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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
2
Advertisers claim the Alfa Laval cream separators see high demand over the past year, with frequent stock shortages despite occasional inventories of up to a thousand units. Customer satisfaction is highlighted as the strongest endorsement.
Older residents of Coffs Harbour and Dorrigo Advocate praise Alfa Laval machines as reliable and well guaranteed. Friends report high performance of the Alfa Laval cream separators and milking equipment, with local agents Waugh and Josephson in Sydney supplying models and support.
A verse laments the Baby Bonus Bill and rising taxes touching every item from nightgowns and bottles to sugar and curtains. The speaker questions where fivers and wealth will come from, noting heavy taxation and the reach of foreign monopoly through the Custom House.
A garbled report notes Hi BL preasoner loner George Reid planned a trip to Australia by way of his daughter's saloon in Sydney. The statement is unclear, with conflicting remarks about leave and timing.
The farm manager notes paspalum becomes poor feed once matted and destroys other flora. He advises breaking up five year old pastures to sow clover and mix rye grass, cockle, and clovers. After several cultivation seasons paspalum can be laid down with improved feeding value and less effort from farmers.
Miss Ding of Fullington Estate at Victor Harbor discovered a limestone growth encrusting a recently submerged timepiece on October 15. The watch face remained visible with glass intact though the outer bands rusted, suggesting the watch had lay beneath the sea for about forty years.
Chaotic OCR text describes waste paper for sale by an Advocate office and mentions a £25,000,000 loan floated in Europe. It hints at an official inquiry into affairs and contains garbled boilerplate and stray phrases about officials and labels, with no coherent narrative or clear person or organization details.
A dairy note highlights Jamey from the Yanco herd yielding butter and milk records. The cow born 1910 produced a first calf in 1912 and, by Oct 31, delivered 125 pounds of butter in a period, about 2.46 pounds weekly and 17 pounds daily.
A garbled report says the Mayor of Cowra was lured on a walk and fell into a spooned hole in darkness. Witnesses recall a chaotic scene with threats and indignation.
A giant four machine harvester built by Mesary, Iman and Sone for Young and Ralli of Young N. S. W. uses three independent electric motors powered by a 430 cubic inch tractor generator. The 25 foot comb and three rake sections strip and clean 0 to 720 bags daily, aiming to harvest vast wheat fields at Young with a machine believed to be the largest of its kind.
If you suffer with nerves or not drink plenty of cold water between meals. Doctors and nurses alike say it helps and you will feel better and look better. Drinking up to a quart daily aids in clearing the complexion.
A reader from Auborn Road, Acbern Vie, reports severe bowel trouble and persistent pain. They claim Chamberlain’s Coke and Tarrhoms Remedy provided complete relief after two doses and express ongoing reliance on the remedy.
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