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Newspaper
Tambellup Times
Location
Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
4
An illustrated catalogue and price list excerpt highlights advertising as vital even in boom times. It records numerous donors and proceeds from sales and raffles supporting Belgian relief and community causes, naming local businesses and individuals from Katanning and surrounding areas.
The Katanning district hosted a large gathering on the Belgian Day show ground on the 7th. Exhibits included poultry cattle and produce with brisk bidding at auction. The evening concert raised substantial sums and a sheep fetch over £40. A farewell social for Constable McArthur was held with speeches and a generous supper.
The Great Southern Districts present solid and recuperative prospects for enterprising advertisers despite seasonal irregularities and wartime outlook.
The thoroughly established newspaper Great Southern Herald dominates advertising in the district with its special editions The Gnowane gerup Times and Tambellup Times offering targeted reach.
The Great Southern Herald is issued twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday at 1d, or 10s per year including postage. It covers district news and strong commentary on land legislation with a telegraphic news service. Special editions exist for Gnowangerup and Tambellup, with Katanning as the publishing office.
The Commission retreats from wheat commandeering, notifying country millers they may resume milling their stock and will be reimbursed for wheat previously seized. City millers had relied on extraordinary contracts to ground commandeered wheat, but government action has been halted to avoid illegality and restore normal operations.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a sports theme with perhaps a team or event called Coven or Ches Chronic Chest Comps. The text is garbled but suggests a lively, period newspaper tone with quirky phrasing and possible team nicknames.
The text presents disjointed phrases about remedies, alleged treats, and referenced individuals with many garbled terms. It mentions Montreal Road, West Jae Pari anna, and AL Murray Street, plus various dubious claims and branding phrases, with no coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
In Katanning on June 9, H Sullivan sued J Mason for 844 pounds with 98 costs. judgment given for the claimant. On June 10 Richard Flanagan was fined 10s on a drunk and disorderly charge and jailed 7 days on a second charge of undesired character with no visible means of support. The bench warned him and noted prior similar conduct in nearby towns.
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