A Good Office Shows Strong Mutual Life Assurance Results
The Australian Tem and Gener Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited reports a record revenue of £193,337 for the year ending September 30 1905, with funds rising to £481,918. Policies exceed £1.75 million, expenses fall to 5 percent in Industrial and 2 percent in Ordinary, and interest realised is 4 10 6 percent. The Actuarial Report notes liabilities of £23,103, with surplus near the total accumulated in 25 years. The report lauds progress and economy strengthening T and G in life assurance.
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Baxis
Honest Poverty and Hard Times Voice in a Worn Poem
A distressed speaker laments worsening wages and scarce money, describing half a meal daily and repeated job searches. He contrasts honest poverty with disdain from others and notes rich men prosper while beggars suffer, urging recognition of the poor’s plight.
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Trick
Banks and the high profits of lending practices
The piece explains how banks seemingly profit from deposits by reloaning funds at higher rates while keeping capital on loan. It notes the risks depositors face when overdrawn and the higher costs for mortgages, commissions, and discounts, portraying banks as earning large profits with little risk.
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Pal
Babes
Ia Alva
Dixounti Wills, &c
A Wonderful Medicine Recommends Cholera Remedy
A historical letter from George Lone of Albury praises a cholera and diarrhoea remedy as highly effective. He recounts carrying a bottle while traveling in the country and aiding a friend with severe colic using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Medicine.
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George Lone
Albury Fea
Colie
Charberlain
Colfa
Puneein
Gilman
Louingieys
Two Pictures A Sketch From Life by L Lare maight
A wandering, hungry traveler rests outside a lordly estate haunted by a dead heart. A noblewoman in a distant castle yearns for relief as a glittering jewel reveals a hidden sorrow. The dying man is the unseen heart behind the tale.
Farm Hands Wanted in Northern District
Northern district farmer seeks harvest workers at 6 to 10 shillings per day with breakfast and oaten working hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wages high but workers scarce as unemployed seek high pay or excused. Farm offers exemption for full-season workers.
Eden Studios Presents Fine Photography in George Street
Holiday visitors from Peak Hill and district are urged to visit Eden Studios in George Street for quality photography at moderate prices. Only first class artists work there and the studio claims pre eminence in the Commonwealth with home town patrons praise for the affordable, well executed images.
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Eden Studios
George Street
Commonwealth
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Banks
Robert Burns
Agency
A.stewart & Co
Court Street
Parkes
Marcus Clark & CO
Marcus Clark & CO. Ltd
Newtown
Sydney, N.S.W
Ac. D. Mitchell & Co., Ltd
Sydney
Newcastle
Sole Proprietors & Manufacturers
White Main
Brands 9
Toon Acing Peng
Sore Peeelous
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