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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
5
Frugal shoppers urged to visit Bilson's for a broad range of groceries and household goods. The ad highlights discounted prices, including staple foods, tinned goods, cleaning items, and personal care, inviting customers to save on daily necessities.
A lengthy wartime plea highlights the Southern Cross Tobacco Fund as the main fund for supporting soldiers abroad. Australians on active service consume significant tobacco daily, and contributions can be made through Savings Banks, Post Offices, and the Colne Herald Office, with a postcard of thanks promised to subscribers.
The piece discusses vegetable succession planting for onions potatoes peas and other crops, noting early and late varieties, soil prep, and timing for planting and harvesting. It covers managing beds with manure, choosing varieties for flavor and yield, and notes general garden practices from the Wales Gardening Guild context.
A garbled page notes improvements to a fruit garden including Goel Petatmiiy and Cadets. References to beds, trellises, vines, and animal plants appear amid scrambled phrases about localities, hearings, and community efforts.
A garbled report from Waateall references a family connected to a vehicle incident near Hudiovert. It notes a mother and children involved, with towns Tyre and Henvethens mentioned and a line about payment for an overnight stay. No clear names or dates are readable in the fragment.
A promotional notice for a health talk by Doctor Siford on Thursday in July at the Victoria Coffee Parlour. The event promises remedies for women's ailments and nerve troubles with products claimed to ease headaches catarrh and other pains.
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