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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
5
Star Motor Garage in Lauchton announces it has purchased the goodwill from Mr O C Shakespears and offers complete engineering work and motor repairs Vulcanising pump repairs and repairs to shearing machines Oars for hire available day or night with quick neat service.
Mrs Violet Ludwick of Rockhampton sends a letter and photo praising Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets for curing her seven year old daughter Doria of thread worms. The testimonial describes severe symptoms including sunken eyes and thinness, relief after treatment, and permission to publish. The product is presented as a vegetable medicine available from chemists and storekeepers or by post from The W H Comstock Co Ltd Sydney.
A correspondent navigates the Alpine spine of Italy's front, describing Monte Pasubio as an Austrian apex facing Italian lines. He tours teleferica tram routes, hutments, and arcane galleries, witnessing Alpini toil, frostbound engineering feats, and a war fought on outcrops with steep grades, dugouts, and snow.
Eyewitness account from the Morning Post details the early morning Dunkirk action on March 21. British destroyers Botha Morris and French destroyers Mehl Mayon Boucher engaged a large German torpedo boat force, sinking a large destroyer, damaging the Botha, and taking prisoners as dawn broke.
A sensational column extols pearls as living gems that gain lustre through continual wear. It cites Gaby Deslys and Mille. Lantelme, notes their tragic fates, and recounts royal and aristocratic use. It also mentions a Paris museum recruiting a healthy maiden to wear exhibits and tyring tales of Tsarina beads revived by wearing near the skin.
A historical weather forecast chart lists monthly signs from July to December 1918. It notes moon phases and predicted conditions such as cold, frost, snow, rain, fair, and wind with cautions that forecasts are provisional within three days of the dates.
Readable parts show church services in Wellington and nearby towns with schedule details including times and pastors. Gaps and garbled names are present, but entries reference Church of England services on Sundays and weekday prayers across several locales such as Wellington, Seaton Ville, Bourne Wow, Curra Creerk, and related clergy.
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