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Newspaper

Colac Herald

Location

Colac, Victoria, Australia

Date

Aug 23, 1911

Page

4

Colac Shire Council Minutes August Meeting Proceedings

Colac Shire Council notes dated Monday August 21 discusses correspondence on land planning for Aire parish. blasting by laws to protect quarrymen. requests for Beach Forest and Apollo Hay matters. loading facilities at Colac station. dangerous road conditions to post offices. telephone line to Carlisle. railway lamination and bridge repairs. scrub clearing on Calder River. dangerous roads near Barra munga Creek. lamp at railway gates. stone drainage and boundary work. thistles enforcement. steep Tryan's Hill condition. and drainage costs for Duverney Street.

Prescott Cre Hamsay Aire Margaret Sullivan Public Works Department Beach Forest Apollo Hay W Cockerell Railway Department Calac Bkene Carlisle Shire of Tambo Minister of Railways Baker Meredith Lunacy Reform League Somatic Asylumsa Ce Tohnetone Goo Peep Dene Cr Hathcock John M'Namara Barramninga Barramunga Tanfork W. FT. Hamilton Apolle Hay Apolle Bay Calder River Meredith Mar Trayncock Othe Hancock Beech Forest Mingawalla Hue Meesre Mguire Trew Cy Parnan Colin Po Robertson Tarkeith Warracharunah Teeac Weenme Barnard R. M'Master Eurack Atine Fen W. White Bureck Mount Haase J. Jang W. Winter Oy Barnard Dr Pink EB. BR. Davie J. Gangell Creasey Duverney Street Cr Barnard Te Cr Bath Clarke Tleth Martin's Tryan's Hill M'Lennan

Public Works and Road Requests Dominate Colac Council Meeting

Colac shire council heard residents urge repair of Swan Marsh to settlement road and asked for estimates. Other notices included library funding, new footbridge pauses, and talks on electric light shares locally. The lake Colac level and drainage issues drew urgent debate.

Corangamite Cr Mathews Alan T. Latham Swan Marsh Progress Association M.lennan Mathews W. F. Corrigan Wangerrip Saking Edation R. Ford Colac Johnstone Benonded Fulton Carled Lincolne M‘dougall Colao Melbourne Mwherler Smith Lake Rowing Club W. Sheedy Jnmr Piiminyt Pita Aepente Qeborne Colac Rifle Club Fenon DT. M'Tlennan Everard Trowne Rarame Cr Roker Seerstare Colac P A. Secir Dake Steng M. Gilmartin Fr Repaira Baker Min Albert Pink Beene Cressy Progress Association Minister of Public Works Uest Geelong Cessen Ur Baker Barnard P. Whelan Gerangamote Ace Grant Mombera Irving Srivel Callmatoe M. Jurne Bowen’s Hill J. A. Hindean Cornrooke Hin Place Etitione M'Lennan Wilson Marter Warrian Hancock Skene Fac Florwasbury Goeach Teene Weering Corangamit Lake Colac Colan Public Works Department T. Rowe Messrs O. M. Danks J. R. A Ce Oie Larpent Sr. Tewillipe M'Conchie Elliminyt Monkers Adonand

Pantomime Attracts Children With Deep Sea Tale

Mr. Frank T. Bullen entertained a large child audience at the Imperial Institute with Down in the Deep a natural history themed pantomime. He spoke on jellyfish as life’s base, the paradox of self division, and showcased Deep-Sea People at Home murals including the cuttlefish noting its single daily meal and four hours of sweating.

Frank T. Bullen Imperial Institute

Prevalent Type of Girl Declared A Calculating Beacon

A quoted passage from James Douglas in London Opinion warns against a growing type of girl he calls calculating. He describes her as a cold realist who treats romance like a useful profit tool, viewing love as a nuisance unless it yields motorscars diamonds pearls or other practical gains.

Dream Walsea James Douglas London

Politics and Pugilism in a Gentle Town

The mild Mr Mopps, content under his wife, indulges politics as a weakness. A local bazaar, teasing rivals, and bitter banter erupt into a fight when a blow lands, glasses break, and a tense scene unfolds amid family and neighbors.

Mr. Mopps Lo Oever Mopp Ucehead Sumia

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