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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
4
The text outlines 1911 and 1913 revenue figures, projected expenditures, and deficits with defense and postal costs rising. It discusses a push for Australian protectionist policy, constitutional amendments, and proposed mechanisms for initiative and referendum to empower voters in shaping federal legislation.
Colac Herald announces a colossal daily sale offering fresh bargains on a wide range of domestic goods. Numerous household items including dinnerware, teapots, glassware, brushes, lamps, and jewellery are offered at deep discounts with prices per item listed and emphasis on cash savings. Address note omitted.
The article outlines that packets may be sent by post without a cover and without adhesive seals, with open at one end or side. The cover may show the sender's name and address and the word sample or pattern. Packets may be tied but may be opened by officers for examination and reclosed. Samples of needles or frogs must use bags or boxes securely fastened and easily undone. In UK addressed items may be sent in closed transparent bags. If conditions are met, packets are treated as paid letters for various destinations including Australian States and British Protectorates.
In Berlin, the Kaiser reached a settlement with tenant Bohs over an eviction tied to rebuilding costs not covered by the lease. The court in Elbing had ruled the eviction illegal and upheld the lease. Bohs will receive £6000 for his lease and the Order of the Crown of the Fourth Class.
Revised timetable lists passenger trains from Western District centres to Melbourne. Details cover departures and destinations, outlining new schedules for the route to the state capital.
Local OCR fragment lists Beech Forest Colac Barongarook Kawarren and other place names along a regional route. The read shows scattered references to towns and a possible note about a timetable or note related to Ditch and Barongarook.
A concise critique arguing that rural and urban speech reflect not inherent virtue but the shaping of master minds. It cites Maria Edgeworth on police court vernacular and exposes how authentic speech can resemble a farce of literary style rather than simple rustic or urban talk.
A historical overview of kola, its stimulating properties, medicinal uses, and geographic spread. It describes the seed as the source of caffein, its stimulant and tonic effects, diuretic value, and role in early European trade, noting cultivation from Sierra Leone to the West Coast and debates about its quality and preparation.
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