Returned Soldiers Big Commercial Undertaking
A plan approved by the Returned Soldiers League promotes using War Gratuity Bonds to form a cooperative company. The scheme aims to buy a Flour Milling and Electric Lighting business, with a four point structure: bond value allocation, cash on deposit, fully paid shares, and no promoter cash or shares. It emphasizes wheat growing ties and profits with staged dividend rules for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Returned Soldiers League
Cove Society
Pisses
Ti Tt
Comparis
Australian movies by United Theatres and Films Ltd
The United Theatres and Films Ltd announce five releases including Pater-McIntosh Flight from Hogland to Australia and Thre Australian Wilds a travelogue on Northern Australia’s aborigines A Romance of the Burks and Wills Expedition Souls of Love and The Laugh on Dad are being rehearsed for Perth studio production Plans to show them nationwide with over 250 students already in training to foster Australian talent in cinema opportunities in Hay and King streets Perth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Theatres and Films, Ltd
Pater-McIntosh
Hogland
Australia
Northern
Nadueas
Young
Perth
Oe Company
United Theatres and Filme
Hay and
King Streets
Agricultural Show Dates Across the State
A garbled list outlines agricultural show dates for Jena Goomalling Morton York and others. Entries mention Sep and Oct dates in September 7 16 21 23 24 and later October 12 18 21 23 4 and November 9 with towns including Pingelly Wagirap es Kelmscott Tambellop Goowangemp mixed in a winter/spring schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jena Sa Pen
We de Tae Y. Goomalling
Morton
Wad
Tew Frida
Quinton Pecte
Rongan Hi
Gree
Jn York
Nevaaio Ther
Erley
Erley Friday, Ser, Sep. Je. ‘Oyal ‘Thanday, Fiive Satardey
Pingelly
Goowangemp
Kelmscott
Economic Cheap Cash Grocer Advertisement Listing
A long OCR catalog from B. P. Chidlow The Economic Cheap Cash Grocer detailing numerous items with prices including almonds apples biscuits milk arrowroot sausages bacon cocoa flour tea sugar and many household essentials. The list features dozens of items with per unit prices and bulk quantities arranged as a running in-store inventory or sale flyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson's
Hareoot Jeans
Parrot Food
Beckett’s
Brunswick
Contour
Globe
Discipline and daring from an Australian colonel’s night to dawn
The author cites temperaments shaping discipline and recounts an Australian colonel waking troops at ten in the morning to surprise and capture a German post with a sergeant and ten men, returning with the garrison and machine guns as an example of punishment fitting the crime. The Sydney Sun praises the book as informed, humorous, and companionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Sun
New Gun Demonstrations Promised by Edison Veteran
Dr Cary Hutchinson former Edison chief engineer showcases a new gun claiming five ton projectiles fly 200 to 300 miles with no recoil and five miles per second velocity. Inventor John Temple says it could deter wars, while experts warn of terrible consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cary ‘Talcott Hutchinson
Edison
Hudson Maxim
Armamenta
John Temple
Australians’ Battle Discipline Highlighted by Lytton
The piece summarizes HM Neville Lytton’s account of Australian Expeditionary Force discipline. It cites his admiration for their physical fitness, composure under fire, and efficient battlefield conduct from the trenches near Doullens to Villers-Bretonneux, noting the impact on German troops and French recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Lytton
General Staff
Mr. Lytton
Pol
Doullens
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Ad in York Page
An old advertisement warns about backache and kidney problems urging prompt use of Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. Testimonial from A Slocombe of Ford Street York describes long kidney trouble and relief after trying the pills. Lady's testimonial eighteen years later endorses continued use for health. Pills sold at chemists and stores for 2/9 or by Foster-McClellan Co. Perth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Slocombe
Ford Street
York
Anys
Dean
Record of remarkable prolific parentage across eras
A London writer notes record maternity feats in Europe and North America. Stories recount Belgian, Parisian, and Chicago mothers expanding families with multiple births, including a Yorkshire farmer with 38 children and a Scottish weaver with 40 of 2 born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago
Ormaby
John Parkinson
Thomas Urquhart
Levi Brashaw
Levi
John Delaval
Mentioi Pe
Norfolk
Thomas Greenhill
Origin of the piano traced to Italy and England
The article traces the piano's origins to Italy with Christofori in Florence in the early eighteenth century and notes early piano notices in Covent Garden. It mentions the first solo use in June 1768 and Broadwood's 1783 pedal adoption, highlighting England's role in pianoforte improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christofori
Florence
Covent Garden
England
Glue and furniture polish recipes from old home manual
The text gives simple historical tips: melt alum to mend broken china by spreading on pieces and pressing until hardened. It also instructs mixing equal parts linseed oil and vinegar, applying sparingly with flannel, then polishing furniture with soft cloths.
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Prin
Dodgers
ETC
BIC
B. P. Chidlow
Paw
Biel
Salta
Hadson
Empire
Lion
Keen's
John Tin
Davenport
Sperre
Zebee Ghd
Clement
Beechim
Bank Stag
Mvisions Cleesag Touns
Aantratie Amd
Rabat
Rimdnds
Savings Bank Department
Counie Sheet Sa
James Kell
Denison Miller
Reputy
Gow Juiziat
Baker’s
Clann Calico
Dent
CHE ‘Dinky’ Shop
Northam
Mechanical Institute
Baker's
Dereroush
Grocer
THE
Northam Courier
Goomalling
Dowerin Mail
E. J. McKenzie
Premier Bakery
Pugh and Son
Edwards
Steedman’s Boot
Fitzgerald Street
Mortham
Westeck Regulation
Army Boots
Phillips
United Theatres & Films Limited
United Theatres and Films Ltd
Comer Hay and
KING
H. Coben
I. Cohen
Gray-atrest
White
U.K
Northam, Jones and Russell
Parvels
Mervyn Carter
Northan
South West
Casey Hall
Marsh
West Northam
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