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A garbled text block lists scattered names, places, and phrases, suggesting a damaged OCR capture. It mentions rivers, theaters, and various personal references without coherent narrative or clear events.
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
3
A garbled text block lists scattered names, places, and phrases, suggesting a damaged OCR capture. It mentions rivers, theaters, and various personal references without coherent narrative or clear events.
Local woollen mill faces weaving shortages but resumes full operation boosting orders. An accident injured Malcolm Rover, fracturing the ankle after a carriage grabber incident. Educational committees discuss a proposed technical school and funding, with talks on upgrading State and primary facilities and potential regional education gains.
Winter cough remedies are advised for subscribers, with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by Bilson and Co Color and Boylan Bros. A UK style notice reports the 1910-1911 season's Government Coal Stores treata ble perishable and frozen produce values led by butter at £2,101,060 and total value £2,240,552. It lists quantities and values for milk, cheese, poultry, fruit, and other items, noting no further shipments will occur until after the month.
An article discusses the sun's gradual cooling and a distant cold winter aging the earth. It cites Prof. Chas Nordmann and the potential of radium to sustain solar heat for millions of years. The piece notes radium’s heat output and presence on the sun, suggesting technology could preserve Earth's warmth far into the future.
A revival of gas lighting via Blau gas stored in steel bottles is touted for suburban homes lacking mains supply. Bottles about eight inches by four feet hold twenty pounds of liquefied, high calorific value gas and are delivered to the residence with a safety reserve. The system promises a bright white light and improved heat for domestic use.
A puzzled stranger in a hotel insists on a room on the second floor and asks about meals. The clerk lists breakfast hours from seven to eleven, lunch from eleven to three, dinner until eight, and supper eight to twelve, prompting the guest to lament about finding time to see the town.
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