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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
4
Auctioneers Brian Buzzaro & Co offer items from Mrs Largle Fleay including lounge suites, dining set, wardrobes, dressers, stoves, beds, radios and more. Sale at Toodyay Hospital at 2 pm on Thursday July 13. Further entries invited.
Last Saturday night a surprise 21st birthday party was held for Miss Beryl Lloyd at the CWA Hall. Relatives and friends attended, dancing led by M. Gibbins, with MC Eric Patten hosting games between dances. Ron Lloyd presented the birthday girl with the key to the door, and cake was cut before a late supper and departure at midnight.
Sorry to hear Mrs. McCracken is in hospital. Noted visitors, new residents Ernie Hodgson and Bowden. birthday for Ken Hawkins. a national service picnic. Mundaring Footballers defeated by Parkerville 12.9 to Mundaring Jr 8.
Parkerville defeated Mundaring by seven points at Parkerville ground in a tight match. Key players like K Clarke D Campbell and A Schoch boosted Parkerville’s bid for Hills side selection on July 16 while Mundaring struggled to curb a late rally.
The article describes a branding fluid using lanolin rosin, stearic acid, and ammonia with pigments. It details preparation steps, proportions, preservatives, and colorants, with guidance from CSIRO Wool Textile Laboratory Geelong. Research aims to enhance branding efficiency and reduce wool loss.
The industry in Western Australia expanded during the war years with an annual catch near 1,000,000 units, about one third of total Australian production. Most crayfish are harvested in coastal waters west and north of Fremantle and off Dongara and Geraldton.
The Herald announces printing services for all requirements. It touts full in house capabilities and quick turnaround for newspapers and commercial work.
BBC report covers an exhibition showing writing from 100 A.D. to present day. It highlights Latin inscriptions on stone, copperplate scripts, Shakespeare's scrawl, wax tablets, goose and turkey quills, Caroline Miniscule, Elizabeth I’s hand, and 19th century steel pens. It notes Edward Johnston’s influence and compares European and Chinese calligraphy.
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