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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1912
Page
2
Saturday market notes record current quotations for flour oats maize potatoes onions and chalk with ranges in pounds shillings and pence. Declines or gains are not specified but price bands show wide variation across goods including flour at £9 per ton and onions at £11 to £11 10 per unit.
Health warning about kidney function and poisoning from waste buildup. Advertises Nyal's Kidney Pills as a quick remedy and urges prompt treatment to avoid health decline. Mentions prices 1/6 and 2/6 and claims doctors approve compounded prescriptions.
A Colac chemist identified as Mary Sereet faced examination following a Palepagte incident. W Woerelen and EnEgorletion-Chemist were cited in the proceedings, with details outlining the sequence leading to the inquiry.
An old advertisement touts relief for piles claiming the ailment taunts sufferers and persists. It then offers a “sample tin” remedy priced at 1/6. The copy also promotes Bull’s Eye cough remedy that supposedly targets the illness directly.
Notices describe loan terms on farms from £50 to £9000 at 4 percent interest with reductions for principal and freehold security. Details mention mortgage deeds, half yearly charges, and repayment options. Information appears in a business notices section with agent contact through postal offices.
The death is reported of Mary Solingen relict of the late Togeh W Solingen and mother of Tatil é6.8 Andrew and Norman Solingen aged 63 years. The funeral will leave Norman Johnson’s residence Pollock Street this Monday afternoon at 4:40 for interment at Colac Cemetery. T. W. Sharrow undertaker.
The Colne police court ordered W Staveng to face oral examination on debt, returnable May 10 with costs. Ada Beasley won a maintenance order against Charles O Neill for a legitimate child, with weekly payments and a surety of 395. costs recorded.
Reported from New York the Cunard liner Carpathia reached the disaster scene with Titanic survivors aboard. The ship went down after hitting an iceberg at 11 40 Sunday night, with lifeboats insufficient for all. The Carpathia began rescue operations as relatives waited ashore. A Senate inquiry was urged to examine the disaster and survivors' accounts. The Titanic carried about 2140 people including 439 Irish passengers, and the carpathia rescued 710 survivors. The anniversary service at Colack Methodist Church featured a sermon on following Christ and free will.
Reports say the Carpathia did not relay messages or provide aid details. Survivors describe chaotic lifeboat launches and inadequate crew action. The New York Times blames mismanagement while officials seek accountability for delays and searchlight failures.
The Titanic disaster claims Charlen Melville Hayes president of the Grand Trust Hallway System of Croatia, believed lost after last communication. Rescue scenes show exhausted steerage passengers, many underdressed, weeping as relief arrives. charities assist survivors amid public outcry over delayed wireless pleas for rescue.
Eyewitness accounts from New York on Friday describe Daniel Marvin of New York on his honeymoon and Oscar Meyer pleading for his wife before being separated as the Titanic sank. Colonel Archibald Gracie recounts clinging to debris and guiding others to a yawning sea of ice.
A reader proposes Colac Hospital Union a membership lottery to raise funds with white red and blue class tickets for men women and children. Prizes total a£10 5 2 and goods from local shops. The plan includes patient participation and oversight by public officials.
Sporting notes report a Geelong Racing Club committee meeting considering race dates for the next year with aims to secure two Batumioys and enhance the July 0 fixture with Watertee Cup alignment. South Perryburnbe races saw Wounderlea win the Hardin Race and Seslie Lonsdale win the Pony Race. Cup results list Tatreo first, Tops ter second, Curleo third. Golf notes outline Northourdey and mixed fourballs with ground draws and course remodelling by the greens committee.
In Colac Police Court on a Friday the case John Whitters v James Thwaites concerned a contract to supply gum wood and messmate at agreed rates. Whitters delivered two loads totaling four tons to Thwaites, who paid part of the sum into court. Thwaites claimed the contract covered pind and whether delivery occurred as agreed at Barongareek and Coloc.
Farmers in the Western District and Kyneton join forces with the Ovens and Murray co operative Bacon Curing Co to boost bacon factory plans. Large attendance from Wangaratta and regional farmers signals strong backing and broad collaboration among districts.
Professor Arthur Keith notes a skeleton found in chalky boulder clay at Ipswich, exposed by pit workers. He compares it with the Galley Hill man, placing Ipswich earlier, and discusses tibia features as a potential evolutionary marker.
The death occurred yesterday in Colac of Mrs Jolmson aged 63. Born in Kilmarnock she had lived in Colac for many years. The funeral will leave the residence of her son Mr Norman Pollock on Monday afternoon at 3 40 for the local cemetery.
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