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Newspaper
Brighton Southern Cross
Location
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
1
The article notes MecCormack holding various posts at £150 yearly, rising prices for meat and capons, and wage pressures on butchers. It reports weather forecasts for late July and into August, including storms and showers, plus local disease impacts on livestock and a government inquiry into colonising schemes. It covers protests over postal regulation, a Riverina shearers’ strike, and a Warrimoo steamer cargo from New Zealand.
Practical tips from a housekeeping guide include boot blacking with orange juice to give a shiny finish, airing blankets on the line to improve freshness, and a home cure for croup using alum and sugar mixed to create a rapid remedy.
An extensive classified listing advertises a wide range of footwear including ladies winter boots slippers and shoes in various styles such as lace shoes and button boots plus gent’s dress boots and balmorals. Sizes span children to men with price points from 6d to several shillings, inviting shoppers to inspect the immense assortment.
Offers several sets of hen grade American and other samples of boots and shoes at about one third off. The Delton Shoe Company presents highest grade ladies footwear made in America.
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