Armistice Day and Poppy Day Message in Australia
Friday November 8 marks Poppy Day’s 14th anniversary in Australia. The appeal emphasizes heroism from the Great War and calls for practical support for veterans through the RS and SL A Limbless Soldiers Association and the TB Sailors and Soldiers Association. Local Returned Soldiers branches invite helpers to assist with poppy distribution, urging contact with Secretary A J Woodward.
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Australia
Ealc
Limbless Soldiers’ Association
T.B. Sailors and Soldiers’ Association
A. J. Woodward
Creeping Bent Demonstration At Roseville Bowls
An experiment using creeping bent in place of coach is set for Roseville Sydney greens. Leading players and the NSW Bowling Association president will attend a demonstration to gauge early start benefits and potential year round play. Outcomes after months of use will determine wear resistance and viability.
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Rosevills
Sydney
Roseville Green
N.S.W. Bowling Association
Flowering privet raises health concern in Sydney
A Sydney Morning Herald item notes flowering privet may trigger throat and eye irritation and suggests trimming or removal to protect health. The letter cites prior fruit tree laws and questions Health Department action. It adds British banks employ many young women, a London telephone count, and ends with an ad for H Coote’s practical jewelry in Gloucester.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Health Department
London
Timber pricing notice from Carson Northern Timber Co
Builders of all sizes are advised of second class building timber and per hundred feet rates from Carson Northern Timber Co at Berrien Creek. The notice lists timber available and pricing to local contractors and builders.
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Mill Carson Northern Timber CO
Berrien Creel
Telegraphic misreads and Christmas bears the joke
A Victorian era column recounts telegraph misreads and garbled messages. A Queensland railway launch note becomes Governor twins, a shipwreck report yields beer sent to the wreck site, and a merchant learns his wife has had a child with a quip about avoiding another tonight.
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Queensland
Sydney
Solomons
Melbourne
Federal Sensation Hughes Asked to Resign
The Prime Minister demands the resignation of Health Minister W. M. Hughes following a book reference that clashed with government policy. Unclear if Hughes will resign or be forced out, with H. V. Thorby tipped for full Cabinet rank and EJ Harrison expected to return as Assistant Minister.
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W. M. Hughes
Hughes
H. V
Thorby
EJ. Harrison
COUNTRY JURIES FAIR TRIAL IN NSW APPEAL
Norman Athol Towle cattle dealer appealed his Kempsey false pretences conviction. He argued improper empanelling as jurors in country towns knew people involved. Justice Halse Rogers noted prior juror issue with a valueless cheque. second panel formed without objection. Appeal failed.
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Criminal Appeal Court
Sydney
Norman Athol Towle
Kempsey
Moseley
Halse Rogers
Fish Rain Hits Adelong Hilltop
Reports say a strange rain of small fish fell on Adelong on Wednesday, covering a hill where only rainwater had gathered. Workmen collected hundreds of fish, initially thought to be trout, but experts identified them as young carp.
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Adelong
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Grime & Small
Tasma and Stromberg Carlson
the City Radio Store
A. G. Turner
Elizabeth Young
Robert Taylor
A.M.P
Bumble & Sons
Aire
Rawdon Vale
J. A. Latimore
Bulliac
H. Coote
THE
Practical
Seweller
Gloucester
Blackleg
Aggressin
Stewart & Son
Moores
Moore's Modern Pharmacy
AT Street & Parish Ltd
S.W
Tobrasco
SMARK
Harmony
Xu Sel
du Marley
Bemberg
Street & Parish Ltd
Enos
FISH
SKY
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