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Newspaper
Robertson Mail
Location
Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 26, 1929
Page
6
An animated community concert Friday before Methuddint Church drew a full hall and a large crowd, many unable to gain admission. Local children performed under Mrs. Harold Jones with Encore requests and a strong program of recitations songs solos sketches and duets. Proceeds benefit church funds estimated at about £20.
Wales and Kelly A J Gregory associated with Overland Sydney Ltd Bowral in a business listing.
Mary Pickford aged 36 is described as leaving childhood behind as she enters a new phase in the Cineosound Coquette project. Born Gladys Smith in Toronto she rose from impoverished beginnings with the Valentine Stock Company to become a leading screen star for almost two decades.
Supplementary List of Electors is being prepared and will be exhibited for public information at the Town Hall and Court House Bowral from 1 August to 16 August 1928 inclusive. Claims and objections may be lodged on or before 17 August noon. All persons not already enrolled are urged to apply before 1 July. J A Hackett Town Clerk Bowral 22 July 12.
At Wingecarribee Shire on Monday the President reported that Robertson and Burrawang electricity proposals were advertised. Robertson Progress Association called a public meeting. Councillors, the Shire Clerk and the Electrical Engineer attended a largely attended session with keen interest from Maize payers. The meeting noted other issues including road kerbing water drainage and road access after Railway Commission construction.
First prize goes to John Dunwoodie in the Southern Mountains butchery display. The essay praises the window advertisement’s artful depiction of meat, including bullock heads and other vivid figures, noting the life-like quality and the store’s meat production.
Second Prize winner K L Morteous notes the butcher shop windows exceeding other shop fronts. A desolate marble setting forms an artistic display with life like bullock heads and halved sheep parts. Ef borders and fowls illustrate the origin of poultry in a vivid scene.
The report highlights a real masterpiece numbered 8.M.B. in sausages and mincemeat, praising shop cleanliness and meat purity at Southern Mountains Butchery. Prizewinners received 7a. Gd. and Bo, with six consolation prizes of 2s 6d awarded to Jean Baker Boyd King Ada Cormwell A Ison G McSweeney Fred Lee and W A Aylmerton. The CWA branch will elect officers at Mrs Bennett’s Colo Vale residence next Wednesday afternoon. Bowral Rifle Club reports a keen quarter shoot with Rayment donating a medal. Results list W Armstrong G Bradman McNally T Elliott B Humphries and others with scores recorded.
An advertisement promotes Smith's Self Service Stores touting a new efficient shopping method with keen buying and selling values. It lists Millstream Salmon and Arnotts biscuits as stocked items and notes hygienic wrapping for biscuits.
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