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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
4
A letter from G H Whoa of Arden Hill Wollongong New South Wales dated October 29 1915 describes a severe scalp ailment with itching scales and hair loss relieved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The note promotes a free sample rack post with skin care advertisements.
W T Callcott and Co. report Friday food and stock prices across Tamworth markets with butter oats onions turnips potatoes and other produce listed in detail. Newman and Co. and Mahony and Co. also report varied vegetables dairy cattle fat cattle store stock and large yardings with brisk bidding and strong dairy cow demand.
A brief line notes that Mitchel's Special Vinegar, Mitchel's Special Sauce and Blue Ribbon Coffee Resence are claimed equal in value to another unspecified item. The fragment mentions product names and a comparative statement but lacks clear context, date, or full attribution. The readability is limited, with potential OCR misreads affecting some terms.
Pte Roy Vincent and Pte Jack King were welcomed home with watches and speeches by Alderman Roberts Rev EK Stammer and H M Croft. Vincent described shell shock from Armentieres and King recounted Gallipoli and Pozieres service and shrapnel injuries. News also notes two deaths Victor Wiseman and Michael Nay, flag at half mast, and staff transfers at the post, rail, and school. Local industry and community events include wool, fruit, cherry prices, a Parents and Citizens group forming, and granite quarry efforts by Scotsman Mr Wilson with Aberdeen granite comparisons. Victor Foster gains six months leave. Sgt Albert Brown expected home soon.
A Tamworth Pastor and Agricultural Association special meeting discussed whether to hold the 1917 show given wartime conditions and possible wheat crop failure. Members argued Tamworth’s strong district merits the event, and the group approved printing contracts and planned rule revisions to support a renewed effort.
Mrs. H. T. Adames reports 253 items dispatched on December 12 including pyjamas socks and washers as part of the Red Cross sewing class. Donations noted from Doris Webb L opoir, Woolo min School, Cottage Homes, Moor Creek School, and many individuals with washers, pillow slips, eye bandages, and buttons. Acknowledgments extend to chairpersons and contributors for clothing, furniture, and money donations through the treasurer.
In a special meeting presided by Major Ald A C McLeod the council discussed a muster on Town Common revealing about 240 head of stock unregistered. Ald Matheson moved to discipline the common herdsman and require compliance or dismissal, with amendments over signing positions and three months notice.
A Walcha report details a donation gifted to Mrs. P. C. C. Mackay for Red Cross fundraising, later donated to the Returned Soldiers. Pte Tom Purcell, son of Mr. M. Purcell, was killed in action in France. Other items include a broken arm from a Derby street fall, Pte W. McDowell in an English hospital, stock straying penalties, a new five span concrete bridge on Surveyors Creek, a transfer of Master W. Jones to the GPO Sydney, and heavy rain across the week with shearing finished at Tiara and Bergen-op-Zoom.
A Hallsville reader demands a correction to a letter claiming his Manilla Road wheat was planted on shares and overestimated yields. He argues the crops are smaller after recent rains and warns against defamatory remarks hurting his market value. He cites a Reuters dispatch on Kaiser telegrams as unrelated context.
Edmund Breese headlines a five part Metro drama and appears in The Spell of the Yukon. Breese gained fame in The Lion and the Mouse, which inspired a friendship with Robert W Service. Metro produced several Breese vehicles from Service poems, now shown with a full supporting program.
At a special Tamworth Municipal Council meeting on Friday night John Grant of Tidcombe was chosen as overseer of works and traffic inspector in succession to Mr Campbell who resigned. Campbell was granted a one week holiday.
The document appears to be a street level notice printed for Tamworth by Albert Josephit on behalf of Roe Newspaper Company Limited, located at the company office. It records ownership or publication details and the printing location.
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