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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
3
A blind service advertises custom Holland and canvas blinds. Customers send measurements, choose Plain, Scalloped and Fringed or Hilled styles, and select shade options Green Brown Beige or Nutmeg. Blinds are made to order and nonreturnable and dispatched promptly.
Grableford at Guyra Golf Club on May 10 saw Biddulph card 9, Caddy 71, Mackenzie 31, and Tivrney with a dz score. W. Caddy posted 16 for the round while Mackenzie led with 1.
Capital totalling nearly 1,000,000 pounds will be invested to observe the building of three cotton mills in Sydney next year. Davies Cowp Ltd Melbourne, Felt and Textiles of Australia Ltd, and Bradford Cotton Mills are forming mills with caps up to 500,000 pounds and 250,000 pounds respectively. The move aims to manufacture a full range of cotton goods, including canvas and duck, to reduce the £30,000,000 annual import value.
Christina Jang Hawke died at a private hospital in Sydney after a nine month illness. Wife of Walter J. Hawke a noted aviator and gentleman from Armidale she was Mayoress in 1900 and 1919. Survived by her husband three daughters and five sons. The Hawke family long resided in Armidale and she hosted governors Lord Chelmsford and Sir Walter Davidson.
Don Stewart won the May 13 18 hole stroke event for the T B Cup with 76 and 12. Other scores include EB Jackson 67, AL Mulligan 68, J Cameron 69, G Ward 72, T B Jackson 73, and D F Stewart 78. May 20 slated matches list Inverell team and associates draw in club house with a 2 p.m. start.
A collage of curious notes covers exports, fashion, travel feats, and industry. It discusses Pamphleta origins, Catherine de Medici’s long wedding train, limits on heels in Minneapolis, homing pigeon speeds, and early aluminium debates. It highlights Japan’s seaweed wool factory and concerns over seaweed supply and use.
An educational health piece warns that coughs colds and sore throats can lead to serious illnesses like bronchitis and pneumonia especially in winter. It explains transmission by droplets contact and hand to face and advises bed rest light diet and doctor consults for persistent symptoms. The article also mentions Australian cricket figures and science scholarships unrelated to health.
The piece recalls an 1819 London event when a charabane owner left passengers at Charing Cross for three quarters of an hour and faced indictment. A judge condemned using roads as a stable yard, noting roads are not for stabling vehicles. The quote attributes the remark to the British Minister for Transport.
Valued kelpie owned by Mr J Pritchard was electrocuted after brushing a cat when a faulty earthwire touched a 4amp power point. The dog sustained only a one inch forehead burn as evidence of the death. Electrician found and fixed the wiring the next day.
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