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Newspaper
Tambellup Times
Location
Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
4
To business men of the Great Southern District. There are times of boom when businesses are widely believed to run themselves. Yet even in boom times the shrewdest men are the best advertisers, for they seek to be first in the swim.
The firm with no message for the public risks being forgotten as buyers seek to stretch scarce funds. Advertising sustains visibility during anxiety, guiding customers to value and purchase the firm’s offerings.
The Great Southern Districts offer today the soundest fields for the enter prising advertiser despite season irregularities and war troubles clouding the outlook. The districts show solidity and strong recuperative powers.
A brief item references The Great Southern Herald along with its special editions The Gnowangerup Times and the Tambellup Times, noting their existence as part of a regional press lineup. The snippet emphasizes the variety of titles under a single publisher.
The Great Southern Herald is a bi weekly paper issued every Wednesday and Saturday with a price of 1d or 10s per annum including postage. It covers district news and critiques proposed legislation affecting landowners and is supported by a Telegraphic Press Service for current war and international news. Advertising tariffs are unchanged for nine years.
The Printing Department is in the hands of the Foreman and Sub- Manager Mr. Frank Higman whose long connection with the office is the beat guarantee of care and promptitude.
Military authorities call for newspapers to publish a standing notice at the head of daily Expeditionary Forces columns. It sets enlistment standards, rates of pay, and separation allowances, with attached lists.
Western Australia requires an average of 25 recruits daily to reinforce the front. Age 18 to 45 years. Minimum height five feet two inches. Pay scales: lieutenant 21s per day, sergeant 10s 6d, corporal 108, private 6s. Separation allowance for married members varies by family status.
Payable to a widow on the death of a member of the forces, or to a member on total incapacity. Lieutenant receives a per annum total incapacity of a member, with £13 per annum for each child under 16. In cases of total incapacity, the wife also receives the above amount.
An advertisement extols improved refrigerating ice chests by W. Limpel Hay tired. The ad criticizes poorly ventilated models and touts Ventilated Ice Cheeta chests built on doors with separate compartments to prevent taint and maintain cooling after initial chill. It invites readers to inspect the reforming chest designs.
Oil traders welcomed a French vessel, the Bonneveine, delivering a full cargo of kerosene and oils after months of tight stocks. Additional shipments are due in June and July from Star of India and Senta, boosting supplies. prices from Vacuum Oil Co. show varied per case rates for kerosene, linseed oil, benzol, and benzine, while a small Age kerosene shipment arrived from the East.
The text appears as fragmented prose praising true culture and mercy, mentioning Belgium, Kultur, love, happiness, and a peppermint cure, but lacks identifiable events, persons, or concrete details to form a coherent news summary.
A Friday evening dance at the centrs honoured F. Marshall Jack Johnston and J. Gardiner who depart for Blackboy Hill this Sunday. J T unney spoke of district goodwill and Krakouer presented each with a periscope. The gathering wished them luck and a safe return as refreshments flowed late into the night.
The Chief Inspector of Rabbits Mr Crawford reports inspectors and boundary riders note a sharp rabbit rise across districts after a good season. East of the barrier fence rabbits vanished earlier but now are numerous, with ferret numbers reduced as interest grows in trading them from goldfields. Rabbits extend beyond the No 4 fence toward desert country, though none have crossed into Kimberley.
Perth markets show mixed results on June 3 with wheat and flour prices steady to firm. Grain sales scarce though malting barley holds near 4s 3d. oats around 28 2d for feed. bran and pollard steady. corn stocks dull at 94 6d. Port Adelaide and Mile End trucked lots noted.
Melbourne market notes from June 2 show potato prices around £3 with onions in the £3 range. Oats and chaff are quiet as traders note feed and dairy商品 values, while miscellaneous grains list modest shifts in cost.
A compulsory conference was held in Melbourne before Mr. Justice Powers with representatives of the Postmaster General Minister for the Navy the Minister for Defence the Pit Service Commissioner and the Federated Storemen and Packers Union. It addressed dissatisfaction in the GPO stores and mails branches the ordnance branch of the Defence Department and naval stores over wage rates. Workers sought pay rises and better working conditions. The conference result was not yet available.
A British National Committee drive calls on schools across the Empire to stage concerts sports and entertainments on July 10 to raise funds for Belgian children under German rule. Lord Mayor Sir Chai Cheers Wakefield signs the appeal urging participation by Australian and New Zealand schools, with Education Minister Arthur Henderson approving.
The note compares No 2 Grade and No 1 Grade tea quality, indicating a hypothetical choice where the speaker would buy No 1 Grade if possible, suggesting higher value or desirability for that grade.
The Katanning district will host a Carnival Coronation on June 7 8 9 with a Royal pageant based on Westminster Abbey. Over 200 participants including a Coronation Choir led by Mr Archer will perform. A transformed Institute will feature red and gold decorations with seats in high demand and special trains arranged for visitors from surrounding districts.
June 1 sale day saw the smallest yarding of sheep in months with 1 128 head. Green seed and satisfactory rains boosted crops and stock. ewes with lambs topped at 15s 7d. Weaners and store stock gained, with weaners at 174 5 to 208 1d, watchers 245 41 to 255 41, pigs to 50s, turkeys to 10s. All stock sold under the hammer.
Sydney critics deride price fixing as chaotic state and federal efforts collide. The Bulletin notes Melbourne and Sydney price controls, laments government muddle, and cites wheat as a case study where state and commonwealth clash over control of prices and goods.
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