Handling Wheat and the New South Wales Co operative Grain Firm
The Farmers and Settlers' Cooperative Grain Company of New South Wales reports a first year net profit of £5326 after depreciation. Gross earnings reached £27,193 with £15,904 spent on material for stacking and covering wheat. Directors propose a 10 percent dividend, £1000 to reserve for income tax, and carry forward £2947. They note distribution limits due to wheat board allocations and urge more shareholders to back the venture. The report forecasts possible expansion into produce, stock, fertilisers, insurance and meat.
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Co-operative Grain Company of
New South Wales
Wheat Board
Are You Run Down Kidney Sickness Warns Readers
An advertisement urges readers to check kidney function when backache and urinary issues appear. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are touted as restoring kidney filtering and clearing urine, with a testimonial from Mr. W Lyon of Gar-diner-street Northam detailing relief after two bottles. Pills priced at 2s 8d with mails order via Foster-McClellan Co., 185 Murray-street, Perth.
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Dean
Doan
Foster-McClellan Co
Murray-street
Perth
Doan’s
Martin’s Female Pills Sold by Southampton Chemists
An advertisement touts Martin's Female Pills from Martin Pharmaceutical Chemist of Southampton, claiming benefits for all female complaints and urging readers to buy genuine products with the signature of Martin Pharmaceutical Chemist.
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Martin Pharmaceutical Chemist
Southampton
Fogland
World War Origins and Philosophical Snippet Mentioned
A historical excerpt notes the Kaiser and Archduke Francis Ferdinand as war plotters, the Archduke’s murder as a pretext, and Germany’s toll of five million lives. It cites Coleridge on world nature and briefly includes an advertisement praising Woods Great Peppermain Cure for children’s coughs.
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Francis Ferdinand
Germany
Colleridge
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Carter & Semple
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Cmt
Melman, Seam
A. D. Mitchell
Northam Courier
Dowerin Mail
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