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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement touts Hornzel ointment as a powerful treatment for eczema psoriasis ulcers and various skin troubles. It claims rapid healing with its emollient and penetrating properties and urges consulting a doctor or ordering from Washington Soul & Co. chemists with price and postage details.
A century ago French scientists created the metric system to simplify measurements across length, volume, money, and more. The metre is the base unit, with a decimal ladder to centimetres, millimetres, kilometres, and related tables. The article argues Britain lags behind and cites U S adoption in 1920 and a shift toward international standards to improve trade efficiency.
A historical summary praises the British Liquor Control Board’s state managed pubs in Carlisle Enfield and Mildexex, noting drastic drops in drunkenness from 1916 to 1917, removal of liquor advertising, and conversion of some hotels to large canteens serving 1000 meals in ten minutes. A Daily Chronicle correspondent described improved exteriors and a meals driven approach. The piece argues Australia should consider similar temperance reform.
Saddlery notice for J R Browngedge of Wellington offering premium reins and related gear. Includes phone contact 208 for orders or inquiries.
An Australian committee promotes Italy's Red Cross funds with Italy Day set for Friday June 28. Donors are urged to support Italy, praised for wartime efforts, with funds to Messrs. Russell French H. W. Massie and Richard Teece at Dalton House Pitt Street Sydney.
A discussion on women wearing knee breeches and riding outfits, praising skirts and traditional femininity. The piece mocks flapper fashion, argues women should retain womanhood, and condemns masculine dress as unconvincing and meretricious. It laments aging in trousers and urges authenticity.
The passage argues that women are unsuited for masculine roles and must accept their traditional sphere. It contrasts a traditional mother with a modern woman in masculine dress, condemns illogical feminine judgment, and warns that women's restlessness and desire for notoriety threaten national hope. It asserts women carry divine motherhood and destiny within defined limits.
A prepared argument argues for selective economic pressure on Germany after WWI, distinguishing punitive trade measures from defense. It warns that German autocracy could turn trade gains into military power and urges business leaders to oppose any policy that sustains armaments or rewards militarism. It stresses that postwar German prosperity depends on foreign markets and cautions against revenge-driven economic schemes.
The note stresses that if Germany continues its military autocracy, the world will unite in business opposition as a self preservation measure. The call targets German business leaders, warning of broad economic consequences and collective countermeasures.
A Daily Mail view of how rationing reshaped morals as husbands recall whispered shopfront deals. The piece cites liver and sausage coupons, secret corners in sausages, and wives joining in shortages, with anecdotes of larder raids and a challenged code of conduct during wartime scarcity.
A notice states that any person found trespassing on Burrandeng without permission will be prosecuted without respect to persons.
An old advertisement promotes Heenzo Hean s Essence based cough mixture sold for cheap and easy preparation, claiming non poison herbal extracts with water and sweetening to treat chest and throat troubles. It also touts Hean s Tonic Nerve Nuts to restore nerve tissue and blood, available from chemists with pricing.
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