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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 29, 1911
Page
2
A vintage catalog-style ad praises rare and imported perfumes for discerning buyers. It highlights lines by Piver Burmae and Burmae Presents in Manicure Sets, handkerchiefs, and salves, plus photography gear and camera accessories. Health tonics and skin purifiers are offered with prices, as well as Thuretield products for skin care and remedies for common ailments.
A Colac advertisement urges residents to visit W. M. Pearson Watchmaker to compare prices and buy gifts for children. It markets punctual customer service and claims value for money while critiquing rivals and inviting inquiries about spectacles.
An old Colac advertisement promotes a peppermint cough remedy for children by Murray Street chemist W Thurfeld. The box highlights a “Great Peppermint Cure” named Wooda’ Might.
Have the stock a choice and varied assortment of leather goods E P Ware photo frames in all sizes crockery including dainty cups and saucers sweet dishes brothes all prices also a very nice lot of toilet soap and perfume all kinds of art needlework kept here with Bonke
A historical overview traces the swastika across ancient civilizations including China Japan Babylonia and Scandinavia notes its varied meanings fortune luck and protection. The piece cites Egyptian Chinese Babylonian and Nordic examples and mentions a Ballarat based writer and photographer.
A Colac Herald article extols cooperative dairy movements, tracing profits, turnover, and expansion in the Western District. It cites Denmark as a model, notes increased efficiency, and urges Victorian dairymen to adopt modern practices to raise butter output and farm returns.
A public meeting at the church chaired by Mr J Stones discusses ministerial addresses and a governing body start. Debates split into senior and junior factions with listed debaters, while a Colac Comedy Society wives event plans children dances and a visit from Mr Judkins to address traffic evils and modernization.
A weekly return to the Director of Agriculture shows butter exports for the week ended 25 inst. at 1419 tons with 68 to the United Kingdom and 554 to South Africa. Since 1 May exports reach 23,1884 tons worth about £2,420,542. Potential beyond the Commonwealth is estimated at 600 to 700 tons. Regulations for Victoria potatoes require new packaging with grower identification and inspector declaration to prevent disease.
Melbourne telegraph notes a sequence of chase results at the Oaklands meeting in Madness Valley. Winners include Dunhelex Piste Mountain Princess Belinda Bteeplechase and Woodlands Amateur with margins of several lengths and starting odds. The event lists horses such as Isotherms and Bounie George with final placements and beat lengths.
Melbourne and Geelong led by Fitzroy and Geelong behinds. Creighton beat Richmond while Collingwood defeated South Melbourne. Footscray topped Preston, Port Melbourne defeated Williamstown, and Eminawick posted a high score as Northcote and others secured results.
Players from Corerigke and Speedwell clash amid strong efforts though Speedwells lose. A grand concert and other entertainments promised. crowd unrest noted over drain conditions and venue concerns.
A letter praises Mr Leslie Stevens for saving a child from a street trench when a water project was underway. The writer also commends a passerby who held a rogue cart horse until help arrived after a wheel winker was rubbed off. The citizen urges public recognition of such bravery.
Acting Prime Minister Hughes commented on Mr Murray’s London remarks about imperial preferential trade. He argued that preference is more than a shadow and would disrupt Britain’s global terms while stressing the need for reciprocal treaties based on equal treatment.
The conference discusses a proposed imperial federation with compulsory contributions and a defence parliament. Sir Joseph Ward and Mr Fisher clash over coercion and imperial authority while Asquith and Laurier weigh Britain's role and the empire's naval needs. Australia and Canada weigh loyalty to Britain against constitutional limits.
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