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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
3
We are expanding our business and inviting customers to save with us. The piece promotes lower prices on golf wear and steady price commitments, citing Led Brook offerings and seasonal lines while noting visits from notable figures and discussions of Australia’s capital plans.
Readers discuss the famed lamp collection at Stephens in Colne as Aladdin’s spirit allegedly wanders nearby. The lively banter centers on the Enterprise House lamps and a legendary “Lamp of high right.”
An advertisement touts Nyal's Cod Liver Compound as a superior tone and health tonic. It blends pure cod liver oil malt and wild cherry with blood and nerve tonics, promising quicker action and no sluggish feeling, with a personal recommendation from Pharmacist Murray Street Colac.
An old advertisement touts quack remedies including quinine wine and antiseptic throat lozenges. It promotes bottles priced 2 shillings 6 pence and a tin of gutos for skin troubles, urging readers to call telephone number 41 for orders.
My time and experience serve you in selecting clocks and watches suited to this climate. Clock designs for dining hall kitchen and hall plus workshop and preservation cases. Watches for every pocket including sporting and ladies models in gold silver or gunmetal prices from 7/6 to 10/6. Pearson's guaranteed gun metal watch at 30 is top value. For jewellery and electro plate visit Parrabon first.
Victorian potato growers face a risky season as seed quality and shortages threaten yields. The 1912 main crop nears completion and early crop plantings continue in Warrnambool Port Fairy Colac Gippsland while Casterton districts promise heavy returns next summer. Tests show yields 3 to 6 tons per acre but seed is being misrepresented by unscrupulous dealers and Victoria seeks action to curb faulty varieties and bolster rotations for stable future profits.
Libsel Leagues in Victoria have selected three candidates to contest the Liberal interest in the next Senate elections. They recommended Dr Gary Salmon, Samuel Mauger, and Senator M Coll, with prior retirees Fraser and M Coll. Contingency plans exist if any executive rejects nominations.
There is no argument in favor of our values unseen. Inspect our Tweeds to learn the exceptional value offered in Blarney and Athiona suiting for winter wear. Warm, comfortable, dressy, and tailored for a satisfied feeling of being well dressed. If you cannot call, request patterns and self measurement forms.
Austral Cycles builds to order from £12 10s with second hand bicycle allowances. They sell genuine BSA and Dunlop tyres with repair services and valve sealing. Also solicits all persons with claims against John James to render accounts immediately or be handed to solicitors for collection.
The tale recalls Mario meeting a masked footpad in the Champs Elysées who robs passers by. The thief explains his ruin from bankruptcy and poverty, becoming an anarchist and thief after his wife’s extravagance. Mario offers help but the man declines and vanishes.
The piece contrasts democracy and civil service in India with vast human diversity. It divides people by race and caste, alleging outcasts and varied lifestyles across villages, and frames India as a realm of extreme contrasts. It claims immense cultural and religious differences surpass those in England.
An Eroter trader hired a boy out of charity and kept him late to earn extra pay. The lad did little proper work and, when scolded, replied that without the employer would be at the football match.
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