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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
3
The article describes holiday outfits including a navy and white striped coat with sash sleeves and basque length, crepe de chine fabric, and a belt to cinch the waist. Also includes a pale mauve cambric frock with hip yoke and pleats, sailor collar, white belt, and matching accessories with patent leather magic in a mood of festive wear.
The article offers step by step instructions for handmade fashion items including handkerchief collars cuffs and bath jackets from Turkish towels and embroidery tips. It also provides recipes and cooking methods for asparagus dishes onion stock fish poaching and simple dress care with color restoration techniques.
DIMMEYS promotes authentic fashion notes highlighting value and direct maker imports to cut middlemen costs. The store claims bedrock prices with rail freight paid on drapery parcels, promises satisfaction or refunds, and offers free summer catalog upon request.
Silk specials offered in Crepe-de-Chine and Silk Chint tonhKadiant fabrics with varieties in black ivory saxe blue brown and more. Prices range from 4/6 to 11 yard, with options in 42 inch and 6/6 widths and sample requests noted.
An advertisement touts Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble and backache. It features a user named Mr W Skin of Queenscliff praising the relief after taking the pills and urges sufferers to buy from local chemists or order by mail from Fortef-M’Clellan Co. in Sydney.
The text discusses valuation fees and interest payable every six months at a rate around 64 percent. It mentions mortgage due in two years and converting it, but the wording is garbled and unclear. The piece reads like a distressed advert or notice about loan terms and savings.
A motorcycle or touring car listing notes complete with electric light available. HANCOX, agent for Colac and Birregurra, invites inquiries through TARRANT MOTORS PTY LTD at 104 119 Rosell Street Melbourne. Prices quoted £100 to £105.
The plant base recently received the latest drilling apparatus with inch bore from Accerica. This equipment enhances over ten years of continuous work by the firm. The contract promises full satisfaction and faster, higher quality production with the new machinery.
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