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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
2
The advert proclaims a weekly event where one item is sliced with a Bacon Slicer in 14 thicknesses. It promises rival skepticism but urges customers to visit Saturday for deep discounts and a Discount Cash Register.
The Colac district lists next week events and electoral deadlines. Porsone and supplementary lists close on June 1 for Legislative Council and Assembly rights. ratepayers on rolls auto, but rights help earlier enrolment. A Nobel Gelignite blasting demo by Morers Dalgety at Beech Forest is set for Friday at 2 pm near Pride's selection. Local political debate follows, with remarks on Deakin, Wilson and fusion, plus a police court roundup and community notices.
Reports from Europe focus on political debate in Australia over a graduated tax and landholding status, Paris municipal renovations and street widening, and a general strike in Paris where cavalry dispersed protesting workers including navvies amidst tense clashes and the song The Internationale echoing outside.
A major blaze destroyed a four story flour mill owned by Mersta John Darling on the Yarra bank in Collingwood. The structure housed valuable machinery and grain stores. two attached grain stores were saved but damaged by water. Firefighters fought the inferno as later notes covered local politics and community letters.
The Government Meteorologist reports a developing storm over Western Victoria on Saturday bringing heavy rain and a slow moving low pressure system. Frosts and fog are expected with cool temperatures and widespread moisture. Rain totals include Mildura 1 to 2 inches, Ballarat 2 to 3 inches, Sale 1 to 2 inches, Dandenong up to 1 inch, and Port Albert to Foster around 0.5 to 1 inch in scattered districts. Continuous autumn conditions persist with high pressure later, leading to lingering coolness.
The Mongolian, 4533 tons of the Allo Line, wedged in ice at St John’s Harbor Newfoundland in a perilous jam. The Liverpool to Canadian and Newsquaid ports passenger steamer, carrying about 600 aboard, was freed after a heavy storm. It narrowly avoided drifting ashore as it escaped the ice.
The 153 ton Dutch vessel Netherlands left Melbourne on March 3 with 1975,000 bushels of wheat for Venice. Officers report severe weather caused the loss of the captain and second officer, with several others drowned, while the ship and cargo were damaged en route to the Pacific. The Marian Underwriters Association in Victoria received a claim from London for the risk.
A parliamentary committee in France has drafted a social pension scheme for workers aged over 65. The plan sets a basic pension with additional employer contributions and a minimum personal rate, plus special provisions for the sick and infirm.
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