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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1921
Page
4
Fragmented ad style text lists clothing items and brands amid garbled phrases. Mentions drapery boots prints ribbons suits and various product names, with scattered vendor terms and prices. No clear event or narrative, but a dense catalog-like advertisement from a bygone era.
A public notice announces that all electrical maintaining and repair work for Magnatising Magnets, Alvo Intex Restoring and Truing Machinery to Ford Cylinders will be supervised by the undersigned. The notice requests all interested parties to recognize the author’s supervision rights and responsibilities.
District news from Albury to Euroa records property sales in Albury with Beechworth trials for theft and perjury, a large Beechworth fish catch, identity of a deceased at Cosgrove, Euroa rail and balmattum issues, drought era water worries in Goulburn valley, and local civic notes on schools and industry with personnel changes and honours.
The report records butter fat price averages and milk yields, with profits of £548 15s. J M Wood and Tomes Ferguson appointed directors replacing J Stewart and John Marks. Yarrawonga notes include heavy rain, crop prospects, A P Society funding, and local club secretary and captain appointments.
Sir Joseph Cook questions revenue growth while Kilmore holds a three month water supply. Ses foulm wreck reported near Thursday Island with crew rescued. Thieves use duplicate keys to rob Seven Hills post office of £160. Noted deaths include H M O Har a Portsea surgeon aged 67. Vittoria to Adelaide leak prompts oil blowout attempt. Roma oil bore 4000 feet deep. Chicago mail robbery yields nearly £200,000. robbers fled in car. Ex-Emperor Charles confined in Lucerne after failed bid. NSW Premier Stores in ill health in London. Charlie Chaplin planning remarriage after divorce. May Collins 17. Hooper and Farris found after sea drift. Mrs Mort cleared of murder by insanity claim. King to open Ulster Parliament. Rebels rob bank at Charleville, Mayo for £5000. Heavy rains sweep Northern South Australia with 3 inches at Hesso and 11 inches at Wilmington. Quorn and Port Augusta report nyo inches.
The Dookie Agricultural College reports in March that conditions are dry and warm, suitable for farming after February rains. Classes and on site work are in full swing with 25 returned soldiers in training for land settlement, and a busy farm program including wheat, oats, barley, and pulses. The report covers weekly milk yields, seed wheat selection, and emphasis on stronger varieties and plant improvement amid summer rains and disease resistance concerns.
The Rev William Goyen led a Sunday service at St Andrew’s celebrating the Sunday School anniversary. He preached on the importance of the child using Luke 9 47, urged reader to seek the heart of Christian life, noted churches rely on child outreach to sustain congregations, and praised kindergarten work and youth programs in Nar a Street and Port Melbourne.
Safebreakers at the Auditorium Picture Theatre Melbourne on Wednesday night stole £19 in cash. Thieves reportedly hid during the show, then blew open a strong-room and forced a safe in the manager's room before fleeing via the front entrance. In a separate case, Koorman Tomayeff, the Russian charged with murder at Riverton, appeared in Adelaide for trial after the death of William Crowhurst.
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