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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1914
Page
3
An excerpt follows Eric Dacres as he travels with Inspector Jenkin’s group amid riotous huts and a moonlit outburst. A night ambush erupts as police and mounted men clash in a scene of pursuit and gunfire.
Eric endures a brutal ambush by Katfirs as horse and rider flee through a clearing toward the river. He fights off attackers, loses a comrade, and, wounded, desperately seeks safety with unease about pursuit and help from hidden allies.
In dawn light Eric reunites with Georgus Unygarth after a river ordeal. They aid a wounded companion and evade Kaffir pursuit, planning to cross the river toward Dulawayo while sharing a tense, trust-testing confession.
A sketch of pioneering war reporters including William Simpson and Villiers. It notes Simpson’s Franco Prussian War sketches and Afghan War work, Villiers’ campaigns from Serbia to Russo Japanese War, and Sir William Howard Russell’s Crimea and global coverage with Times influence.
The piece profiles Archibald Forbes and other famed war correspondents including Le Sage and Lennet Burleigh. It notes Forbes wartime dispatches from the Franco Prussian War and Russo Turkish War, his Danube ride, and Plevna battles. Burleigh is highlighted for a Joubert interview and bold front line reporting in the South African conflict.
The plantain offers cheap, hearty sustenance and versatile utility from leaves used as plates to ripe fruit eaten with relish. The stem, green fruit, and fibre yield curry components and cloth. Bengal cultivates about thirty varieties each with specific physical religious or medicinal uses. Planting requires little expertise and the tree adapts to marginal fields, supporting Hindu families with daily yields from small plots.
A report from Johannesburg states the second largest diamond was discovered after blasting at the Premier Mine foot in Transvaal. The egg shaped gem weighs 1.649 carats with surface flaws, and is about half the size of the Cullinan diamond from the same mine. The Cullinan weighs 3.0859 carats and was cut into eleven stones. the largest 51 carats is in the Imperial Crown.
Smart bootery promotes summer lines with cheap prices on white canvas and patent shoes. Ladies and gents styles include white canvas, patent caps, and leather glace options priced from 3/11 to 18/6, with Walk-Over boots carried as agents.
A fragmented ad style notice discusses offering liberal discounts to buyers to cover merchant debts, interest, and outfits. It promises large discounts on goods like ruck loads and timber while warning against free carting or undelivered goods.
Faull's Sew Musical Instrument Shop opens on Thursday December 4 with a full new stock of gramophones records and instruments. Major brands include His Master's Voice Zonophone Zoo phone and Violina prices start at 25 for violins from 8/6 accordions and concertinas from 7 6. Address Manners Sutton Street.
The elder Sandy marries Tina, praising her as the Lord's handiwork. A Glaswegian acquaintance Tammas asks if Tina is handsome, and Sandy confirms with cautious pride that she is a fine wife as he accepts the match.
A large variety of Anas Novelties and autograph stationery line available for Xmas. Includes 6 assorted cards and envelopes, assorted items, ladies land tags, and new photo options. Card work guaranteed ready for Xmas.
Advertises private sales of multiple farms across Victoria including Colac district with dairy lamesteads and a cheap 260 acre farm near a railway and state school. Also lists NSW properties in dairy districts including a large riverfront farm of over 800 acres with prime views, irrigation pumping plant included, on government roads. All money required upfront in trusted terms.
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