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Advertising : 278 wordsThere are many homes where the ingenuity and resource of a housewife have triumphed over limited means in providing articles of equipment, adornment and comfort in dining room, bedroom, kitchen, etc. "The Western Mail" wishes to assist in distributing this knowledge and therefore invites women readers to forward short descriptions of what they have done in. their own homes to overcome the difficulties of living far from organised communities where the ...
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Article : 70 wordsA useful double cooker is easily made from a tall 5lb. jam tin. The edges should be neatly turned down with a pair of pllers. The tin is then placed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 12 Sep 1935, Page 34
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