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Newspaper

Colac Herald

Location

Colac, Victoria, Australia

Date

Aug 15, 1913

Page

4

Rural school reform and agricultural high school movement

The piece argues that state school programs are overloaded with nonessential topics and should focus on life-ready skills. It highlights growing support for Agricultural High School training to equip youths for farming, noting rapid social changes, the spread of daily newspapers, and the need for modern farm education and machinery literacy.

Austin Wilber State Normal School Wisconsin U.S.A Texas Farmer Nist Gamsi Pitas Meo

Machinery Replaces Simple Harvest in Modern Farm Life

The article argues that traditional manual farming has given way to machinery and electrical power. It stresses the need for mechanical knowledge, school training, and scientific methods to keep soil fertility and farm profitability. It warns that early success on a farm now hinges on formal education and adaptability to evolving agricultural tech.

Aiaey Bee Roth Amin

Mails Closing At Colac and Nearby Lines

Post schedule lists mail closings for Colac and towns including Beech Forest, Wogan, Bangor, Campedown, Camperdown, Warrnambool, Mortlake, and Lorne. Specifies daily and midweek run times, with TPO cutoffs around 6.15 pm and late afternoon/evening departures to Warrnambool, Port Fairy, and other stops. Obscure OCR text notes late fees for postage and insurance attachments.

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Regular Auction Sale of Farm Produce at Gellibrand Street

An auction sale of produce including potatoes grain chaff and grass seed will be held at the new auction rooms on Gellibrand Street on Thursday.

Gellibrand Street Ivory Thursday Lyell Maneres

Crowes to Colac and Forrest to Birregurra Train Schedules

Inland timetable snippet outlining multiple rail routes in Victoria. Crowes Beech Forest Colac service details with daily and Tuesday times, stops at Beech Forest, Ditchley, Vanamint, Kawarten, Barongarouk, and others. Birregurra Forrest services on Tuesdays to Fridays and Mondays/Saturdays variations, plus Forrest to Birregurra and coach connections to Lorne and Barra munga. Public notice style timetable with scheduled departures and arrivals.

Beech Forest Crowes Beech Forres Daly Colar Coram Werepik Datt Pm P.m. Keworten Diye Danae Wat Abo Hamid Winlon Deewitt BAT Stehley Birregurra Forrest Birregurta Forest Birregutta Dean Marsh Maresh Barramunga Apollo Bay Lispan Deany Marsh Lorne Deans Maresh

Overstock Sale Promises Deep Discounts on Footwear

A local overstock sale advertises drastic reductions across men’s women’s and children’s footwear including leggings, ankle strap shoes, dressy ladies boots and kid shoes. Prices are slashed to clear inventory with marks like 10/6 and 7/6, urging customers to inspect the stock.

Gente

Battering Down the Walls of Hell Debate

Festor Russell of the London Tabernacle denounces the traditional hell as a Bible tomb state of death to be destroyed by resurrection. He argues future punishment ends and presses Christ’s kingdom, urging judgment on church views while inviting readers to study his printed refutations.

Festor Russell London Tabernacle Jesus Thia Pau St. Paul Élavra Sinaely Adam Hadea Hedea Satan Hght Cardinal Newman Geil la Meyer

Vials Great Peppertoint Cure for Coughs and Colds

A period notice proclaims a peppertoint cure named Vials Great Peppertoint Cure promises relief for coughs and colds at the price of 1/6.

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