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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
4
A Sydney mother recalls her son's severe cold and credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a rapid recovery. The witness, Mrs H Silks of Camperdown, endorses the medicine after doctors' prescriptions failed to help.
Fragmentary ad copy promotes Hynes remedies for liver complaints itching eczema cough toothache and other ailments. It mentions numbers and products like Glarrhoss and stock essence and lists a telephone contact in a faded format.
An advertisement promotes camera and photographic supplies imported from Guineas at five shillings each. It highlights beginner kits, Christmas presents such as manicure sets and grooming items, and lists the advertiser as a family chemist on Murray Street Colac.
Fragmentary OCR text lacks coherent events or identifiable entities. The readable segments mention Ada Wan and a place or organization, but no usable actions, dates, or outcomes are discernible.
The report compiles rising rail details linking Melbourne to Port Fairy with service patterns from Colac to Geelong Birregurra and Beech Forest. It covers timetable changes for Hamilton Cup events and local racing fixtures, plus ship and train connections, with notes on travel between Warrnambool and Colac and exemptions for certain days.
Heavy storms drenched Cairns from Wednesday to Monday, recording 4823 points of rainfall with 1120 on Saturday and 2016 on Sunday. Karunda measured 28 inches over 94 hours, Redlynch 27 inches in 48 hours as transport lines were washed out and property damaged.
A report outlines costs of tenders at 350000 pounds and disputes over arbitration if workers return. It notes the Valkyrie yacht capsized near Manukau Harbour, owners and crew accounted for, and mentions harbor incidents, farming, and port activity along with regional political and university events in Victoria and Western Australia.
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