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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
2
Mr. Elster Potter announces that Mr. Blakemore has recovered after six weeks in St. John's Hospital Perth and will return to Bunbury, with The Dental Institute reopening permanently.
The undersigned GEO E CLARKE of Bunbury offers to receive orders for first class Subterranean Clover Seed at 4s per bushel cash with order for January delivery. Limited quantity prompts early applications from growers for this well known seed.
Notice declares all registration fees for dogs, vehicles, motor cars, boarding houses, piggeries, slaughter-houses, dairies due by January 1, 1917 at Council Chambers. Lads leaving school at 14 required as apprentices. Full details from Conservator of Forests, Perth. Also mentions steamer cargo departure and agents Hayward and Son, and De Greve, B. Spencer and Co.
The article discusses the adoption of Daylight Saving in Australia, tracing its wartime momentum, global parallels, and calls for uniform national implementation. It notes Tasmania already used it, Britain and Europe piloted similar moves, and Taft advocated the idea in America. It explains the 2 a.m. clock shift on Monday, lasting until March, as a means to save artificial lighting and aid wartime economies, with broader benefits to workers and savings for returned soldiers.
The Bunbury Water Board warns that sprinklers or hoses used at unmetered tenements or without the garden rate can incur a £50 penalty on conviction. License fees for dogs vehicles motor cars boarding houses piggeries slaughterhouses and dairies are due 1 January 1917 at the Council Chambers.
The paper announces arrangements with a renowned Veterinary Surgeon to answer readers questions about animal illnesses. Readers are invited to send clear symptom descriptions and treatment methods will be published in the next issue free of charge. Also notes Snowden offers watches rings bracelets and suitable Xwas presents as unequaled in Western Australia.
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