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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1929
Page
6
David Burke defeats Forbes in a pivotal vote regarding the Commercial Hotel project. The decision highlights Burke’s stance on courteous patron service and quality meals, signaling strong support for Rankin Steel and related Forbes approvals.
Reads as a garbled OCR fragment listing scattered names and foreign language phrases. No coherent event or clear entities beyond a few person names sprinkled with unrelated terms.
The article details home techniques for cleaning silver, gold, and jewelry using warm water, soap, chamotte polish, and oils. It provides steps for washing, drying, polishing with chamois, and conditioning stones and settings, noting cautions for emeralds and jet. It reflects period jewelry maintenance practices and cautions against certain cleaners.
A historical piece surveys Japanese women and children, noting traditional dress and the use of makeup. It describes cosmetics, lipstick, perfumes, and beauty routines as seen in Oriental gatherings and daily life, including street scenes and shopping.
Detailed, step by step care for silk garments including frocks and jumpers. Describes washing, rinsing, wringing, soaking, ironing, drying, and handling delicate fabrics to avoid damage. Emphasizes warm water, soap lather, gentle squeezing, careful wringing, and air drying to prevent spots, creases, or damage.
A notice states that a stock and station agent has commenced business at 1 and will proceed to transact all classes of station and general business.
In urban Japan beauty parlors rise in popularity as women seek self makeup. imported perfumes and cosmetics face tariff limits while many still favor local products. The piece notes Japanese women invest in facial powders and eye cosmetics, with social events and weddings fueling demand.
Fragmented recipe notes describe Brown Soup and Vegetable Soup preparation. Ingredients include carrots onions celery and peas, with notes on stock quantities, simmering times, and thinning with water or milk, plus seasonings such as pepper and cheese. Documentation preserves varied measurements and step references from a historical cooking page.
Australian wool industry leaders voiced concern over an unsettled market and rising production. They questioned whether to curb offerings and feared potential embargo risks if South Africa moves actions. leaders urged plebiscite among members before government steps.
The wave photograph depicts Mr. E Freeklingtan’s Border Leicester ram from Sydney, hailed as a grand champion. Forwarded to Sydney Technical College, it is viewed as among the finest raw wool collections worldwide.
The article discusses a proposed 29 percent energy reduction and the Woolgrowers Council of Averville, allied with the Australian Wool industry groups, coordinating to safeguard growers’ interests. It notes a debate over an export embargo on Australian wool and the risk of government action setting a precedent, with division among growers about voluntary versus legislative restraint and the influence of industry associations.
A garbled notice from H. A. Barraclough Ltd of 285 George Street Sydney references a person named Alice Vandenberg and a Wednesday date. The text implies a town clearance or service grant lasting a year but is unreadable in parts.
A peculiar note touts the “OVO” egg as the flawless choice for poaching boiling or frying. It claims stockists in Sydney or Newcastle can supply through Wholevale Grocery Home and urges retailers to insist on OVO.
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