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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1937
Page
10
An odd OCR fragment lists items including three cakes of a bar, washing bins with two cakes, and a box of a cream product, plus a crown soap bar and a powder product. It appears to be a catalog-like inventory or advertisement with unclear packaging and pricing.
Hon secretary A Harris writes on the Soldiers Rest Home at Coolangatta noting improved facilities including library wireless and plumbing for ex-soldier visitors with capacity for 3000. The article highlights hut fund drives naming Amiens and other places in France, plus the League’s policy on empire integrity White Australia defence immigration and nationalisation of roads. Australian War Nurses details cite 2250 volunteers with seven Military Medals and Royal Red Cross mentions.
Profit figures show Lever Brothers earning over £1,000,000 last year, a record for the firm, with the senatorial meeting highlighting Australian operations and life in Australian cities. British chairman D Arcy Cooper says Lever interests outside Britain are highly varied, while D W Kitchen notes strong Australian activity. A mother’s police report complains about shoe provision delays for her child, citing a reply that offered slippers and a boot fitted badly.
Alderman McGregor led a move to halt sending Charleville delegates to the Local Authorities Conference in August but the plan failed after lengthy council debate. The council previously spent funds on Brisbane and Dalby trips and other items seen as unnecessary or wasteful. The mayor noted delegates had provided some savings and benefits, while McGregor insisted a permanent officer should attend instead. A newly married couple faced a wedding interruption amid a Danish blizzard.
The article argues that selecting high quality sires raises overall flock standards and returns. It compares outcomes from cheap versus high class rams, showing better rams boost wool yield to about 10 lb per head and improve price. It notes fat lamb success hinges on early maturing, plump lambs from pure bred sires like Tema to meet consumer demand.
A man called at the Barrier Daily Traith office with a bucket containing 95 tiger stakes from 9 to 10 inches, linked to a hatch of a female. A Spanish family reports no daughters in over a century. A research expedition found an ancient tetanus bacillus on an arrow-head, still fatal to animals in tests.
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