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Newspaper
Warrnambool Standard
Location
Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1918
Page
2
At Hobart Synagogue diamond jubilee celebrations the Flag of Judah is shown in Australia for the first time. Made by Rabbi Morris, the blue and white flag features a central blue emblem of two inverted crossed triangles. A similar flag recently flew from Jerusalem’s Tower of David by Brith government courtesy.
A moral riff urges paying debts and keeping promises while also showing compassion. A young policeman warns an elderly offender at the station entrance with a wry exchange about a familiar path. A gypsy fortuneteller warns of someone crossing your path, and a motorist jokes about warning the other chap.
Local advertisement from HYLANDS Sennitts Freezing Works calls for 20 000 units for export with a promise of the highest market hate and guaranteed pricing and requests readers to send for a price list.
A reader is urged to check the date on Ro-bah tea packages to ensure freshness. The message praises the tea as wholesome and extraordinary and notes the printed date shows when the batch was sent.
A fragment argues love as power but warns silence and measured speech. advises giving others chances and avoiding needless explanations. An Oldest Inhabitant quips about aging and locals noting patent selling firms negotiating with him.
For terms or any other information concerning the companys please call or write Samtel Cooke Chief Manager J M Carroll Assist Manager.
A Royal Agricultural Society display planned for early September will showcase ploughing by double engine, steam traction, and motor tractors. Trials include a two hour brake test, a dynamometer pull, fuel and water use measurements, and sealed tractor tests under steward supervision. Enthusiasts may apply for limited Government Farm picnic accommodation.
A collage of dialogue and maxims on war stress love liberty and wisdom. Lines include soldiers visiting a hospital grave, a grieving wife, and reflections on happiness duty doubt and human limits. The piece folds humor philosophy and wartime tension into brief exchanges and quotes.
An advertisement urges parents to avoid dangerous cough mixtures for children and to use Hean ZO herbal cough remedy with warm water, claiming a pint yields ready-to-use medicine. It also promotes Hean’s Tonic Nerve Nuts for nerve fuel and blood, sold in bottles and cans by retailers and direct from Sydney.
A reflective garden column explains starting with ABC on soil. It contrasts old versus new ground, explains humus benefits and risks, and offers a simple test to estimate humus content. The piece touches on manuring, lime use, and practical gardening cautions amid wartime austerity.
Letters from Australian sufferers praise Warner's Safe Cure for chronic rheumatism with pain relief and better sleep after use. The testimonials claim rapid improvement, recovery, and renewed mobility, noting success in multiple cases before endorsing the product sold in 6 shillings bottles and cheaper 2 shilling 6 pence concentrated form.
The writer urges attention to soil and fertilizer strategies as planting season arrives. He notes limited space to discuss the topic but emphasizes the importance of careful soil preparation for success.
The page lists Potato Soup Kidney on Toast Stuffed Potatoes and Stewed Prunes with step by step preparation. It describes ingredients such as potatoes milk onion celery parsley butter flour salt pepper and touches on methods including sieving boiling and baking. It also includes instructions for prunes soaking and syrup preparation served with cream or custard.
The War Savings Movement urges Australians to donate £40,000,000 to the Treasury for ongoing war effort. Despite hopeful France news, morale needs bolstering as troops fight abroad and reinforcements lag. Citizens are urged to subscribe to the Seventh War Loan or buy War Savings Certificates to sustain liberty and victory.
A reflective note compares growth to a tree with roots spreading far underground and branches stretching high above, emphasizing memory and long term aims as a weefol thing.
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