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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1915
Page
5
Fragmented ad style notice lists products like corsets and guaranteed items. Mentions Dh Ao Corals and Hertich muse with sale pricing and limited time figures. Contains garbled numbers and dates, unclear details, but emphasizes sale and guarantee.
An advertisement promotes a wide range of boots and shoes from reliable makers. It offers a promotion including tending twenty dollars worth of footwear and six tins of Nugget given away with purchases. Nugget is typically sold at a WL tin.
Receipts from Cre 2 Cathe and Morgan show a Temporary Reserve for a 19 acre land parcel near Wurdibotweewamp with plans to ease rate and money recoveries. Road repair requests concern Vegee Lane with a small number of residents involved. Government officials discuss administration and local public works.
The engineer reported ongoing maintenance and crushing operations along the retreat road near Wormbete and near Church inchoben with several contractors engaged. Work spread to BirregurrH and east areas around Winches as supervision and tenders progress, with council steps pending and financial details under review.
Ad text advertises bargains and specials with phrases like sort out deals and save money. It mentions price reductions and shopping opportunities framed as urgent limited offers. No clear dates or names present.
Fragmented OCR text shows a local notice mentioning Mannerrsutton T Colac and a general call to contact for services. It references engines, maratores, gas and steam engines and invites readers to call or visit a workshop or residence for arrangements. The passage is garbled but indicates a classified style notice seeking personal tools and assistance.
A wedding event involved Haile and Hartiew providing catering and cake manufacturing services. The Frent patton Small Goods and Bread shipment arrived by train or delivery to support the event. The ceremony included a trial sobotted with wedding plans and a cake produced for Synda Landowns.
The timetable lists frequent trains and coaches between Melbourne, Port Fairy, Birregurra, Forrest, Lorne, Colac, Beech Forest, Crowes, Ballarat, Geelong, and Geelong to Ballarat routes. It notes possible alterations or cancellations and advertises that updates will be posted at stations.
The article discusses weighing scales and the Babcock test transforming dairy practice by exposing cow value and production. It notes high upfront costs but potential thift boosts, urges keeping dairy records, and shares a butter preservation method. It also covers purebred breeding principles and the need for roughage in rations.
The thoroughbred mare Lady Vie sricon of the fire Sevag mares Mr 3. N. M Arthur arrived in Melbourne by steam about a fortnight ago after six tours and went to Camperdown on Wednesday. She is described as fine type and should add greatly to the Meningoort stud. Her breeding includes Saint Frumain from Lady Cynosure Hull sinter to Polymeton, by Cyltane from Muld Martian by Hampton. The price paid for the mare in England is noted.
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