From The Australian Christian Commonwealth – 24 December 1937…
Nothing like leaving Christmas shopping to the last minute 
Ideas for Christmas gifts in the 24 December edition of the newspaper.
The older newspapers have very different adverts in them than we see today
From ‘The Australian Christian Commonwealth‘ – 17 December 1937…
80 years ago a new window was installed in the Payneham Road Church (now Payneham Road Uniting Church), recognising the role of women in the church.
The full article can be read at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214675916
From ‘The Australian Christian Commonwealth’ – 7 December 1917…
One hundred years ago last week, the paper published advice on how to keep cool in hot weather. The article provided some interesting advice on how to keep cool – including bathing as often as possible (at least twice a day), and wearing “just as little as the law allows” (which made me think that the law has probably changed, or at least society’s ideas of what might be considered ‘decent’ or not 🙂 )
You can read the full article at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214065372
With very hot weather in Adelaide today (13/12 – predicted 38degC) I thought this was more appropriate to share than last week when the temperature here was only in the mid 20s
From The Australian Christian Commonwealth – 7 December 1917…
News of the celebration of the recent 3rd anniversary of the Rose Park Methodist Church now Gartrell Memorial Uniting Church
Congratulations on your recent church anniversary 100 years on