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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
3
A jumble of cheese based recipes describes sauces with butter flour milk cheese and seasonings. Dishes include cheese toast sandwiches macaroni bakes and bread crumb toppings with eggs milk and vegetables referenced in a home cooking style.
Cleaning leather handbags and belts with a home solution of one part vinegar and two parts boiled or seed oil. Shake in a corked bottle until a cream forms, apply on the item, let soak, then polish to finish.
Instructions advise rubbing lemon juice and salt into a cloth over the stain to remove rust. It cautions that salts of lemon from the chemist are effective but can be poisonous and will damage the article if left on too long.
Compiled by Sister Nicholson the guide stresses maternal rest sunshine fresh air and calm, regular feeding every four hours with thorough breast emptying. It details hand expression, two-basin bath massage, and daily sun exposure to boost milk supply and infant well being.
A historical recipe piece describes making an ultra light omelet with two eggs per serving, separating yolks and whites, beating and folding, with butter and herbs. It adds options for chocolate or cocoa flavored omelets, additional fillings, and a final dusting of sugar, plus savory variations with meat and milk ingredients.
A brittle old advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for midlife suffering. It claims relief for head pain weakness and nerve discomfort, urging middles aged readers to take the medicine to feel better and stronger. The tone imitates a testimonial style from a period newspaper.
The British Phosphate Commission announced a global rise in superphosphate prices effective July 2, citing higher rock phosphate costs, increased sulfur and packaging expenses, and wartime supply constraints. Manufacturers expect lower profits per ton and tighter rationing of rock phosphate for the coming year, with distribution from multiple overseas sources to cover about 7 percent of 1940 production.
A report notes manufacturers negotiating to concentrate production in a few plants. Closures planned at Crescont Geelon plant will push supply to another maker, cutting costs, reducing imports, and pushing firms to consider further plant shutdowns while a surplus bleeds into new price margins.
The text instructs cooking cepiol, heating thoroughly, folding in stiff whites, then serving with hot tomato sauce and parsley garnish. It reads like a brief kitchen note or recipe fragment with standard steps and a simple presentation.
The Commonwealth Government will pay a subsidy of 25 shillings per ton on superphosphate to ease rising costs. Sir Earle Page said the subsidy, costing about £750,000, would be available to manufacturers who will adjust consumer prices accordingly, with oversight by the Prices Commissioner.
A questionnaire from a safety campaign highlights common home hazards. It asks about dry hands handling electrical devices, wet floors, platforms or mats, bathroom appliance use, covered low outlets, insulated pull chains, unplugging unused appliances, safe mixer handling, amateur wiring, poison bottle safety, oily rags in metal containers, childproofing sharp instruments, stair lighting and repair, kitchen utensil placement, safe ladder use, rug padding to prevent trips, safe storage of garden tools, and covering holes or nails left exposed.
Readers are urged to spend odd pennies on Red Cross Seals to support relief efforts for soldiers. The appeal emphasizes aiding men who suffer in service so that the public may be safer at home.
A Perth deputation to the Liquid Fuel Board discusses increasing petrol allowances up to 85 per cent of the old ration for farmers and carriers. Dairymen with petrol-driven milking machines would receive needed supply, and drum purchases could obtain three months of tickets. The note also covers wartime shipbuilding concerns and editorials on Russia, communism, and unity in the war effort.
A Glasgow produced parody of there ll always be an England celebrates Scotland and England alliance during wartime. It mocks and reimagines the song with lines praising Scotland s support and defending England s battles while promising to mend England s broken ships and sing England s praises after victory.
A polishing mix is described using dot beeswax turpentine ammonia and water. The process notes shredding beeswax melting it, adding water and ammonia in the morning, stirring, bottling and shaking before use.
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