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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1918
Page
7
Widespread farming notes cover rabbit control methods with wire netting vs poisoning, carbon dioxide gas to destroy weevils in wheat, and debates on government wheat schemes. Articles discuss drought fears, living wages, and postwar economic ideas, including federation costs, middlemen in meat supply, and future Australian agriculture.
The piece debates social reform and moral aims as workers seek new spiritual standards. It envisions a shift toward higher wages and better conditions while predicting Labour’s doubt about material prosperity harming virtue. Also notes pig-raising growth and a quip about a miller and a donkey.
The August issue of The Retail Grocer and Provisioner in lorento Canada outlines ten American style guidelines for effective window displays. It urges profit-focused, well planned, clean, and frequently changed windows with proper backgrounds, showcards, appropriate settings, seasonable themes, and regular updates to maintain customer interest.
A Popular Science Monthly feature suggests a vacuum dredge submarine could lift up to 5000 bushels of oysters per hour on level seabed. It notes a special hull and standard propulsion, proposing North-West pearl shell operators explore sea dredging potential for pear shells.
Official memorandum summarizes Indian rice crop data from provinces covering 90 percent of total area. Area reported 79,498,000 acres, down 0.5 percent from last season. Estimated total cleaned rice yield 35,945,000 tons, the highest on record, with average yield of 1,010 pounds per acre for 1917-18.
The author discusses poster art as elevated advertising, praising bold coloured poster displays and simple designs. He contrasts loud colour masses with outdated black and white styles and lists harmonious colour pairings such as Blue and White, Blue and Gold, Crimson and Gold, Green and Gold, and many other combinations to guide window dressers and show card writers.
The English Grocer notes margarine production expanding across the empire. With internal raw materials and West African imports, the industry is boosting plant capacity and output by thousands of tons weekly, aided by government support and public acceptance as peacetime uses rise.
The government pushes one grocery delivery per day, affecting thousands of workers and altering orders to fit daily service. Grocers review customer lists to avoid missing items. Cold storage moves into prominence, with US farm products valued around £32,000,000 entering storage annually, aiding the industry and farm profits. England faces a 75 percent living cost rise versus about 40 percent wage growth, while staple food prices climb about 105 percent. Australia notes continued price hikes but stable access to home-grown foods.
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