Remnants of Dress Stuffs and Ticking Prices
Fragmentary notes list items like dress fabric, price points, and decorative trims. No clear event or People, but hints at a shop stock or catalog fragment with assorted textiles and notions.
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
3
Fragmentary notes list items like dress fabric, price points, and decorative trims. No clear event or People, but hints at a shop stock or catalog fragment with assorted textiles and notions.
Readable ad copy announces end of season sale on costumes, corsets, bloushes and millinery at Abeurd prices. Promotional wording promises deep discounts this week only with low prices and limited stock.
A lengthy manuscript excerpt discusses dairy cattle development focusing on the male and female dairy cow type, breeding goals, and the impact of nutrition and environment. It contrasts growth, milking potential, and profitability, arguing for a balanced, efficient dairy animal rather than extreme conformation. The author weighs owner intervention versus natural development and notes economic implications for dairy production and meat value.
Local ad for J G Jminstone and Co Furniture Warehouse promoting ready art furniture, linoleum, and seating options at cheap prices. Promises good spring mattresses and coil girders amid garbled lines and misspellings.
An advertisement for Payne's promotes swastika themed jewellery items including brooches bangles and rings with watches and gold pieces. It touts new stock watch sales multiple prices and special engravings while highlighting trusted service and claims of novelty and value. It uses sensational language and targets consumers with price points and product variety.
An assembly at BeecR Forest debated ratepayer representation and political alignment. Mr Corkeril argued for local representation, while Mr Cockerill urged unity and support for the incumbent. The meeting highlighted fears of insufficient reform and called for broader Harrow and Wavcosuttes backing.
The record shows a messy entry from Wampden Shire Council with notes on votes, inquiries, and motions. Mentioned are Lee JC Musifuld, HM Alan Currie, and a Mr John J. Keating amid references to Werneth, Lismore, and Deraiusin. Several committees discuss water supply, land access, and lighting, with references to polls and public halls and road maintenance in Glenormiston and Framlingham areas.
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