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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
3
A Victorian style instructional piece offers several ways to prepare a ham. It suggests soaking the ham in cold water for days, skimming during boil, adding vegetables and herbs, then glazing with eggs and brown sugar before baking. Alternative methods include wrapping in muslin and baking after boiling to a crisp finish.
This piece reflects on Christmas as more than expense and chores. It champions simple meals, holiday time for the mother, and the true spirit of kindness, remembrance, and renewing bonds with friends and faith. It urges spreading goodwill to those near and departed alike.
A festive Christmas message speaks of happiness independent of money troubles and social gaiety, urging all to enter into the true spirit of the season. The text ends with a wish of a truly happy Christmas to everyone.
The Australian Red Cross urges strict adherence to mail rules for POW correspondence. Only plain cards andUnmounted personal photos are allowed. Christmas and pictorial cards are banned to avoid delays. Letters and parcels may be handed in at any post office and sent free by regular mail. Stamps for airmail must be enclosed inside the envelope.
Thousands of Scottish herring lassies and kipper workers face reduced demand as wartime fishing fleets shrink. The Hebridean crews weave tweeds and gut and salt catches for export, mainly to Germany, Poland, and the Baltic, while wartime shifts reallocate labor and fore tell a quieter season ahead.
A reader writes to advertisers asking them to mention this paper in their notices. The message appears as a brief reader note requesting ad inclusion and visibility.
A recipe lists ingredients including grated apples raisins sugar ground ginger lemon rind and juice suet currants and brandy with instructions to mix boil bake and store in jars. Dough uses short crust pastry cut into rounds pressed into patty pans baked very hot until crisp.
Recipe describes a nut galantine using potatoes mixed with ground nuts carrot onion celery herbs and egg bound with butter. The mixture is steamed two hours wrapped in cloth, then coated with breadcrumbs and served cold with salad or hot with gravy.
A recipe instructs mixing four heaped tablespoons of cornflour with cold milk then adding two cups of boiling milk and boiling eight minutes. It then adds half a cup of honey and a pinch of salt, pours into a mould to cool, and serves with chopped nuts and cream or custard.
The text discusses parasitism in livestock, noting how intestinal worms harm sheep by lowering growth and production. It describes symptoms such as scour, loss of condition, coughing, and poor wool, and mentions post-mortem findings and treatment with copper sulfate mixtures.
Agricultural note explains carburetor jets and safe cleaning practices and details parasite life cycles in sheep. It covers mixed worm infections, key species like Haemonchus contortus, and emergency drench recipes using bluestone and nicotine sulphate with dosages for adults and lambs. It also gives drenching technique to avoid windpipe entry and cautions on carbon tetrachloride use.
A Kalgoorlie mother testimonials her daughter’s recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports improved appetite, sleep, energy, and color in lips and cheeks, claiming the pills enrich the blood and ease faintness. The ad targets mothers with pale, nervous daughters and those feeling run down.
The speaker rejects overseas conscription while defending Australia and its investments. He argues a citizen army could deter invaders, noting seven million Australians, allies, and wartime endurance would hinder any foe and that ALF soldiers have shown gallantry in past wars.
The piece argues that as Japan entered the war the term Chacko became unacceptable and stresses that all who wear uniforms deserve respect. It notes that home forces were vital and that ALF members had various motives, some volunteering to avoid civilian duties while others remained non fighting.
A reader letter criticizes luxuries for odds-layers and urges fuel use curtailment during wartime. The writer mocks opulent transport to races while emphasizing hardship from shortages and calling for restraint rather than abolition.
Tommy visits a farmhouse and declines tea coffee and soda. The old farmer then asks for whisky and soda, but Tommy again declines. The exchange captures a quiet rural moment with restrained hospitality.
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