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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
6
A dated exhortation warns that moderate drinkers set poor examples for sons, leading to alcoholism. It argues sobriety studies moral decline and questions whether liquor boosts industry, citing Henry W. Grady on drink driving souls to judgment and condemning alcohol’s harms to families and society.
A Delicately perfumed preparation named SAURETTE by Dr Northey Maurier promises to remove facial hair in stages. In 48 hours bleached, in 10 days withered and removable. frequent use destroys the root. Claims to be skin friendly with pleasant aroma and potential acne and blemish benefits. Price 10/8 per bottle posted 11/. Sold by Pattinson and Co Sydney with NSW agents.
A Victorian bush woman, Mrs Eady Hart, has spent thirty years extracting dyes from vegetation yielding a wide range of colors. She asserts Australian flora surpasses English and American sources, with eucalyptus and wattle producing greens browns and pinks. Patent rights cover many dyes, and she claims many colors resemble garden flowers more than crude commercial hues.
A historical note speaks of ax use and timber cutting for firewood and building, highlighting valuable wood for priceless dyes. The century may witness a resurgence of natural dyes and the revival of ancient colorings.
An article notes that free nitrogen can enter soil beyond legumes, through bacteria and other processes. It argues nitrogen fixation may occur independently of legumes, stressing microscopic soil life as key to fertility and the need to cultivate land to sustain microbial activity.
A. Barraclough Ltd Opticians of 385 George Street Syduve announces its thirty year regular visits to this town with a forthcoming date. Watch this space or write for date of next visit.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa predicts Canada will supply the world’s wheat until Southern Hemisphere crops arrive in February 1926. It notes a broad survey covering North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, with world production estimates from 22 countries. Europe is seen pulling ahead slightly, the United States and India forecast to drop, and Russia plus the Balkans may export, but Canada remains the primary reliance.
Dr W J Dawes of Montane advocates eating uncooked potatoes at osteopaths conference in London noting four years on such diet left him younger and more energetic. Quoted remarks compare diet to Kean's meat choices for roles, while Dr Conklin of Michigan reports extreme fasting in epilepsy cases with patients sometimes given only water for up to 38 days.
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