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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
4
End of shearing brings joy as Dave and I earn our first cheques. We guard the money anxiously and race home to share it with mother. A lost stake and dingo chase nearly ruin us, but luck returns and we arrive to tearful welcome.
The Crystal Brook Homing Club reports stronger membership and active training. Pigeons are shipped from the local railway for races from Brinkworth where 22 birds took part amid poor weather. Goulter on Flavel secured first and second, A E Laweon was third, birds bred from Elis's Port Pirie strain. A race from Brinkworth is planned for June 12 with prize contributions from locals.
An old public notice-style claim touts INSEE Compound as Stock port Remedy for coughs and colds with a claim of 640 years proven efficacy. The fragment suggests a medicinal product promotion lacking verifiable details.
A detailed critique argues the modern cost of living is driven by expansion in wants and advances in machinery rather than tariffs. It compares past and present prices for bread meat tea and housing, noting cheaper goods today yet higher perceived costs due to increased consumption and new fittings.
Jane Lewis of 54 Sussex Street North Adelaide recounts a long illness with heart pain kidney trouble and nervous weakness. After trying doctors and other remedies she credits Clement’s Tonic with restoring her health and capacity to work. She asks publication of her statement and declares it true before a J P on December 17 1906.
An advertisement warns against opium rich cough medicines and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for being narcotic free with government analysis. It asserts the product helps avoid brain and nervous system risks and is available from W H Deeble in Gladstone. It also claims Cham berlain's Balm helps rheumatism after influenza and speeds return to work.
Government issues detailed regulations for chaff cutter and hay chaff businesses in Adelaide. Requires notices to the Department of Agriculture by February 28, 1909, with business location details. New businesses after February 25, 1909 must notify within 31 days. Packaged hay chaff weighing under 4 pounds must show weight and issue an invoice. Chaff merchants must display the regulations publicly in their shop and obtain notes from Areas Express office for cardboard extracts at a penny price.
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