Delayed Telegrams Draw Fire Over Commonwealth Service
A group of country pressmen criticized the Postmaster General over telegram delays in Australia. They cited late receipts despite early lodgment and alleged the system forces the public to pay double rates for ordinary messages. The official blamed insufficient wires and weather disruptions, while critics urged reform and more competent management.
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Sydney
Peak Hill
Commonwealth Telegraphic Service
Tomingley Telephones Open to Narromine Route
Government telegram from Acting Postmaster General confirms telephone service between Tomingley and Narromine now active. Network reaches Dubbo Narromine Tomingley Peak Hill Aledown Parkes and Forbes with rates for initial three minutes fourpence and each additional three minutes threepence.
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T. Brown
M.H.R
Department
G. H. Wharat
Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association
Tomingley
Narromine
Dubbo
Peak Hill
Aledown
Parkes
Forbes
A.J. Anpeth
Sydney
Tattersall’s Sweeps Faces Government Dispute Over Tax
In Hobart a government dispute over Tattersall’s eve spa potential tax hinges on a 2d stamp on 5s lottery tickets after the 1904 Lottery Act. The Crown Law Officers say the face value was 5s 2d, making tax 1d, not 2d. Since January 1905 about 80 sweeps totalling 6,145,000 tickets have been sold at 2d each, worth roughly £51,200, prompting a costly contention for Tattersalls.
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Hobart
Tattersalls
Bonnington's Trish Moss Coughs and Colds Remedy
The standard family medicine for cure of coughs and colds and all chest affections. Beware of cheap substitutes. Distinctly ask for Bonnington's.
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Bonnington
Frootoids touted as cure all for digestive woes and headaches
An aggressive promotional item claims Frootoids quickly cure headache indigestion and constipation without long use. It promises blood and liver benefits, warns against daily indigestible doses, and notes distribution through chemists in Geelong Geelong Victoria with contact points W G Tharne and W G Hearne for orders.
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W. G. Tharne
Geelong
W. G. Hearne
Victoria
Nervousness cured by Clementa Tonic in Australian piece
A Brisbane Street resident, Mr Charles Robinson of Surry Hills, credits Clementa Tonic with curing nervousness and low spirits. He describes fatigue, poor appetite, insomnia, headaches, and shakiness easing as his health improves, praising the tonic as restoring digestion and strength.
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Charles. Robinson
Brisbane-street
Surry Hills
Daily News
Sam
Clementa Ton
Pania
Eco
Clements Tonic
Clements
Declaration of Illness and Care by Charles Roginson
The declarant of Brishbase Street Surry Hilla New South Wales states under oath that the annexed document pages one to three truthfully recount his illness and care by Clements Tonic. He grants full permission for publication of his statements and affirms they are voluntary and unpaid under the Oaths Act 1900.
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Charles Roginson
Brishbase Street
Surry Hilla
New South Wales
Commonwealth of
Bonnington's Tremendous Moss Heals Chest Throat Lung Ailments
A vintage ad touts Bonnington's Moss as a lifetime remedy for affections of the chest throat and lungs. The copy claims reliable belief in the genuine article after 35 years of use.
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Bonnington
Balloting for Land Regulation Replaces No 367 Under Crown Lande Act
New procedure for land ballot describes official list creation marbles with numbers, box sealing and drawing by the Chairman or delegate, posting of results and priority ordering, refund of deposits if an application does not gain priority, and designation of agents acting for applicants.
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Crown Lande
Bush Romance and Grasshopper Plague Weigh on State
A domestic tax yarn fades, while a bush romancer remains unsettled. Reports describe a grasshopper swarm from the West causing dust storms and depredations. tale claims two men flogging pests with stockwhips and another striking a kerosene tin to drive them away toward their western home.
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Evermore
Medicine Wanted for Overworked Wife in Farmhouse
A farmer asks a doctor to see his wife who feels unusually tired after a morning of farm chores. The physician inquires about symptoms while the farmer describes her day and suggests blood may be out of order, needing medicine.
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Fanuza
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Trish Moss
Fancy Goods
Sid Barnett
Estres
Hill and District
M. P. Harras
Segs
Caswell Street
C. F
Mr. G. Robinson
Jeribed
Enos. Dyer
Bush Romance
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