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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1909
Page
2
An early holiday shopping notice touts an ideal gift store with presents for all ages and tastes. It highlights gift bags stockings gloves negligees tennis shirts silk shirts and ties in assorted prices and guarantees.
A catalog of handkerchiefs in linen silk and cambric with various finishes and borders plus handkerchief sachets and round Guipure lace collars. Items include linen handkerchiefs in full size with cond edge, silk handkerchiefs, mercerized varieties, cambric pieces with embroidery, and decorative collars priced per piece.
Special sale announces costume stock in Japanese crepes prints and muslins all at seven shillings. Includes belting options for kids metal washing and tinsel with buckles. Holiday outfits for children and prints in Hoyle’s cashmeres 24 to 36 inches. Christmas suit ideas for boys, mat for Xmas charm in every line of our offer.
Local items report payments awaiting from several individuals, plus a Colac Waterworks Trust meeting where tenders to clear the pipeline were opened. Two tenders were accepted for one mile sections, with other sections delayed or over bid, and plan to use day labor to compare costs. Additional notices cover a musical society operetta, a presentation to Mr Geo Stewart, butter exports from Victoria, and local advertisements.
From our Correspondent. The funeral of John Nelson, an old district resident, drew a large procession with about 50 vehicles and horsemen. His sons and two brothers carried the coffin to Cresy cemetery. The Rev G Hay officiated, funeral by T W Bharrow Colac. Floral and industrial exhibition receipts totaled 20 pounds, with over 50 pounds expected for local library. Head teacher Knight captured views of the exhibition for post office display at 6 shillings each.
Thursday market notes indicate a limited turnout with mainly strong to fair conditioned lots. Demand was not very active and prices trended lower with few choice lots selling freely at higher rates.
The Austral Meeting in Melbourne reports results of the Victoria Mile and several heats. Cheatle finishes fourth in heat with Cassidy first. hardt second. Fifth heat sees W Mlean first and Glemcross third. Birth heat has Stephens first and Clinton second. Seventh heat lists Gardner first and Aplin second.
A large crowd gathered for the Chocolyn estate sale at Cayerdown in Victoria. Buyers from near and far bid on 100 acres of party agricultural land and 874 acres of erasing land with prices ranging from several pounds per acre to over £1 per acre for lakefront frontages, the total for 1117 acres reaching £40,717. The auction, led by Mr Thos. Baker with Messrs Dalgety & Co., saw numerous named buyers including M Lead, Donald Miller, P Hally, and J M’Mahon among others, with parcel lots across Camperdown, Terang, Noorat, Warrnambool, and nearby districts. Theauctions highlighted significant interest in land values and development potential in the Camperdown district.
The Melbourne to Sydney motor record fell by 4 hours 19 minutes as Mr G White completed the journey in 21 hours 19 minutes, beating the previous mark by S Kellew. The trip, undertaken with a military despatch, arrived in Sydney and underscored endurance challenges amid rugged conditions and waterlogged miles.
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