Thrifty shoppers await stock sale at £6000 value
A stock sale opens with a total value of six thousand pounds in seasonable items. The sale attracts attention as thrifty buyers anticipate strong savings by waiting for bargains.
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1917
Page
2
Price Lists and Catalogues by Post
Catalog of price lists and product catalogs offered by George Gray proprietor. Includes ordering options by mail with brief descriptions and contact details for order handling and postage terms.
One Bin God Cannot Forgive Church Notice
A local column lists religious notices and memorials including sermons, Bible study, and a drowning memorial for Robert, son of M J W B Trask, drowned at Lake Colac on February 1, 1914, with family inserts expressing grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Treacher
Harold
Thase
Robert
Lake Colac
M. J
WB Trask
Economy and retrenchment critique in Colac Herald
The Colac Herald argues that a deficit led budget cuts ignore efficiency and warns that state administration wastes funds. It cites government excess, stalled public works, and calls for disciplined management to save money without harming public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Comptry Roads Board
Cmm
Roads to Development Versus Railways in Forest Land
The piece argues for improved rural roads over rail expansion, noting central government bias toward railways harms forest district settlement. It cites funding gaps, stalled road work, and warns that neglecting roads slows development and land sales, urging balanced infrastructure priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceise
Country Road Board
Read Board
Victoria
Colac Area Notes From War and Stage Events
Colac district reports a son killed in France on January 1, a wounded relative returning home from Gallipoli, and brothers serving in the New Zealand forces. Opera star J Williamson's company visits Colac for High Jinks at Victoria Hall with Ida Legeatt and Mim Virtet Collinson. Local sports, fairs, and a charity concert tour for patriotic causes are noted along with a Geelong roll find and train plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tev Woo Metge
Wilfred
Orginal
Gallipell
Percy
New Zealand
Imperial Fortes
Jo Williamson
Victoria Hall
Tf Roy Conner
Conner
Colac
Ida Legeatt
Mim Virtet Collinson
J. Wiliamson
O'Conner
Lr. Thorne
J. O' Willamaan
Bruce's
Colac Dairy Company Directors Fix Butter Price
A Colac dairying company meeting fixed butter price for January. Payments totalled £29,700 15 99, up £12,077 1/9 from last January’s £17,153 7/4, with January butter output at 340,310 pounds and other figures including milk sent to Melbourne and milk treated for casein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ts Colac Sprrving Company
Melbourne
Export of onion stirs trade debate in Australia
A protest grows in Warrion and Western District centers against a proposed ban on Australian onion exports to the United States and Canada. Letters note no intention to restrict onion shipments, while the Lokai Anzeiger forecasts attacks on Allied wheat exports as a wartime risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benator Ruserl
Benator McDougall
Budner
United States
Canada
Warrion
Thor Baker
Carapulac
J. C. Manifold
M.a.it
Russell
German attack repulsed near Embermenil in World War I note
A French communique reports a German assault on a salient near Embermenil was forced back. The line was restored and three enemy aircraft were shot down, including one by Lieutenant Heurteaux, raising total Allied air victories to 264 machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embermenil
Forraine
Brisoner
Heurteaux
Geeman
Grandcourt Falls Under Allied Control After Breakthrough
Field-Marshal Sir Poughue Hare reports that continuous pressure on both banks of the Aten forced the enemy to evacuate Grandcourt. The town is now entirely in allied hands with defensive works nearby and enemy positions disrupted south of La Hasse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Poughue Hare
Aten
Grandcourt
Werrakie
Oememy
la Hasse
Russian Front Report Confirms trench assault repelled
A Russian communique states units crossed near a location close to the front and attacked air trenches but were driven back by enemy fire, indicating a contested skirmish without decisive breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crogen Seroth
Bee, Soni
Submarine Warfare Report From World News Desk
A despatch from Secretary of State Roger Lansing quotes Mr Wo Frost reporting British losses after submarines sank the California, a liner sailing from New York to Chicago. The message notes 160 sailors feared dead among 215 aboard, with 40 passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heuter
Parish Meeting Notes and Property Auction Plans
A rough report records an annual Presbyterian meeting with a wound at tendency and attendees named including Mr Ales Micke and Mire Amey Penk. After supper the session closed with a benediction. town property is set for sale on March with bids noted for three parcels including a shop and dwelling on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ales Micke
Mien Niele Wen
Jesnin McCallem
Elie Gras
Mies
Waltere
Beephens
Cala
Boweht
Ford
Mtr
Cororooke meeting notes and community donations recorded
The Cororooke meeting on Tuesday elected the new officers for the coming year led by Mr Lioneron. Donations listed include socks shirts handkerchiefs tobacco scarves and various household goods in support of Melbourne Piegue relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
Lioneron
Witiel
ML Pluie
Wallace
Tome
Plete Fry
Piegue
Melbourne
Hobison
Stewart
Minnhewan
Mire Penrke
Formation of National Government Considered by Liberal and Labour
The Labor Party and Liberal Party debated joining a national government during wartime. Prime Minister discussed Tudor's letter declining representation, while a proposed four member National Government would include ministers from both sides. A Liberal resolution supported forming a national administration to improve war efficiency, with three Liberal representatives appointed to negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Takers
Tudor
Tobor
Yverk Pew
Mr. Cook
Liberal
Cook
Liberal Party
Tt Cresential
John Forrest
Gtyaa
Convoy Debate Deepens Between America and Germany
Reuters reports the United States rejects German plans to convoy American merchant ships under threat of submarine warfare. The State Department says policy allows Americans to travel seas but warns Germany that crossing the Atlantic could trigger hostilities. Berlin dispatches a note defending unrestricted submarine warfare and opposing international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
State Department
Armericat Slhity
Anneimerd
Braz
Berlin
9 Tive
Antiap
Phanteen
Wall
Correspondence on Victorian potato bags and costs
A reader complains about government meddling affecting bag quality and costs for potato crops. The letter details bag types, packing losses, freight to New South Wales, mine bags, and price implications per ton, noting growers faces higher costs and calls for policy reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colwe Herald
Lobornien
The
Murray
New
Omoller
Alors
Mauriewy
Acre
Cortie Stitian
Pepeetion
Kiltingt Med page notes soldiers bounty and items list
The document reports a soldiers reception and a government notice at Government House. It lists items for a year ending 1906 8 including clothing and household goods such as pyjamas shirts towels slippers and writing paper. It notes a large attendance and a forthcoming half yearly pay account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Parris
Kila
Garton
Connell
Meiners
Mahe Ieee
Kilmingt
Kederd
T Seaeve
Halely Cape
Went West
Tiger m
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