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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
3
A guide to simple entertaining games for gatherings. Walking The Plank uses a taped path and binoculars for silly poses while Straws and Peas tests suction to move peas between saucers. The piece emphasizes easy, quick games suited to any room and guests.
How big a turkey should serve ample guests for a Christmas dinner. Use 8 to 12 pounds per person, prepare by dressing after cleaning and drying. The article details plucking pinfeathers, washing inside and out, removing the oil sac, and making a dry bread stuffing with celery parsley onion and crumbs, seasoned with salt and savory.
A lively house party plan includes a gown making contest using wallpaper, shoe exchange, and a sheet balancing game with prizes. Additional games involve music and disqualification rules. The piece also outlines turkey dressing and roasting guidance for various sized birds, emphasizing pan roasting, baste timing, and temperature ranges.
In warm climate countries Christmas is celebrated outdoors with sunny weather. Use available decorations to brighten rooms by fresh curtains, polished windows, repaired furniture and clean spaces. Gather flowers and foliage from home or garden, arrange in jars or containers, and place ferns and greens to lift gloom. Focus on a tidy, festive home before guests arrive.
Government halts most annual leave until permission. three holidays allowed Christmas Day Boxing Day and New Year. Substitutions possible December 27 or days for maintenance with Labour Dept approval. Holiday pay in cash, deferments or in lieu, and penalties for noncompliance noted.
Advice on revamping a worn perambulator hood using matching shoe polish. Apply evenly as for shoes, then finish with a clean soft duster for a renewed look.
Instructions describe making a tin airtight by sealing the lid edges with adhesive tape. To reopen and reseal, use the same tape to secure it again. The guidance emphasizes a simple, reusable sealing technique.
A Victorian guest in Perth befriends a hotel clerk who shares a joke about his mother and father having a child who was not his brother or sister. The visitor repeats the riddle in Melbourne, only to reveal the punch line that the hotel clerk himself was the child.
An Albert Park Victoria woman describes relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for a skin condition believed caused by anaemia. The advertisement claims the pills improve blood, nerves, and complexion, offering a remedy for blemishes and pale skin.
Amid heavy rain in Australia a ruined road traps a heavy mining truck. Tom and Ernie toil all night with shovels and saplings to free the machine, enduring cold, fatigue, and a bleak Christmas Eve as dawn nears without relief.
The verse speaks of a beacon guiding through tears and sorrow to safety and peace. A mariner seeks home and kin as the beacon aims to bring light, love, and cheer to weary sailors navigating dark seas toward safe harbour this Christmas season.
Exhausted drivers Ernie and Tom endure freezing rain and fear as they push a truck laden with gifts through mud and saplings. Christmas dawns with sun and renewed resolve to finish deliveries before tea. They race to salvage the presents and reach home by Christmas Day.
Beautiful engraving measures I4 inches by I inch in glorious colours designed to hold a photo of your hero. Post free price 2 shillings 6 pence. Address reads ee 158 Rundle Street Adelaide South Australia for details.
A playful scene centers on a couple using a Christmas turkey wish-bone to exchange wishes. One suggests sharing and a pull contest to grant the larger portion, while the other hesitates to name a wish. The pair test imagination with humorous reluctance before a decisive moment.
An old lady quizzes a postman about last Christmas gift, recalling ninepence and adding threepence to make a shilling. The exchange shows thrift and humor in a period domestic scene.
The Jeho vah's Witnesses, deemed an illegal organization, travel in a 54-strong convoy of dated cars to a Sydney conference. They camp in rain with poor equipment and face probable trouble from authorities after being questioned by Liquid Fuel Control Board officials. Yet they remain cheerful and determined.
The article argues Australia must mobilize all essential industries for total war while avoiding production gaps in food clothing shelter and transport. It warns morale hinges on avoiding malnutrition exposure and notes Australia has easier conditions than some war regions, urging government action without luxury.
Review notes Kylie Tennant’s third novel The Battlers about dole-tramps and rural poverty in Australia. It blends grim themes with moments of humor and follows her prior works Tiburon and Fovoux. War-time edition costs 11/6 in Australia, limiting access to many readers. The book won one of the 2100 S. H. Prior Memorial Prizes from The Bulletin.
Sonny bursts into his father's room after a park ride and declares that Santa Claus should bring him a bicycle this year. He adds that his father should start saving up, indicating a hopeful holiday wish tied to his first cycling thrill.
A worker who was told to take three days off at Christmas arrived a week late. He said two days were snowy and the other two were dull.
Review notes Mrs H H Wilson and Cecil Jas Kelly volumes. Highlights strong patriotism and duty to Empire. Appreciations by Lady Mitchell praise vivid outback life and genuine Australian sentiment. Proceeds from Wilson book donated to patriotic funds. Kelley collection described as authentic and stirring, published by Patersons Press and available through newsagents.
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