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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
10
An old advertisement touts DERMAX as a skin cream that clears freckles tan and sallow skin while purifying pores to reduce blackheads pimples and blotches. It claims rapid results in weeks and markets a price of 3/1 per jar.
Plans show fourteen proposed shops along Le Talbragar Street Dubbo with twelve foot frontages and an arcade depth of 17 feet 6 inches. Tenants may sign 50 year leases with four percent of rental paid in advance.
Ernest Watt chair of NSW Cremation Co argues cremation is a sanitary, aesthetic and practical advance. He notes early adoption in Adelaide and Melbourne, Sydney’s facility opening, and plans to add a chapel. The firm offers 200 niches for investors with perpetual care and potential returns, promoting rail and road access for country patrons.
The text notes a revised schedule with days allocated as Tuemp Thundays and Saturdays and Mondy Wedfamiay and Fridays, 38-Tuesiy Churdhys and Sat 4-Mondy Wednesdays and Fri. It also advertises home-made eats from the Widen Key, implying a local timetable update and refreshment offerings.
A list of dates and places for W D T A activities across towns including Orange Blayney Parkes Bathurst Wellington Canowindra Lyndhurst Forbes Dubbo Yeoval Geurie Wallington and Walling ton with scheduled meetings and travel in January through June.
A history sketch reports how German naval signals fell into British hands after the Madgeburg mine incident near Odensholm. A German officer escaped, was recovered, and his coded papers were seized by Russians before passing to Britain, aiding the fleet at Jutland.
The Tasmanian Parliament passed a bill limiting interest charges to 10 percent with penalties of fine or imprisonment. The piece argues public sympathy favors borrowers, cites historical examples, and warns lenders to safeguard without overreaching in Tasmania.
The seaside air contains higher ozone levels than cities, yet still infinitesimal. Ozone, a powerful disinfectant, can burn lungs in large quantities though it cleans soot and dust. Discovered in 1785 by du Marum, the term was coined fifty years later by Schonbein for the smell from electric discharge.
A dense list of racing fixtures across New South Wales towns from January to June 1926. Includes Orange J C Bathurst Turf Club Cowra P A and H Mudgee Forbes J C Grenfell J C and many others with dates spanning every month and notes on trustees meetings and show events.
The Wellington Post Office lists daily arrivals from Sydney at 6.40 a.m. and Western towns at 7.10 p.m. with detailed village times by weekday, and closing for departure to Sydney at 6.80 p.m. daily and to Western towns at 6 a.m. daily. It notes Saturday times and indicates certain misspellings and inconsistencies in place names.
A local ad invites readers to revive treasured photos by Eden Studios at 727 George Street Sydney. Open Saturday afternoons and holidays for service.
J G Carveth specializes in motor car painting. Visit Maughan Street opposite the post office for brightening up your vehicle.
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