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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1934
Page
1
Textile sale notice lists dress tweeds at one shilling per yard and ladies hats marked down to three pence eleven, with ladies fleece bloomers advertised at one and six. Items offered in clearance by date references 6/11 and 3/6.
Classified notice lists boys garments including strong tweed knickers lined at 1/11 pair, boys blazers good wool flannel at 5/11, and boys suits navy serge and fancy worsteds to clear at 27/6.
Oysterine Soup small and large sizes priced per 6 ounce units. Kit-Ora Tomato Soup sold per bottle. Cerelean Breakfast Food offered in 2 pound packets. Choice Honey available in bulk per pound and various tin weights with special prices. Extra Choice Honey promoted at sale prices.
A local sale advertises 21 piece tea sets at 10/7 from usual 12/6 and 7 piece supper sets at 6/9 from 7/11. Also listed are 7 price salad sets 6/4 from 7/6, enamel wash basins 1/73 from 1/11, aluminium hot water bottles 5/9, and aluminium tea pots 4/2 from 4/11.
Canberra reports the federal election polling day set for September 15. Parliament to be dissolved soon to enable an early vote. redistribution of electoral boundaries underway and rolls prepared. Unity negotiations with the Country Party focus on rural policy and debt relief, aiming for an agreed basis of election arrangements and Senate ticket sharing.
At the inquest into the shooting death of Gordon Campbell and the suicide of Henry Wilder at Inn's fail station Branch Creek Yomalla District, Mrs. William Gunter recounted Wilder's attack. He wrestled her, released after a gunshot was heard, and fled. Campbell's body was found in the river. Coroner adjudges Wilder insane.
A Macquarie Street specialist in Sydney recalls wartime brain injuries at an inquest. A woman survived 20 years with a bullet in her head after a failed suicide attempt, and doctors note similar cases where brain tissue or scalp portions were removed. The discussion touches on brain operations and long term effects.
A bold claim centers on a peppermint cure for influenza and colds attributed to Woods. The text also notes a ship sinks about once every 29 hours in one of the world's seven seas, highlighting maritime danger.
An 1880s advertisement touts Woods Great Peppermill as a universal remedy for coughs colds and related illnesses. The copy claims swift relief and warns of varying potency without confirming medical approval or side effects.
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