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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
4
A white crocheted pillbox with a wide mesh smock secures Miss Bryan's curly hair and complements her black wool dressmaker suit. The hat is worn in the Metro Goldwyn-Mayer film These Glamour Girls.
The appraisal shows 2.7 million bales of wool in Australia for the five months ending March 15, a period record across selling centres. A further gain is expected when the season ends June 30, with total bales likely at least 3,350,000.
The piece recounts the Sones Bros. Ply firm in Campbell Street Sydney and its partners led by J. Gordon Jones. It traces how curiosity about hat making sparked revolutionary wool and rabbit fur processes, creating Australia’s biggest hat factory and expanding wool grower markets.
The article outlines Australia’s emerging rabbit fur weaving, noting the shift from traditional felt to yarn made from rabbit fur. It highlights British splicers, early yarn supplies arriving in Australia, and the potential for domestic products such as hats, gloves, and upholstery. The piece credits Jones Brothers for pioneering and shaping a nascent national industry with import and production implications.
A garbled report notes visits to a health centre named PoHHes Barby Wealth Centre. It lists Mothers visits 16 and Total Visits 20, with daily entries and age groups under two and three years. Additional references mention a centre and a person named Bonn FG London with a hotel venue nearby.
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