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Newspaper
Harvey Chronicle
Location
Harvey, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
1
The amended timetable covers closing times at Pinjarra Post Office with daily mail cutoffs at 5 p.m. for Sloan and 9:45 a.m. for several routes including Collie Bunbury Marrinup Dwellingup Holyoake Nanga Brook Waraming Mandurah Marradong West Osloap and West Osolap on specific weekdays.
Postal regulations cover rates for letters to the United Kingdom Oversea Dominions British Colonies and Protectorates one penny per half ounce and various prepaid card and printed paper charges. It lists rates for newspapers magazines and commercial materials within the Commonwealth to New Zealand Fiji and Papua and outside Commonwealth. Also details for United Kingdom rates and all other places and charges per ounce or fractions.
An early 20th century viewpoint argues publicity pays for farmers. It urges starting with small ad space in local and agricultural papers to reach distant buyers, noting ads build recognition and future sales, with a caution that neglect recalls customers. It cites poultry breeders and general marketing lessons from P. Henry in Progressive Farmer.
Instructions describe preserving maps or pictures by pasting them on cardboard and brushing with a transparent gutta percha solution. The method emphasizes a clear coat to protect imagery, likely from late 19th or early 20th century archival practice.
W Zimpel presents carefully studied refrigerating methods for large ice chests. Modern designs emphasize ventilation and insulation, with multiple doors and separate compartments to keep items cold without opening the entire chest. Inspection invited at Hay-street.
A rural Irish joke has a parishioner arguing sausages are meat for Friday abstinence. The next day he carts sawdust to the priest’s house, insisting it is wood and that he misunderstood the order. The mispronunciations and puns drive the humorous exchange.
The Alhambra Bars in Hay and Barrack Streets Western Australia promote beer and wine as the preferred local drinks. Proprietor M. d. Peorg highlights climate friendly venues and health standards with a basement bar, cool interiors, and separate wine cellars. Free counter lunch daily from 12 to 1 and 6 to 7 pm, with buffet meals at 3d per plate. The venue emphasizes cleanliness ventilation and union-led practices with no price increases despite higher duties.
A description notes Mauna Loa in the Sandwich Islands as the world’s largest volcano with a twenty mile crater diameter and lava streams that can extend fifty miles. It also mentions Barbados sheep being woolless and valuable for mutton production and notes over 10,000 people employed in Ames in baking and polishing industries.
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