31 May 1918
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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
1
Dooce Brothers motor car owners report steady staunchness economy and efficiency across seasons. Dalgety Company Limited serves New South Wales as agents. Kennedy Bros. act as local agents.
In fond and saving memory of our daughter Wist who died May 27 1915 aged 8 years. Inserted by her father Samac and mother Mildred Platts.
Public holiday on Monday to mark the King's Birthday. Five horses died in a fire on Cockl Street Paddington early Monday. Notices note ad alterations and local happenings including hospital gassings of servicemen, sales, cinema plans, and community notices.
A mix of church services across denominations and local memorial updates are listed, including ordinations and elder inductions, a Memorial Service for R. Oliver who fell in France in April, and social notes from the Cooma district. Also noted are tax payment deadlines for 1917 and guidance on proper payment channels.
A public notice advertises Hean s Essence cough mixture and Hean s Tonic Nerve Nuts claiming simple preparation with warm water or direct use. It touts cost savings over branded blends and offers mail delivery from W Henn Sydney. Prices cited include 2 for mixture and 25 or 35 per box for nerve tonics.
TW 20s plans a residence sale at Bibbenlake with ill health. Readable items include 20 shorthorn PODDIES, 2 cows, 1 springer, 40 Merino and Crossbred ewes with lambs to Crogbred rams, saddle horses, a pony, oxen, timber, bricks, palings, bran and pollard, Wyandotte fowls, poultry, and many other varied farm goods.
T WAne past ventars of good properties for first class Victorian and Riverina clients. Grazing areas and dairy farms wanted. Properties suitable for sub-division quickly disposed of. City Invest urban home. Mewilliam, Property Salesman, Eldon Chambers, 928 Pitt St, Sydney.
The text promotes the Times as the best medium for reaching every home on Souther Monaro. It advertises casual ad rates of 3/8 for a single inch and 9/- per inch for one inch and over with reductions by month quarter or year.
The notice promotes subscription to a local paper containing town and district news. It lists pricing options: sixpence per quarter in advance and five shillings sixpence for booking. It emphasizes delivering comprehensive reading matter for subscribers.
The German advance runs up to five miles deep over a twenty five mile front near Champagne with new troops arriving. Civilians flee Soissons as heavy bombardment and fighting continue around Reims and Vosvres, while British and French forces counterattack and hold the line. Prisoners total about twenty six thousand as gains and losses mount.
An editorial note on Ophir tea praises its value and efficiency, claiming it yields twenty cups per tablespoon and remains cost effective despite higher price. The piece contrasts fresh leaves with milk and sugar costs and notes wartime supply influences. It also reports a local death by suicide linked to war anxieties and quotes the Gundagai Independent criticizing Trades Hall leaders over recruiting debates.
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