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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
7
The article stresses the need for a proper bed during illness, favoring metal over wooden frames for hygiene and ease of cleaning. It covers bed height, sheet tension, draw sheets, multiple light coverings, and pillow support to maximize patient comfort and ease nursing care.
A Western Australian reader highlights widespread wool preparation neglect across Australia. Small growers with 4000 to 6000 sheep, plus large contracting sheds, often rely on inadequately trained classers or contractors, risking misclassification and lost value. Pastoralists forming their own shearing firms may push for stricter standards to protect grower profits.
Dairy farmer buyers in New South Wales show strong demand at a clearing sale where Mawarras i Demam Tiawarra cows sold for 27 pounds and paddies on the bucket realized 3 pounds 10 shillings each.
Mr H Carlson of Balingup buys a residential site by Leschenhault Estuary and plans a home. Thomas and Booth of Mt Barker tour with Studebaker and Buick through Kojonup and Bridgetown, reporting good roads until Bunbury. J Hunter, orchardist, recounts a Manjimup Show mishap while Overland car driven by bullock team to Bridgetown, radiator screen bent but vehicle saved from worse.
A notable Tanunda Show feature was a Studebaker display on three carpeted platforms. A Studebaker parade drew nearly all twenty owners from the reserve, with models from 1912 onward and the new series two light four wells. Branch Manager Hildey-Brand noted strong SA sales and growing popularity despite stock shortages.
Motorists in the East show marked interest in aviation for recreation and business. The American Government plans to repatriate and repair thousands of army lorries and tractors in France for postal express use. Rubber Tyre Association leaders promote Dunlop products across the States. The Letts Deflector aims to reduce glare from car lights without lowering illumination. England’s magneto industry grows from 1,140 firms in 1914 to fourteen producers last year, outputting 128,637 high quality magnetos. Oil sources from America, Asia, Scotland, and elsewhere feed the growing industry.
Lord Weir praised the National Aircraft Factory operated by Crossley Motors at Heaton as the finest factory of its kind. He noted 100 completed or under construction airplanes in a vast shed and recalled the 1913 founding of the Aeronautical Inspection Department at Farnborough. He warned that faulty aircraft cost lives and credited the AID with guiding the early development of air power.
The article discusses heavy oils boosting wartime industry, predicts widespread adoption of farm tractors in Ontario, and provides statistics on US petrol output, manpower, and aircraft growth. It envisions postwar aviation expansion with private and state cooperation, outlining pilots training, aerodrome leasing, and air transport development as a national strategic arterial system.
An exhibit at the Rubleben Exhibition in Central Hall Westminster features a Swift bicycle tied to Ruhleben Camp. A Londoner set out for Moscow in 1914, was captured in Berlin, and the bike served POWs at Ruhleben before being returned to its owner who resumes his journey to Rome.
The Automobile Association of South Australis urges the Government to appoint a Road Board to oversee state road building and to employ a permanent gang of road repairers to maintain main arteries into the city. It also seeks foreign expert study or overseas expertise for modern road construction methods, noting a cement road at Unley land wearing well.
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