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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1915
Page
1
A small notice states that Pm and Morris' Ostend Light Cars perform repairs promptly. The brief item mentions Crambler Falkner's ke een shearing car to machines Globe Separate.
An old Colac page lists engineers offering motor and general engineering services with pumps, boilers, and attachments, inviting calls to 164 for quick orders. It also notes a waterworks trust, a barber and tobacconist, and a large range of cordials, ginger ales, champagnes, and various prepared beverages from George Wilson Maneree Sutton Street, with deliveries and post orders mentioned.
Optician and others promote music study at Trinity College of Music London and London College of Music. Pupils prepared for municipal examinations succeed in 1919. Activities include Wednesday and Thursday sessions, accompanist work for Victoria events, and engagements for At Homes and Entertainments. Garage and painting services offered with guarantee.
A revised timetable lists trains from Western District centres to Methogrne with routes including Geelong Geelong Geelong to Warrnambool and Port Fairy. It notes departures from Geelong and connections to towns such as Werribee Limparaa Stonyford Allansford Warrnambool and Port Fairy with various arrival times and days, plus references to possible delays or cancellations.
Advertisement lists several properties for sale including a doomed cottage on Dennia Street with 18 foot sapth, 4-room houses on Hume Street and Campbell Street, a brick house with stable and gardens, and a gas equipped 4-room cottage. Prices range across £426 to £500 with details on frontage, outbuildings, and conveniences.
Auctioneer G S Connor of Colne advertises an auction conducted by Prins and Grost or Grost, listing date and terms for items to be sold. Local residents urged to attend and comply with registration requirements.
An old medical notice promotes Morse's Root Pills as remedies for biliousness. The advertisement claims their pills stimulate the liver and improve digestion, urging readers to try the cure for abdominal discomfort and related symptoms.
Fragmented OCR reads as an old time advertisement for talking machines and photograph dealers. Claims to stock electric pocket lamps and improved dry cells with references to “His Master’s Voice” brand and various typos suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century catalog snippet.
FURRREST TO BIRREGURRA ferry leaves Birregurra daily at 1.20 pm arriving Mereh at £40. Hirre cra at 36. Passengers for Lorne change at Cane Marsh. Conch leaves 11.40 am Mondays and Saturdays. 11.10 am other days. Returns from Lorne at 10 pm. Emily.
The timetable lists a Geelong departure at 5 pm with stops including Gheringhap Margheborne Wimgee Poornest Cressy Strathvean Berrybank and more before arriving at Maroona at 2 10.
A timetable fragment lists MAROONA to GHERINGHAP with a 9.5 p m. departure, Lismore stations at 4.62 and 7.37, and a Mel arrival. It notes a Colac departure at 0.40 p m. with Irrewarra 10.65, Ondit 11.5, and Beeac stops.
Fragmentary text references Cressy and Colac with unclear details about trains or fares. No complete event or parties are identifiable from the readable portion.
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