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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1927
Page
12
A collection of brief jokes and vignettes feature a timid air passenger, Flag Day in Aberdeen, a would be moustache gag, a golf club joke about a Jewish moneylender, pigeon carrier humor, a doctor patient exchange about diet, a noisy burglar, and an elderly woman seeking a Florence ticket. The anecdotes hinge on wordplay and light social observation.
At the annual hospital meeting on Tuesday Mr Gale urged raising secretary D J Murphy’s pay from 104 pounds per year citing workload. The president suggested considering 104 plus a commission, while Murphy insisted 23 pounds weekly was insufficient for clerical work. The motion to keep 104 was carried with a future motion to raise to 156 yearly retroactive from that night.
New York State Prisons Commissioner Sean C Weinstock, after studying conditions in Britain and Europe, says Prohibition drives crime and narcotic addiction. He notes rising prison populations and cites addicts forced to seek stimulants when liquor is unavailable.
Murdoch's Famous Red Spot Sale returns with drastic price cuts on men and boys wear sporting goods radio equipment and traveling requisites. The sale aims to clear immense stock before the new 12 storey George Street building is completed with bulldozer work underway. Catalogue offers are sent free to enquirers by addressing Desk 6 Murdoch's Park Street Sydney.
An ad extols brandy as nature’s restorative, claiming purity and medicinal value. It urges consumers to choose a pure product, praising its supposed health benefits and simplicity, with mentions of a fictitious heiress.
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