29 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1928
Page
1
A concise note announces new stock of fabrics and coatings available in a wide range of shades. Highlights include color swatches, durable finishes, and bulk purchase options for designers and contractors.
The A.M.P. Society reports rapid growth since the war with substantial bonus distributions for participating policies. Interim bonuses for 4927 total £28,432, with current distributions around £2,867,022 and nearly £5,000,000 in reversionary bonuses.
A University of London anthropology professor asks New Guinea natives about cannibal ceremonies. They say the victim is the guest of honour and is delighted to attend, receiving high tribute while knowing he is being eaten as the seat of sentiment.
Local ad promotes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as aid for coughs colds and influenza. It highlights quick relief and notes medicinal peppermint properties. The short notice urges readers to try the remedy for common ailments.
A fragment recounts James Tyson, famed millionaire and ally of Australian aborigines, gifting a Guy Fawkes mask to a young abo on a station. The mask triggers fear as the boy’s hooting friends attack Tyson, while the next day residents set fire to grass around the property to curb the “devil.”
H A Pooks, manager, Cambridge Poultry Farm, advertises day old chicks and poultry stock. Prices listed for Black Orpingtons and White Leghorns with bulk rates, claiming strong growth and true-to-type birds. Addressed to customers in Cambridge and Glouestershire via Fooks Brothers.
A dated listing shows Osman Flannelette cream items and Osman Winceyette cream goods with weekly prices. Blue cotton hose for men offered at 91d with weekly timing, indicating a period sale.
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