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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
4
Wool buyers and sellers urged to meet appraisal rules for eight bales. Payment in one farthing requested, with North Wales agent J Munamar directing re-sale of goods at Woolokowers class auction.
A collage of small notices includes request for furnished room with kitchen use in Busselton, a varied sale ad for buggies horses and harness, a Bunbury benefit and loan society call, poultry and fruit buyers, a Banbury companionable lad wanted, and a Christmas 1918 tribute praising a fallen hero and extending season’s greetings amid hopes for Australia’s prosperity.
Shipping notes indicate the barque Auldgirth loading timber for South Africa with T and T agents in Hobart. Esvedeo Ampivane and Apolda express loading movements south, while the Woolgur sails after Morterday. A wheat steamer is forecast to arrive in the next few days.
The piece recalls a year of war turning tide with Allied leaders like Foch Haig Allenby and victorious Allied armies. It notes the Kaiser’s fall into exile, the collapse of German aggression, and the hopeful peace spreading across nations as Christmas 1918 arrives.
Church services listed for Christmas Day across Ferguson Dardanup Boyanup Capel and Bunbury. Rifle team selection for Bovell Cup. ALP picnic at Forrest Park with activities for children. Customs House closure dates from December 15 to 28 and January 1. Local business ads urge fruit and poultry suppliers and announce testing services for eyes. Notices include land offers with Beep and Co terms and church events at S Davids Bunbury Rathmines and S Nicholas Australind.
The item lists Holy Communion services at Patrick's Rathmines and Bunbury, volunteer collection appeals with two teams named Charles and Moore Streets, Bridgetown branch sending 51 pounds 169 to the War Patriotic Fund, Christmas mail alterations for several local areas, a notice about Mr C Snowden in Kalgoorlin, Picton School sports and staff, Australian Comforts Fund receipts and donations from Bunbury region, Trench Comforts lecture by Captain McCallum detailing distribution and costs, and Elder Smith & Co's stock report including cattle and lambs sales.
Regulations on the 1918 apple bounty outline required details for growers including apple grade evaporator name and market value. Bridges on the Capel Bunbury road to close for six weeks for repairs starting early in the year. Bunbury Cathedral schedules services with confirmations ordination and multiple religious events. Local society items include Perth Band planning a Bunbury train recital and community notices about boxing day and traders’ meeting remarks.
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