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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
1
The speaker touts weekly or monthly British war savings as a means to help wage earners gain direct interest in war loans while building a rainy day fund. Australians urged to visit banks or post offices to apply for bonds, with installment payment options available.
Mixed real estate offers include weatherboard cottages with varying frontages on Jennings and Rae streets, several 4 room dwellings with washhouses and verandahs, and land parcels near Colac West. Prices range from £50 to £700, with coach houses, sheds, and box stables noted. Also advertised are land finance agents THOMAS & JOYCE and lodging at The Australian Motel Spencer Street Melbourne.
An advertisement promotes memorials in bluestone and granite with cast corners for tomb railings. It urges avoiding paring costs and travel expenses and offers insured fire and life stock coverage at low rates. Taylor's Engineering Works advertises motor and general engineering services with a wide range of plant, engines, and accessories and invites orders via calls or visits to their shop or home.
A dated storefront catalog lists a wide range of goods with promotional prices. Items include paper products, cleaning supplies, housewares, sewing tools, writing goods, decorative frames, travel cases, and novelty toys. Pricing is shown in pence and shillings, with phrases urging early shopping.
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