Inaugural Committee Appointed For Flower Show
Local General Rev s Aweer exa at St Stephen s Church of England held to inaugurate work for the Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition on October 18 19 21 22 Rev H G Willson chaired. Parishioners attended and apologies were read. Ladies and gentlemen were named to stalls and prize schedule duties assigned to Rev H G Willson and Mr J F Yabsley.
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St. Stephen's Church of England
H. G. Willson
Barnett
A. W. Taylor
G. Matthews
May Hand
Veitch
L. R. McLeay
C. Fletcher
Brayne
Wynne
M. Matthews
P. Barnett
Fraudulent Trades Highlight Watered Liquor and Milk Practices
A correspondents argument notes hotel keepers convicted thrice for selling watered liquor lose licenses, while milk vendors in Bras are often convicted multiple times yet remain licensed. The piece warns watered milk harms children and calls for stricter licensing.
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Bras
Cleaning and preservation hints from old home guides
Useful hints cover cleaning methods for photographs, cardboard mounts, damp walls, patent leather boots, and small amounts of oil or butter as dressings. A dramatic poem by McPhail dated August 12 ends with a spectral encounter and a joke about moral warnings.
Telephone Charge Reductions Approved by Tuk Postmaster General
The Postmaster General approves lower trunk line rates for distances up to 400 miles. Charges vary by distance from 2d to 1s, with 4s 4d for the first three minutes of a 350 to 400 mile call and 3s 3d for each additional three minutes. The new rates take effect on the 5th instant.
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Tuk
Lowe's Free Trousers Tailoring Promotion
Sydney firm W Lowe & Co offers a free pair of striped worsted trousers with every suit to order as part of their advertising strategy. Customers can obtain patterns by sending a penny postcard to the tailor, illustrating the promotion's value as walking advertisements.
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Messrs. W. Lowe & Co
Sydney
Lowe
Lowe & Co
Child Dies After Swallowing Plovers Pellet
In Condobelia last week 44 year old Wilhelmina Crampton, daughter of G. W. A. Crampton of Moonbi Island, died the same night after a postmortem found death from appendicitis caused by a single shot pellet lodged in the appendix. The pellet entered when she ate plovers cooked from birds her father had shot.
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Condobelia
Wilhelmina Crampton
G. W. A. Crampton
Moonbi
Politician Learns From Canvass At Farmhouse Gate
A house to house canvass by a politician leads to a humorous exchange at a crossroads farmhouse. The farmer’s wife says her husband is in the pasture burying the dog after it wore itself out barking at candidates.
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Peak Hill
Devil
Searcely
Buckley
Hades
Prince of Darkness
Hell
Lowe's
Malouf’s
Continus
MRS. M. Malouf & Son
James Fay
McDonald & Co
Dalgety Street
Millers Point
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