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Newspaper
Maitland Mercury
Location
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
8
The Daily Mercury is available in Singleton each evening at 5.30 from multiple local outlets and two editions exist at 5.30 and 6.20. It contains local, sporting, Australian and overseas news and offers daily delivery or posting.
The passage argues buyers should prefer advertised products for reliable quality and repeatable standards. It likens brands to trusted breeds, asserting reputation matters in economics and ethics alike, urging reliance on recognized names, national or local.
An Australian Christmas broadcast urges empathy and courage amid global sorrow. It rejects a merry greeting, calls for goodwill, and appeals for peace through mutual understanding, forgiveness, and a shared effort against tyranny and evil. The speaker emphasizes Christian ethics, national courage, and a hopeful, cooperative path toward a just world.
Singleton Fire Brigade attended a Dunolly bridge fire on Saturday afternoon. The decking burned briefly but the blaze was subdued quickly with no damage reported. Also noted, Davies and Cannington Proprietary Lut. Mr George Tt Davies plans retirement after 48 years of service amid director and employee celebrations. Victor Cheetham, 25, of Swinson, suffered injuries at work at BHP Steel Works.
Gilbert Dalzell clocked 1 min 20.1 sec for 100 metres backstroke at Singleton baths. Ken Sever posted 1 min 16.2 sec freestyle, while Ron Button swam 110 yards in 1 min 10 sec. Several Singleton athletes eye NSW and Australian championships in Perth with hopes of MSW selection. two girls to be chosen.
Saturday results from Singleton Green Rink on the bowling green show 28 27 scores for a match including Popper North Wilkinson Doohen ey OC Andrews Wood Pollack Hawkins 2016 Danks Blackwell Coyle EG Ryin Potiy Rev Raplins Me Tagesart Shaw and 31 18 for Tagesart Shaw plus A Bailey Wik ney Knodler Kennedy Ruesell J Ryan Buchan O Leary. Electric light games reported 27 16 with O Grran Ray Rapkina Howerd T Bailey vy Sarbray Doohan Cummingham 1 18 Holas Pepper Mobverts J Ryan Piper Crogx BR Geary G falley Hawkins Bleckwell Wilkinson Whitfield 21 19. Ii the cock o he walk Wilkinson defeats Houston 21 17 in the first round of the D C R L B andra Lumney Moss defeat O Aroyan Nicholls 18 15.
A snake killed a four foot six inch man named Blick Steko in Marrlett Street South Singleton after he observed the serpent while walking with Mr Norman Smith. Smith jumped a fence and, wielding a clothes prop, fled the scene as the victim collapsed.
A. Jewell of Sydney business Taal bought 2000 acres on the Cole River near Hawkesbury to establish a sanctuary for birds and wildlife. Thomas Corrigan, 61, Newcastle Assistant Sheriff's Officer, died suddenly at Mayfield home after months in ill health. Warragamba main drainage work speeds toward Prospect reservoir with service due next March. De Weyland Aircraft begins NZ production. first 100 pines ordered by NZ Divertment delivered.
Sally offers homemaker tips: save roasting dripping for toast with pepper and salt. For corned beef, serve hot with white onion sauce and a small teaspoon of dry mustard added during preparation.
A roadside ghost tale sets in 50 years past near Wasea where a drover sees an aged woman in a red shawl vanish at a creekside camp. Local lore recalls an old murder at the site and sightings by others. Also recounted is a stockman nicknamed Sweda the Soda, famed for sharp wit in outback pubs and sheds.
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