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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
9
A stark drop in industrial and trading values shows a US style crisis, with about 40 percent decline across sectors and some stocks down over 60 percent. Bank and company results reveal reduced profits and dividends while lending tightens, signaling broader economic stress.
Health Inspector L G O Hara presents the Burrowa fortnightly report for August 4 1000 noting meter readings July consumption and a noted profit to the Council from impounding one cow. Slaughtering premises Donahoe Bros and Preston found clean. Building plans for brick dwelling on Market Street approved. Marmalade addition mentioned in a casual note.
An article on how proper tailoring and fitting sessions help shoppers achieve accurate sizing and comfort. It emphasizes trying on garments, adjusting measurements, and selecting styles suited to individual body shapes for better outcomes. The piece cites tips from fashion experts and retailers.
Mail services listed for Boorowa Post Office and nearby towns. Daily departures from Sydney and Goulburn routes. Specific rural stops include Reid's Flat Frogmore Rye Park with morning departures. Gunnery and several towns schedule weekly or semiweekly mail pickups on fixed days.
Help Your Own Town urges residents to buy locally and stop sending goods to Sydney. Advertisements claim prices are cheaper at home, aiding employment and supporting the town while advising a method to clean linen winds with salt and bath brick.
The article surveys methods to date the earth’s age, citing Halley, salt accumulation in seas, rock formation, and uranium lead decay. It concludes Earth’s age exceeds one billion years, likely near two billion, with the birthday placed around 2,000,000,000 years ago.
An old advertisement lists offer lines for seeds and bulbs from Shepherd's firm. It promises free samples with poetry style lines for flowers such as Shapdragons Candytult Delphiniums and Marigold, plus vegetable seeds Carrots Cabbage Radish Turnip Lettuce and Silver Beet. It notes a Colom Tomato Sevil variety and mentions prices per packet.
P L C Shepherd and Son Ltd promote farm and garden seeds listing their address at 5 Parker Street Sydney and presenting a business advertising statement for agricultural supplies and seeds.
Sale of a large farm on the Ty mut River described with vast holding details. Vendor Mr E G Whreins retires, purchaser Miss A Abbey, property auctioned by Chapman and Co. Includes 480 acres freehold with 70 dairy cattle 60 acres crop land 50 nerves of sheep and an array of livestock and equipment.
A local dispute over an advertisement in the Burrowa News spurs calls for tighter copy limits as readers complain ads for the Hospital Ball tempt with promised cobblers. Secretary Ovid Hancock warns against repeating the misprint while noting the paper’s wide reach.
Auction of show rights for the forthcoming event conducted by Mr. Stan Bodber for Mr. Walter Burns at Tattersall's Royal Standard Hotel yielded prices for several stalls. Publican's booth fetched £25 2s 6d, luncheon booth £4 10s, No 1 cake and fruit stall £6, No 2 cake and fruit stall £1 13s, with Tattersall right going to Mr. A Scott on £8 2s 50d.
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