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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
2
Morrison reports current retail rates for a variety of produce and goods. Prices are shown per unit, bag, dozen, or case, including carrots onions potatoes beets peaches pears oranges pineapples and bacon with varied shillings and pence figures.
Public notice states the tender for supply and fixing feed connections and tapping the main has been accepted by the Water Board. Work is ready to commence including piping, enamelled bath, wash basin installations and related hot and cold water connections.
In memory of W. H. Dunstan who died at Colac on June 24, 1008 two loved ones stood around him to bid a fond farewell. We could not comfort him but his loving voice and kind heart are gone. We miss his well known presence and the form we used to see, signed by Me and Mrs T. Riches and family.
The article links King George’s coronation to social inequality, urging better housing, wages, and factory conditions in the Empire’s cities. It cites Rev. GG H Murphy and notes Australia’s progress with wage boards while warning that poverty and slum conditions persist in homeland cities.
The piece argues Britain lacks wage boards and factory protections. It condemns industrial slavery of home workers, low wages, and unhealthy conditions. It cites foreign competition driving down pay and calls for action to lift the downtrodden from poverty and misery.
A garbled column of 1914 era items covers population figures for Australian colonies, a Cape Otway bottle message from the Pericles wreck, film and theater ads, clothing and blanket sales, dental and medical notes, a Chinese opium seizure, shop promotions, and farm regulation updates.
Melbourne reports state the motor launch R.D.4 left Hobson's Bay for Sydney ten days ago and was wrecked near Marlo on the Victorian coast. Two men aboard, Robert Joes and Robert Jamieson of Williamstown, survived. A storm damaged the vessel and its line of voyage, with no further word from the crew.
Reuter reports the coronation of King Edward as a grand imperial pageant in London with crowds from Britain and abroad. Delegates from China Japan and the Kaw Sultanates attend while Australian cadets march, and royal ceremonial elements fill the Abbey and procession routes.
Reports describe the coronation ceremony with archbishop officiating the oiling, ring placement, crown, sceptre, and hymns. The Queen is crowned, homage paid, and both monarchs seated and later parade through the streets wearing fresh crowns. The Te Deum and Benediction close the rites.
The crowds gathered as a royal procession passed, with King and Queen in attendance, regalia and military escorts in view. Notable figures included Prince of Wales and royal guests, while Kitchener rode behind the state coach amid a warm reception.
A garbled OCR piece contains scattered names and places, mentioning bands, ministers, and events in an unclear sequence. It references London, Australia, India, and various agents, with broken phrases about prices, meetings, and mottos.
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