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Newspaper
Harvey Chronicle
Location
Harvey, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
4
The district lists volunteers accepted for active service from Pinjarra Waroona Harvey and surrounding areas. Names span multiple towns with recruits in training or en route to front in Gallipoli and other theatres, noting casualties and the need for officers to forward missing names for records.
A long fragment lists many names including Coffen Curtis Turner Laugher Coffen Reid Harrison Trueman Laugher and ONeill among others. The text includes scattered notes about kills, missing items, and repairs or tools with a final odd reference to a sun bath as possibly better than hot water.
A historical notice explains subscriber obligations for newspapers and ads. It states that continued delivery requires express cancellation, unpaid arrears keep the subscriber liable, and failure to take or inform the publisher may be treated as fraud. It also covers advance payments and the responsible status of recipients who use received papers.
Pinjarra Telephone Exchange operates daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and holidays from 9 a.m. to noon. A list of trunk line charges shows public calls incur an extra one penny fee.
An old man starts with a tiny budget and one tote and builds a thriving business. He advertises heavily, earns three dollars a day, expands to a regular store on the square, fixes up the storefront, and keeps ads going as customers flood in. Locals nicknamed him a lucky merchant for thriving in hard times.
A wartime recruitment call urges men aged 18 to 45 with minimum height 5ft 2in to enlist. Pay scales range from 6d to 21 per day with marriage and dependent allowances and pensions. Metropolitan recruits contact the Francis Street Recruiting Officer in Perth. country areas via mayors or roads board secretaries. Piajarra district officer is Police Constable Lynes.
A historical list details Nyal products with prices in shillings and pence, including Faca Cream, Hirsatone, Beet and Iron Wine, Almond Cream, Cold Cream, Larkspur Lotion, Laxacold, Little Liver Ville, Rheumatic Pills, Soothing Syrup, and Worm Syrup. Prices range from 1s to 3s 9d, showing a varied line of cosmetic and medicinal items.
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