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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
3
A period guide covers fabrics for coats and gowns such as corded fabrics and sponge cloths, lace usage, veils, hats, and embroidery details. It includes style notes for sleeves and collars, plus practical home tips, kitchen salt for ironing, and several recipes for soups, spinach dishes, sponge puddings, cold meat canapés, and meat croquettes with steps and ingredients.
H. M. J. Powell of Colac, dentist, states he offers modern high grade dental work at modern prices. He refuses to perform poor work and attends to each case personally to merit every intelligent patient’s recommendation. Tel. 141.
Fragmentary note mentions Horeen and Buggies for Hire with references to drags and careful drivers. The text is incomplete but points to a local vehicle service or racing context. No clear event date or location is identifiable from the readable lines.
Mr Crowe notes next season will likely be prosperous with early spring shipments. Dairy districts show strong grass, stock in good condition, and profits after calving. He warns quality may suffer if farmers favor own milk separation over the milk delivery system and urges maintaining standards to protect the state's butter reputation.
An old advertisement touts a peppermint cure and shoe expert Moss the Hoeman for footwear repairs. It promotes woollens, tailoring quality, and ladies tailoring services with enhanced specialists, urging readers to call and request patterns and measurements.
A brief urging readers to attend a forthcoming event highlighting reliability and dependable support, emphasizing community involvement and the impact of attendance.
The ad proclaims a major boot event with almost £1000 of surplus stock offered at manufacturer cost. New goods flood remaining stock as warehouses clear space and pass savings to readers. Each line advertised as reduced with bargains on numerous footwear items.
Demonstrators for free ballots clash in Trafalgar Square led by Sylvia Pankhurst. Police quell disorder at Downing Street and Whitehall as 23 people, including women, are locked up. Pankhurst attacks a window with a ruler and demands water, while stones and umbrellas fly until late.
Nurses Donaldson and Harrell were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth with fictitious maternity bonus claims. Justice Hood ordered one-year terms and £1000 fines for each, while Erson was acquitted. Handwriting expert testimony highlighted forged and in blank signed papers in the Burgess Street cases.
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