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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1942
Page
1
The notice urges using the paper's printing office for publicity materials including posters handbills and admission tickets. It argues that professional printing creates a favorable first impression and that the small cost is outweighed by superior results.
The notice explains rates for personal thanks letters and statements at four pence per inch per insertion. It covers fire flood sporting patriotic and church announcements in events with admission charges. Announcements of events follow the same rate and balance sheets or accounts incur the same 4d inch charge.
Fragmented ad style note urges readers to use Doan's Ointment for relief from torment and suggests Doan's Ointment can heal quickly. The text pushes avoiding substitutes and claims rapid comfort.
Printed and published by W. M. Ferguson for the United Press at Railway Terrace Snomalling Western Australia.
The Live Stock Bulletin warns of scarce potatoes pork beef cheese and eggs as war draws labor from farms. Drought and labor shortages push producers to hire more workers, while looming American demand raises the nation's farming burden and highlights need for increased machinery use and efficiency.
In a solemn tribute a poem honors H M A S Sydney and her crew. It laments their deep sleep beneath the sea and salutes their sacrifice. The verse promises their memory will glow like gold and guide future hearts as stars over the harbour.
Cpl. Sid Sinclair and Cpl. Mack Verguson from Toodyay, prisoners from Crete, report in messages via families. Mack writes from Kriegefangenenlager Germany on April 4 expressing well being, recalling snow and hope for a quick return. The passage also covers India’s war timber orders and New Zealand and Canada wartime efforts and rubber restrictions.
A minimum charge of 2 shillings and 6 pence is required for inserting an engagement notice with an additional 6d per line if the notice exceeds five lines. Notices must be signed by both parties.
Driver A Flanders left Toodyay on Tuesday for three months. Fireman Ingliss left Toodyay on Friday for Southern Cross. Driver W Coombes of Northam is relieving Flanders at Toodyay.
Mrs Betsy Selina Bywaters aged ninety six died Monday at Toodyay after long residence in Goomalling district. She came to Australia as a child with her parents in Victoria and farmed in WA until 1921. Survived by daughter Florence Haywood Toodyay and family. Funeral held at Goomalling St Pauls Church of England service at 2.30 pm. Pallbearers named H Royal G Anstey G Powell W H Eaton W Haywood F Lewis.
Leeds, an historic inland industrial hub, again cheers Australia as Dr. Evatt and Mr. Churchill visit. Evatt praises Leeds children and replies that Australia shares in total war. The city, famed for woollens, houses heavy industries and, despite wartime raids, remains resilient.
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