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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
6
The timetable shows trains from Melbourne to Colac and Camperdown with multiple stops, noting departures at 5.18 pm and 4.95 pm, connecting timings to Irrewarre and Calect, with service on Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays and a separate Camperdown return route. Also includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Pain Balm and other notices.
A misread road venture on Colae road ends in a fatal accident. Driver Tagla, thrown from the carriage, dies after the crash near the river Trent. Constable Collett leads a local inquiry as villagers recount the event and the injured survivor’s condition.
Garo offers a varied assortment including lanther goods, photo frames, crockery, and dainty items. The ad lists brushware and related items with broader stock notes and a focus on decorative and household products.
A local motor garage advertises a roomy comfortable powerful car with complete chauffeur and chauffeur service, offering to travel to any part of the Commonwealth at moderate rates. The bold copy promotes ready funds and thorough readiness for travel needs. The text is an OCR fragment from J. Whatn’s Motor Garage in Newburyport.
A reader promotes attending Bargain Sales at a Melbourne shoppe. The message claims extensive shopping expertise and offers to procure items from hats to pianos, promising savings and life assistance, asserting authority over all local vendors.
The report appears as garbled OCR with references to a meeting at Bilalong with names like W. B. Stephen and W. J. Truan. It includes a promotional testimonial for a remedy by Dosn's Distant and a panicked consumer note about skin irritation and piles, ending with a dubious sales claim from M'Cllean Coy.
An early 20th century promotional piece urges persistent advertising to boost business. It argues ads are a sound investment, likening returns to a boomerang and stressing consistent weekly and monthly runs. It emphasizes selecting effective media and leveraging space values for merchant success.
Fragmentary reader note claims Chamberlains Pain Balm cured a foot pain with a swollen toe. The writer describes wearing a slipper after loosening a boot, noting dramatic relief the next day and comfort in the foot.
Unable to extract coherent entities or events from the provided fragment. No discernible people places organizations or actions are readable enough to summarize into a valid news item.
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