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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1928
Page
5
The article surveys current fashion shifts for women facing hard times, noting subtler changes in waists and hems, and outlining practical styling ideas. It covers waist emphasis, fuller skirts, flared silhouettes, yokes, contrasting trims, reworked coats, and affordable upgrades like repurposing previous wardrobes, hats, belts, and accessories.
An article promoting the R. V. Seymon Competition urges Australians to buy Australian products, highlighting local manufacture in Sunshine and St. W. Seymour's. It argues this sustains factories, creates jobs, lowers costs, improves transport and rail service, and keeps trade local with prizes awarded to young entrants. The piece notes 8 major prize winner aged 10-16.
Fragmented OCR shows a recipe for CALIAGRE SOUP with cabbage, a long muddled instruction about boiling, frying, and simmering for several hours, plus a note on turpentine for washing and a buyer at Sunslune. The text mentions Kouinox street and Richmond, with vague references to a pros machine and various misspelled terms.
The text urges Australians to patronize Australian goods to keep employment domestic and support fathers, brothers, and sisters in factories. It promotes shopping in Sunshine to help local shops, arguing there is nothing to gain from going elsewhere and that local retailers will assist when needed.
Willie Avery, eight, urges support for Mr. Seymour a returned war veteran with a wife and two Aussie sons. Seymour offers a wide range of men and boys clothing at low prices and is helping brighten the Hoya' Hirtheay Club. The plea argues that helping a veteran proves fellow mate solidarity.
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