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Newspaper
Camperdown Herald
Location
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text contains scattered names, places, and events without coherent narrative. It reads as a jumble of sentences mentioning dates, locations, people, and activities, but lacks a discernible single event or clear context to summarize into a cohesive news item.
Notices from Australia report illness forcing the Warrnambool Futurists to postpone their Camperdown engagement on December 13. A Victorian mother, Mrs G Parker, learns her son Private Charlie Parker has been killed after previously being listed missing since April 7. Parker, 26, enlisted February 6 1916, served in key battles including Ballecourt, and is survived by another son, Private Samuel Parker, on native service. Flats of sympathy are shown as a gun salute and tributes in Parker’s honor.
Fragmentary OCR notes name suppliers and retailers including Campersdown and J Hooke, with mentions of stockists and storekeepers in other districts.
An Irish contractor takes his father from Ireland to San Francisco to see the Presidio and the soldiers. The old man, unfamiliar with the new city, asks about the officers quarters and the cook house, mistaking sights for palaces and pondering sunset at a school treat.
John McGuinness was charged with using insulting words in City Court. John James Clark and the accused argued the remark expressed a wish that Billy Hughes be translated to a happier sphere. The bench adjourned for a week to determine the intended meaning of the wish.
A noon Monday fire at Bloges chemical works in South Melbourne caused extensive damage and destroyed several buildings. An explosion in the laboratory is suspected, with many employees likely to be laid off.
The auditor has completed the audit for the Shire of We Shire and the auditor's report is printed and available at the Camperdown Council Office. A council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday December 1 1930 to examine and settle the fundaments and accounts.
A discussion on atoms and molecules explaining how matter forms by molecular motion and creation. It links micro scales to large structures and suggests eyesight limits. then shifts to health claims for Warner's Safe Care and Warner's Late Care as kidney remedies with testimonials.
Farmers across Australia spent large sums on Deering and McCormick grain drills and later bought Desringas and McCormicks after observing rivals. The International Harvester Co of Australia promotes easy terms and broad national distribution with catalogs by post.
Hotels and Stones CT Ltd offered unlimited aerated waters and cordials with own bottle works and three large Australian factories. They urged traders to arrange regular supplies amid current Australian conditions and requested price lists.
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