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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
5
A collage of jokes and snippets covers advice about germs on money and beauty, a South American athlete’s leap, stage legends, and a parade of light humor. The notes mix quirks from actors, golfers, and a sly tease of social manners through fleeting cartoons of everyday life.
Glimpses of old Coolgardie life reveal sidelights from early days with a potpourri of recollections for old timers. A company plans two storeys and a 2 credit to Coolgardie club with a large coffee palace, founder’s shares fixed at £50 each, and capital of £171 12 100 shares at 30 shillings. The Perth Ice Co delivered the first consignment. over 10 pounds of ice remained unsold after a heavy demand, showing packing reduced thawing.
The article outlines a 20 000 strong Eucharistic Congress event with a new building at Bayley and Bord streets, Melbourne, featuring a frontage similar to the Melbourne Stock Exchange. It notes tender calls, architects Hermington and Dawker, and promoters Messrs Summers Hayes Dixon and others. also mentions robberies and a public admonition amid local unrest.
The Press Directory by Country Press Ltd of New South Wales says great city papers shape public opinion and support sound enterprises. Local papers schools churches councils and wireless all influence district loyalty and pride, forming broader patriotism and countering parochialism.
Western Australia readers are invited to compete in a Christmas hamper competition organized with local merchants. Entrants must decipher rearranged letters from advertisements, mail solutions to Perth Press Ltd by December 12, with 21 top entries chosen for hampers. Winners announced December 17 and prizes dispatched promptly.
The Osborne Park Agricultural Society annual show on December 7 drew a wide cross section of local citizens including DL Keane J.P. and Jack Tyler. Slovak and Yugoslav residents, notably Consul Mr Marich, participated, with prizes won as the event highlighted the districts industrious agricultural pursuit. The piece recalls early Fremantle Christmas traditions and the colony’s fledgling governance and press, noting the 1833 Perth Gazette era and first Legislative Council.
An OCR fragment describes Belgiums injured King Mave and Australian women, praising Stovalan people as industrious and self-reliant. It notes dairying, fruit and wine making boosting state prosperity, children in state schools, and a Yugoslavian president of Ostorne Park Agricultural Society Mr Guetf driving local progress and hosting dignitaries at a luncheon for MLA Millington and guests.
An American judge voices a blunt take on a domestic dispute scene. He notes the complexity of granting a divorce for a stranger and suggests calling it a town play, while confirming the implied divorce.
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