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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
2
A fragment lists various feed and fertilizer items including Ivonary Linseed Meal, Oilcake, Wheat and Rye prices per bushel or cwt, Bonedust, Superphosphate, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Nitro-Super, and Bone Fertiliser. Mentions Robert Ewe Jephone No. 40 and notes appointments may be made by letter.
Wilson and Johns advertise large stocks of seeds and plants for farm or garden. They offer a free post catalogue and a twelve packet vegetable seed offer excluding peas and beans, plus fruit trees all varieties. Orders to 70 Barrack St Perth.
Tenders are invited for Lot 13 Karri Street Bunbury containing 1 rood with a 4 roomed cottage. A 10 percent deposit is required on tender. The successful bidder may pay the balance over 10 years at 4 percent interest, reducible to 5 percent if monthly payment is made by the 8th. Conditions under Part IV of the Workers Homes Act apply. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Signed HARDWICK Chairman Workers Homes Board.
Public works contracts inviting tenders for Wakalup Pavilion due noon June 19 at Bunbury Court House. Under Secretary for Public Works Munt notes competent clerk needed mid July with bookkeeping and balance sheet skills. Also recruiting for trades and laborers for engineer corps and housing sale notices in Bunbury with prices and contact details.
The Town Clerk’s report stirs Bunbury residents to boost the city into a regional beauty spot. Despite population limits and wartime constraints, locals compare Bunbury’s potential to famed eastern resorts and recall Manly’s early growth fueled by tea rooms and tourism.
A call for immediate action to develop Bunbury’s natural assets and beaches into a comprehensive plan. Business leaders and the Town Clerk would form a committee to study improvements, fund research, and lay out a gradual scheme to beautify Bunbury for today and the next twenty years.
Local notices report the Trench Comforts Fund meeting is moved to 3 o clock this afternoon at the Lyric Theatre. Tonight at the Lyric a screening of The Moment Before features Daniel Froham and Paulinne Frederick in a drama about a gypsy who becomes a duchess with a matinee set for Saturday afternoon. A remedy for chest complaints, Great Peppermint Cure, is advertised at 1 shilling 6 pence.
Readers accuse the South-Western Times of self promotion after a Bedford Hall showing of Charlie Chaplin drew attendance said to come from an advertisement. Critics say the paper inflated praise to boost its own profile while questioning Chaplin's fame and the high asking price for films.
War Savings Groups form to collect subscriptions for War Saving Certificates with weekly, fortnightly, or monthly payments from sixpence upward. Sixpence and a half crown translate into War Saving Stamps. 17/6d in stamps buys a £1 certificate, redeemable in three years. Stamps available via Commonwealth Bank branches or post offices. stamp books are issued for tracking, and a 17/6d value equals the certificate upon completion. Also notes local optician W Snowden Bunbury.
Paul Nestler admitted fishing in closed waters in the Preston river on May 17 with Pelopides Constantas who pleaded not guilty. Nestler was fined five pounds plus costs and the net confiscated. Constantas was dismissed.
The fragment promotes Wood's Great Peppermint Cure as a cure for coughs colds and general health. It mentions spectacles advice and an optician reference, suggesting a late 1800s era medicinal advertisement with emphasis on peppermint remedy and wealth imagery.
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