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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 29, 1911
Page
2
A long fragment from the Culac Herald describes workers and families, noting labor efforts and community concerns. The piece mentions Joe Brown and local mills, with references to work pace, wage issues, and social duties amid a tumultuous period.
A fragmented vintage recipe describes making a simple light cake from stale white bread crumbs and various ingredients. It lists steps like beating eggs or whites, mixing with flavorings, and baking for about half an hour, with references to celery, walnuts, and spices.
A traveller from Domedin, Ne mentions long travel in Central Otago and notes a recurring attack of a stomach illness he terms the Gold Fields Colic. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with quick relief after one or two doses and recommends it to others suffering similar symptoms.
The fragment lists two days Friday January 27 and Saturday January 20 with no further context or details about events, locations, or participants.
Advertisement promotes Miss Hoblison of W B Comsey Company demonstrating corsets April 5 to 12 in Buson & Co showroom. Also touts Blanket sale at low mill prices, claiming large sizes, heavy weights, and better quality blankets with comparisons and special prices. Includes multiple product lines and call to view values.
Colac business notice details Bilson and Co Universal Providers located at Murray Street with telephone contact 15. The item serves as a local commercial listing in the era’s directory style.
A fragment lists a wide range of household goods and groceries at Farrar & Harrisons Cash Store. Items include Kitty Soap Flakes Macaroni various tins meats eucalyptus oil dates scythe stones potato forks pickles cocoa punch caustic soda sewing machine glue peery pills la vain ointment beerulla and more with prices in pence and shillings.
Farrar & Harrison on Murray Street Colac offer a large assortment of ladies hand bags from sixpence upwards and numerous other lines suitable for Easter. Also opening a nice variety of Easter goods and gifts at Pegg's Murray Street Colac.
Western District items note the Camperdown Mechanics’ Union plans two boxing contests in June and September, the polo gymkhana drawing interest, and a cricket match where Camperdown Grammar School faced Geelong Grammar. Regional updates include Geelong police actions, a railway talk with Port Campbell, and a Geelong hospital verdict on Thomas Carrick’s death.
Reports from Terang show an allotment of £59 for school children tickets ending in a £16 excursion loss and a plan to seek school contributions. In Warrnambool the meat inspector pursued several butchers for improper practices. fines ranged from 10 to 20 shillings plus costs. The Glenormiston Butter Factory notes a good season ahead despite export pressures, and the Warrnambool Royal Society St George branch reports 110 members with £404 5s receipts and officers elected for the year.
A testimonial from A Jame Geelong West and Mrs M Namara confirms Doan's Backache Kidney Pills cured their daughter's kidney related back pain headaches and distressing symptoms. The pair urge readers not to ignore kidney warning signs and to obtain the remedy from chemists or Foster-McClellan Co. Sydney archives.
Reports show Geelong Harbor Trust expanding Corio Quay with about £45,000 spent to duplicate refrigeration machinery and add 460 horsepower. Separately a South Australian fruit-growers’ meeting plans a cooperative for surplus fruit and a modern jam canning factory.
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