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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
2
Three thousand tons of duck feathers are needed annually to fill Britain's pillows. Supply relies on China as the sole source for vast down quantities, with additional imports from the Continent. Feathers are purified and graded from large coarse to fine, with smallest quills used for trims. Prices reach around ten pence per pound for down used in cushions and fashion.
Mrs J M Docherty writes from Chain of Ponds in February 1980 praising Warner’s Safe Cure. She claims it cured her husband’s illness and helped her own health, urging others with liver kidney or stomach troubles to try the product. She notes personal relief after a few doses and recommends buying from grocers or chemists.
An advertisement-like text touts "best cough remedy" and cost savings. It references influenza, a ready-made bottle, and a product with a water flush claim. It mentions a magic-potion tone, Australian market hints, and a claim of huge orders or sales.
The Sun’s increasing daily circulation in Victoria reached a record 181,898 by end of March 1934, surpassing all other local papers. The Audit Bureau of Circulations shows steady growth with half year figures from 1932 to 1934. The paper cites community benefits from reader support, including £40,599 for hospital drives and various contests and campaigns.
A fragmented scene shows a gravedigger advertisement ending with a committee offering to hire his mate if he accepts three burials weekly. A visitor flirts with Polly the parrot, who replies with sharp quips about a visitor and wages, ending with a request to raise wages.
Uncle Rus recounts an aeroplane tour over Victoria with Arthur Butler piloting a Puss Moth. The journey from Mascot to Cootamundra Albury Wodonga Chiltern Rutherglen Corowa Wangaratta Mount Buffalo and Bendigo highlights towns irrigation wine country and municipal features as the crew travels toward Echuca Rochester Elmore Bendigo and other stops.
Mr Drucker traveled to London to study dinner etiquette for royal and political events. He recalls Taft praising banquet poultry and Roosevelt avoiding palates. He describes Carus singing, a stage performance behind a screen, and the quiet mingling of guests as an audience applauded.
Fragmentary text references a wedding and a traveling salesman theme with scattered dialogue and names. Key details are garbled, making the event and participants hard to identify. The readable bits suggest a social notice or diary style excerpt rather than a full report.
The document lists board members including Sir Edward F Mitchell and Hon Alan Corrie with Ivor Evans Joel Fox and Stephen Morell. It states the company is empowered by Parliament to act as executor administrator trustee receiver and committee of estates under the Tamnaey statute and to manage transfers of trusts incomes funds and assets. T Martin is manager and F R Wound assistant manager introduces a new pamphlet.
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