Fancy boxed hankies and smart frocks sale
Dozens of fancy boxed hankies priced from 1/11 to 15/6. Box for 2/3. Smart frocks and millinery offered at special Xmas prices. All colors in dainty slippers featured.
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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
13
Dozens of fancy boxed hankies priced from 1/11 to 15/6. Box for 2/3. Smart frocks and millinery offered at special Xmas prices. All colors in dainty slippers featured.
Mr Ireland thanks the Wellington staff for publicity given to the University Tutorial Class lectures. He notes consistent courtesy from the press and extends season’s greetings to students and readers who followed the lectures. He hopes for greater success next year and wishes a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all involved.
Proceedings show debate over water and street fund rates. Members favor maintaining current rate to support repairs and services, while some members push for reductions. President closes meeting with well wishes for the new year.
Large crowd attends St John’s Church of England Sunday School party despite bad weather. The event featured prize presentations to many children for both girls and boys, with books given to every attendee and several children honored for their performances.
A Wellington Sunday School Christmas event at St Johns Anglican Church featured a decorated Presbyterian Christmas tree and multiple presentations. Rev K D Grassick commended long time Sunday School worker Mr G W Nowland and honored May Ay Smith with a suitcase gift while Mrs Nowland received a smoker's table and Mrs Nowland a china plate. Gifts were exchanged, prayers and hymns conducted, and the evening closed with refreshments and Santa gifts for Sunday School children, leaving attendees praising the event as memorable.
Christmas Tidings and Christmas Carols headline a Methodist gathering next Sunday at Wellington Church with a program featuring carols such as See Amid the Winter's Snow Holy Night and Good King Wenceslas. Maronie Taylor to sing The Gift. address on Peace on earth goodwill toward men. Church notices include Christmas services across denominations and a gift drive for needy homes.
Wheat prices climb to five shillings for silo wheat and six shillings onepence for bagged wheat in Wellington. The rise marks a peak not seen since 1913, boosting farmers with higher returns amid favorable weather and heavy stavings in milling operations. Farmers report pleasant surprises as silos fill and output remains strong, with many expecting continued high prices and steady demand into the season.
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