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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1913
Page
4
A distorted text discusses women’s exercise routines to achieve beauty and strength. It promotes Urs Dudley Bargeant and Charlies Grrene lecturing on self body work, insisting daily movements and chores build chest, back, arms, legs, and core, with broom sweeping and washboard work highlighted as effective.
A Globe essay discusses how animals maintain health through cleanliness and diet, noting birds and other creatures ingesting stones to aid digestion and the role of water and habitation in wellness. It contrasts wild and tame animals, explaining how illness and death unfold and the preference for a peaceful, isolated end over violent decline.
December sale at Sam Jacobs features cash prices on fabrics and home goods. Oilcloths and linoleums at reduced per yard rates, tapestry carpets, hearth rugs, door mats, heavy coir mats, lace curtains, lace applique curtains, table covers, Mohair table covers, tapestry and velvet pile covers, blinds and rollers, linen blinds by the yard, and travel requisites offered at cash prices with notable discounts on Mohair and tapestry items.
A fragmented account describes an Indian native who boasted of Engitech and called himself Europe loafer. He wonders what the British resident or boss party could laugh at, reflecting cross cultural banter amid colonial stereotypes.
A London report notes Sir George Reid statements provoke dissent among interested parties. The Colonial Butter Committee cables to principals to interview Reid to repudiate misstatements. The OLAC H A C B Society holds its twenty first grand annual demonstration on March 16 with band contests and athletic events including Hibernian Handicap and various handicaps, prizes from 1 to 40 pounds, with entries closing March 1.
Schedule for Saturday March 1 1913 detailing races near the railway station including a 1 handicap hurdle of 27 sovs with Nomina winning at 7/6, a trial handicap for maidens of 10 waves, a pony race for Powies, the Cobden Cup with second horse prize, a distance handicap trot under live WTA rules, a publican's purse handicap with Mrs Thompson and Mr J Cody named, a hack race for riders about six furlongs, and entry details for horses never winning more than £5.
A list of handicap races includes 18 sovs Handicaps at six furlongs with 3 sovs to the winner, a 9 miles 134 yards event with 5 sov to be withheld, a 4 furlongs Pony Race with 2 sov to second, the Culai Cup one mile a quarter with 14 sov to winner and 10 sov to third, and a Distance Handicap Trout over one and a half miles. Nominations and acceptances are noted for each race as per V.T.A. Rules.
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