Australia’s Pacific Defense Policy Discussed by Watt
London dispatch reports Mr Watt, Victoria’s premier, saying Panama Canal will heighten Pacific stakes. He argues Australia seeks a self reliant, high standard white population and a defensive role in the region, with emphasis on migration, civilization ideals, and readiness to act for regional security.
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London
Watt
Victoria
Melbourne
Morning Post
Torts
Australia
Pacific
Panama Canal
Austen
Hewer
Ten
Europe
Ted Pee
Southern Pacific
Yellow Sea
China
Geelong Stock Market Fat Cattle and Sheep Report
Fat cattle draw 221 head with one third bullocks coast. overall demand uneven with prices down 10s per head on late rates for bullocks while cows hold near late values. Quotations include bulls to 12 17 6 and cows to 815. Fat calves and sheep show active. high quality stock well represented and prices firm for some classes, but sheep and veal markets mixed with keen competition and firming tendencies.
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Avernees
Alex
Donald
Messrs Herda
Terang
W. T. Lawrence
Messrs DD. Aml
J. M'Rae
Deelion
Tvs Mering
Makime
Pestauld
Sheen
Actions on Melbourne street betting and other 1911 events
Chief Commissioner of Police orders drastic measures against street betting on Bourke Street Melbourne. The West Australian Goldfields Water Supply reports a deficit of £27000 with an anticipated £43000 for 1912 13. At Sale a testimonial is planned for G H Wise toward Federation. Wheat thefts by horses near Rochester cause two deaths. seven survive after veterinary care. In Goulburn a prison chapel confirmation admits nine prisoners. Diphtheria cases in Broken Hill reach 87 with 71 school children. typhoid 27. City Council to supply cheap disinfectants. A memory impaired man, possibly 30, found with name Charles Keefe on his linen at Melbourne Hospital. The Melbourne Cup sees record entries. Broken Hill man Jack Quinn 22 charged with jewellery theft valued £14. A man Behr dies of pneumonia as a result of a robbery. Magistrate jokes about robbing a dead man. Robberies reported at Sydney and Warraw ee. Holdens residence window left open enabling access. 35 jewellery and diamonds taken.
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Sale
G. H. Wise
W. M'Naught
Cornelia Creek
Rochester
Goulburn
Melbourne Hospital
Charles Keefe
Carbine
Jack Quinn
Barman
Broken Hill
John Charles Lehr
Quinn
Lehr
Globe Hotel
Behr
Serat Thmond
Cnet
Bydney
Warrawee
Lam Hone
R. W. Holden
Winton Street
Holdeen
Butter Wages Board Publishes Dairy Industry Rates
The Butter Wages Board reports determinations on wages and working hours for butter factories. It lists standard pay for apprentices, journeymen, and helpers, with time and a half for overtime beyond eight hours and rates for Sundays public holidays and special holidays. It details shifts, weekly hours, and penalties for underpayment, aiming to standardize compensation across plants.
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Hoye
Haare
Oweekoof
Tominagen
iTk
Beth Claire
Tutter
de Vents
Aspeentiens
Backache Kidney Pills Aid Colac Woman’s Recovery
Mrs Swanson of Colac describes severe back pain and kidney discomfort that worsened over weeks. After using Dean Backache Kidney Pills, her pain lessened and she recovered, confirming the remedy’s effectiveness for kidney related ailments. The notice urges readers to obtain the pills from chemists or post by price, noting poster McClelland Co. in Pitt Street.
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Swanson
MannereSutton
Treet
Colac
Mi Lack
Taleo
Swanton
Lkein
Henlern
Wearls
Pean
McClellec Co
Pitt-etreet
Gydoes
Modern dental work offered at fair prices
Patient letter from Lolo emphasizes high grade modern dental work and personal attention. The writer claims no surgical assistant is used, handling each case directly to earn the trust of an intelligent patient and secure recommendations.
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Sannot
Amy Ureery
FA OM. J
Powell Leek
Pe Tae
Bilsons Winter Annual Fair in Colac Opens June 26 1913
Colac's Bilsons announces its Winter Annual Fair from June 26 to July 17 1913 featuring £70 000 of new fashion merchandise at heavy discounts. The store claims recent stock losses from a fire and promotes unprecedented stock levels and aggressive pricing to attract buyers. Stocktaking follows the sale.
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Colac
Bilson's Big Fair Offers Clothing at Cost Prices
The advertisement lists a vast assortment from wool suits, wrappers, and shirts to boots, hats, and footwear. It promotes men’s tweed trousers, Watertights, felt slippers, and various footwear with low prices, plus dishware, bedwear, garden wares, and household textiles. Proclaims special value across many items with reduced, near-cost pricing.
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Ak Mets
Properties for Private Sale Seekers In Border Town
A condensed list of private sale properties including WB cottages on Corangamite and Calvert streets with land frontage, 4 to 7 room houses on Fyans Skene Manifold and Hearn streets, and four acre plots at Colac West. Prices range from £45 to £575 with terms available. building plots include Hart Street and Jennings Street blocks with varied frontage and sale terms.
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Pollock Street
Corangaimite Street
W.B
Corangamite Street
Jenning Street
New
Calvert Street
Bath
Fyans Street
Skene Street
Manifold Street
Colac West
Hearn Street
W.A
Gravesend Street
Campbells Estate
Hart Street
Jennings Street
Bkene
Sxsep
Ladies' Coats and Accessories Sell at Two Wheel Prices
Immense selection of navy scarlet and grey coats including silk macintoshes and blanket tweed for girls and children. Also fur necklets of black fox sable mink and more, muffs and wool underwear offered in limited quantities with prices pegged to two wheel sale terms.
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Fitch, &c
The Business of a Rovelist and Its Detail Debate
Two U.S. papers clash over novel detail arguing excessive description injures fiction. They cite examples from contemporary writers and praise concise vivid strokes that convey reality without bogging down the reader.
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Zola
Henry James
Paris
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Defence OF Pacific
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General News
Bourke Street
West Australian Goldfields Water Supply
Butter Wages Board
Don
Granter
Laghores
Geelong
Bendigo
Warrnaubool
Benny Heryl
Bromfield Street
Peters & Co
Masy Rose
National Library of Australia
Gar
Geta
DALGETY #& CO, LTD
Rob
Mary
A. Wilking
L.A.B
L.T.O.L
Omeo
A. Parker
Wurae
Bilson
Great Shopping
Bilson’s
Thomson’s
Moi
Istra
Manchester
Kateen Cretonne
Johnstone & CU
THE
Colac Stationery CO
Makeay Street
Sam
Jacobs
of & Manufacturer's
Colac & Geelong
Wilk
Polwarth Store
Alvie
Ioul
New-York Times
Chicago
Nanwe Hee
Jeane
Nellie
Brest
Mother
Harte
Rep von Shopman
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