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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
6
Fragments describe a large fire at a warehouse complex near Lahey and Warehouses, with mentions of smoke, heat, and firefighting efforts. Report notes potential injuries and emphasizes emergency crews on scene and surrounding disruption. Community leaders urge caution and assess damages to adjacent businesses and transit routes.
A Bahawil ad from Geelong and nearby cities markets jewelry including diamond sets gold chains silver watches and gun metal watches. It lists prices such as 931 each for jeweled Levers and 17/6 for silver watches, promoting eye tests and spectacles along with repairs and stone resets by local jewelers.
E. B. Faull announces a June nineteenth sale of the Blue Ambero record at 2s 3d. Lab tests show 3000 plays without degradation and greater volume. The ad warns against cheaper German copies of His Master’s Voice and promotes a full line of musical instruments and pianos at Colac outlets opposite the Commercial Bank Murray Street Colac.
The fragment notes that Fitzeay bugs were seen as beneficial for Sto farmers during a previous winter, mentioning prices in a brief, unsettled context.
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