In Air Tight Can
Advertisement touts At-Home Tea with seven rich flavors described as delicious and aromatic. Claims include no aids needed to enjoy the tea and notes a packed air tight can. Mentions Manchester and Brod as distribution contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
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NEW Zealand Shipping Company
Royal Mail Steamers
London
Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Rimutaka
Tongatiro
Turakina
Paparoi
Papanui Kuapeho
Toapil
Wellington
Friedlander, Bros., Ltd
Bhaw, Savill
Albion Co., Limited
Wellingt
Wellington Wellington
Ab Rio de Janiero
Nicoll Bros
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
FUE
Islington
Islington Potato & “Mangel
Arningham
Zealandia
J. Ballantyne
J. Ballantyne & CO
the Drapers
John Moore
East Street
Ashburton
Henry Patents
Hughes
Mereford Street
Kaye and Carter
Grain and Seed Merchants
Peas
Chaff
Ltc
Hite
Government
NCE
Nsurang Department
Pt Baund
Sterling
Undertakers
iAslephone
Crolman
T. H. Andr Complete House Furnishers & Importers
Next Building Society
O'Carroll
Burnet? Street
Raat
Newman's Livery Stables
Somerset Hotel
Newman
Rotheram
A. Waltham
Greenwich
High Street
White Glover
Red Glover
Allyre, Timothy
Trefoil
Nurst
Friedlander Bros
Coleman's & Arch
Kerr Bros
Hampstead
Allenton
Ashburton Borough
Ampstead
Cong
Ayer
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Jimy Ayer
and &T
A. & R. Terris
Taacred Street
Grant & Msofc
Saunders
Fer
Cale
Saunders’ Buildings
Uly
Nsw
Ge Hap
Bavis Hou
Burnett Strest
Falco
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