Fisher Beard & Co Our Mail Order Service
Fisher Beard and Co reports a well rated mail order service with prompt attention and dispatch in the metropolitan area.
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Newspaper
Fremantle Herald
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
2
Fisher Beard and Co reports a well rated mail order service with prompt attention and dispatch in the metropolitan area.
A fragmentary advertisement lists haberdashery items including large cakes of comfort, borax tins, vaseline, tooth powder, violet powder, Vinolin Turkish Bath soap, long white tape, linen buttons, bellings, belting and related notions. The text reads as a dense catalog of assorted kitchen and personal care supplies with prices and sizes.
An August 1914 notice reports Mills in Australia and Europe running overtime to supply war needs, yet hosiery supply remains below demand. A large stock is offered at lower prices, with extensive selections for children and women including cashmere, lisle, gauze, and silk ankle hose, across sizes and shades.
A historical Freemantle department store display markets undergarments, millinery, and assorted clothing with deep discounts. Items include wool delaine blousings, calico, trimmed hats, blouses, combs, necklaces, neckerettes, collars, handkerchiefs, and embroidery. Prices span from a shilling to several shillings, highlighting marked-down goods and special sale prices.
Paris net lace offered in numerous patterns suitable for blouses at special price 1s 6d per yard. Boned Petersham belting in black and white available at special price 1d per yard.
Mercy department offers fourfold linen double collar at sixpence each. Furnishing department advertises good deck or verandah chairs at sixpence each. Imitation torch on lace and insertion described as splendid lace for bonnet available at special price per dozen.
Children's hair clips priced at 3d each. Ladies tortoiseshell clips in plain and fancy shapes offered at 9d, 1s, and 1s 1d. Tortoiseshell hair pins and daggers in plain and jewelled styles available at 7 1/4d, 1s, and 1s 3d.
Wade-end offers feature men and boys wear from flannelette pyjamas to undershirts and tennis shirts with prices from 1s 11d to 4s 11d. Includes tweed knickers and Norfolk suits, heavy striped tweed trousers, bathing costumes, all wool black cashmere socks and hats, with discounts up to half price.
A catalog style listing shows items from the furnishing department with units and prices. Items include cloth yardage 6ft wide, stair carpeting at 11d per yard, kapok cushions, door slips velvet pile, tobacco related? and cretonne priced per dozen yards, bamboo curtain poles with brass fittings.
A compact bedding department note lists single beds at 44 9d each and pillows at 1s 3d each, plus a combination bedstead model 195 3d. The ad highlights low prices for in stock sleep furniture and accessories.
An upholstering department announces remaking hair mattresses recovering eider down quilts and supplying loose covers for upholstered furniture with a guarantee of faultless work offered at lowest prices.
The Newmans present a new repertoire including Eloise Taylor and the Wandering Wili. Hoorn and Tremendous 365 YwaxY perform alongside the Wandering Wili in a varied lineup.
Fremantle community presses for an eastward extension plan to boost employment and port efficiency amid war disruption. Chamber of Commerce notes polarized politics but insists on concrete details once the scheme is ready, urging press disclosure to inform residents statewide.
Fremantle reports August maritime movements with arrivals from Adelaide and Fremantle ships. Yarrendale marks a monthly cargo service under Stepin Navigation. Fremantle hosts Footlight turns and The Newmans performances while local readers discuss Fremantle’s music-loving audience and Fremantle theatre scene.
At King's Theatre an illustrated program features The Aerial Del/los in a tele wonderful trapeze act and Robespierre billed as The Greatest Film Drama of the Bay. A 2,000 foot war budget noted. Early seating urged for Seay?
A grand Irish national concert at King's Theatre on St Patrick's night March 17 raises funds for the Belgian Relief Fund. Artists include Miss Dore Obermann, Mr. F. Siphins, Mrs. Malai McCurthy, Mr. G. W. Shepherd, Miss Miles AUT-C.L, Miss Mulahy, and a local elocutionist and dancer. Jackson's orchestra backs the program with Moore melodies and a screened picture by Mr. Jolis. Admission on Wednesday night is expected to draw a large crowd.
Jack Visser of the Oceania Hotel extends a warm welcome, greeting guests and marking a cordial welcome at the property.
A meeting of the Remantle Jumion Football Association is set for March 16 at Highareee East Metho District Hall. Members and intending attendees are requested to attend. secretary Danielson will oversee arrangements.
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