12 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1899
Page
1
A period fashion sale ad features price cuts on blouses skirts costumes and hats. It lists items like new blouses, skirts, petticoats, and printed pinafores with varied prices, plus a display of hats and trimmings and mentions a great value fair for ladies accessories and fabrics.
A catalog of rusticated toys and goods with prices and descriptions. Items include Rubber Dolls Jointed Dolls Sleeping Dolls Climbing Monkeys Money Boxes Lotto Bets Plocka Ad Watches Chinese Lanterns Accordion Concertinas Crinkled Paper Colors Wooden Burrows Tal Wooden Hobby Horse Wicker Doll Prims Boys Wicket Sets Horses Cricket Hats Trains Sand Sipes Iron Sand Carts Kettle Drama and various Christmas Tree Ornaments and drawing slates listed with price marks.
Nine crates of Crockeryware and three cases of Glasses opened direct from English potteries. Includes Dinner and Tea sets, Plates, Basins, Toilet Sets, Vegetables Dishes, and Saucers at very low prices. Also Fancy Glassware, Teapots, Electro Plated Ware, Trays, and Cutlery advertised as cheap gift options.
After a long pause Bir Georgpn White pushes a policy of frequent raids. Sir Archibald Hunter leads Natal Volunteers in a night assault on Lombard's Kop capturing a Maxim gun and destroying a six inch gun. The 10th Hussars strike at Pepworth's Farm, burning rails and cutting telegraph lines with no British casualties.
Fragmentary European telegrams note capital flows reaching 28,000,000 and rising concern over political shifts in the United States and Britain. The text references talks of mokepolion under tithes of Luate and diesel-related military considerations, with sparse mentions of Sir Soames Setesh and regisands.
Teams representing Colie and feo gurra clubs met on the local green Saturday. The visitors batted first and managed runs, with M'Callum and Wri Baum contributing. several players were out or run out while others idle during afternoon tea. Notable bowlers included Elvery and Jame with several dismissals, and the final tally left both sides seeking improvements in the field.
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