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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
4
A notice warns against distorting scenery with ads and painted signs in Katoomba, detailing penalties for painting on trees, posts, fences, and rocks. It notes councils struggle to enforce the law and the need to remove or obliterate signs, with medicines ads deemed unsuitable for immediate removal.
Washington correspondent reports immense revenue losses from Prohibition era enforcement. Government records show eight year outlays totaling billions, with annual receipts dropping by tens of millions. Projections say revenues would have risen to nearly nine to ten billion dollars per year without Prohibition, while Harper's Magazine cites criminal costs estimated at three billion dollars annually.
A letter from Yardy of Cowper Street Ghouwestr NSW recounts rapid kidney trouble and relief after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with restoring health and notes his son also benefited, urging continued use for any kidney discomfort. Doan's pills are sold by chemists and stores nationwide.
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