Campers and Geelong News in Western District Roundup
The Camperdown Rural Producers Association discusses forming branches in Terang Lismore and Cobden with 10 organizers. Geelong alerts include street lighting tender, theatre company registration, rail exodus for football match, and wine shipments to England. Warrnambool reports geology visit, a fire at Western Reserve, and trout stocking by the Warmamboal Association with varied river distributions.
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Camperdown
J. CG. Manifold
Lake Wendouree
Ballarat
Church of England
Grawmar “School
Rural Producer's Association
M Donald
Lismore
Terang
Cobden
Defence Fund
Geelong
Bicinis
Presbyterian Young Men’s Guild
Ashby
Melbourne
Ines
Messra Blakiston and’ Co
England
Glasgow
Warrnambool
Agricultural Department
W. Robinson
Robinson
Doctor Cameron
London Dock Strike Award Calls For Concessions And Conference
Sir Edward Clarke KC awarded the government’s transport dispute grievances, upholding parts of the National Transport Workers’ Federation case while correcting misinterpretations of the August agreement. Both sides are summoned to confer at the Board of Trade, as London docks and river traffic face disruption and fuel and meat distribution show strains.
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Reuter
Transforts
Ingo
Board of Trade
Etire
M'Kenne
Home Office
M'Kenna
London
Ben Tillett
Dock, Wharf, Tiverside, and General Workers’ Union of Great
Smithfield
Bim Tillett
SAM JACOBS ANNUAL JACKET COAT COSTUME FAIR
Sam Jacobs advertises two weeks of jacket coat and costume sales on spot cash. Massive stock of ladies coats mantles and costumes in navy black and braided fabrics with trims and wide range of products including velvet and tweed options at bargain prices. Also offers skirts gowns boots shoes and boys youth goods with large sizes and special prices on winter wear.
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Nieto Smart
Luc Twill
Val
Colan
Paton
Ito” Az
Nedaik Yi
Slinpore
Daira
Jubilee marks new Presbyterian church at Cressy opening
The opening services for the new Presbyterian Church of Cressy celebrated a jubilee with Rev Rentoul leading morning and afternoon sermons and Rev G Hay in the evening. Attendance overflowed as locals and visitors filled seats, with thanks offered to other churches for their cooperation. A tea and concert followed, featuring local speakers and musicians, including Mr J Mack recalling district church history from 1851 Black Thursday to the eighties.
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New Presbyterian Church of
Rentoul
Baird
E. M. Baird
Beene Presbyterian Church
Arso
M'Kellar Stewart
Herds
Lismore
J. G. Johnstone
M.L.A
Murphy
Colac
Elder
Rokewood
Alan Currie
J. Mack
Berrybank
Presbyterian Church
Old Bridge
J. Cooper
J. Steele
G. Hay
Mack
M'Farlane
Town
Miss Brown
Elliott
M'Kenzie
4A. Baird
Miss Anderson
May Johnstone
Miss Woods
Rey Mr ¥Ule
Chiurth
I. Johnstone
Jac
Johnstone
Miss Hay
M. Johnstone
A. M'Neill
Day Johnstone
J. Nelson
Foxhowe
Cressy
J. M.kenzie
A. Sadler
Eee
Aftor
Boots and Shoes Repair and Sales Ad
Wet weather advice promotes boots and shoes with durable soles. Offers British goloshes and Nurse shoes at discounted prices with repair services for worn boots returning them to shape.
Monuments of Wiltshire Town Warn Against Wrongdoing
The narrator tours Doyizes in Wiltshire and observes a market monument recording the 1753 death of Ruth Pierce after a money dispute. In a churchyard in St. Jobo’s is a tombstone warning Sabbath breakers about a drowning near Drow’s Pond, and locals discuss the stern cautions carved in stone.
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Wilady-Convesser
Doyizes
Wiltshire
Spere
Laras
Roath Pierce
Fotterte
Ruth Pierre
Ruth Pierce
Devives
St. Jobo's
Drow
Biter Bit and Monkey Chase Across India
Narrator recalls a prank at Chatham Dockyard where mates mock him by sending him on errands. In 1903 in India he encounters tenacious monkeys while biking, chased by many, bitten and scratched, seeking refuge in a Brahmin’s home, then returned to barracks as an absentee.
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Elm
Chatham
Sonny
Boeing
Ave
Burry
India
Missehles
Rascal
Jack Robinson
Old Commandary
Tosgis
Theo
Rusela
Belton
Russia
Vast Oil Boom Scene Described From Earlier Era
The excerpt recalls wartime or early 20th century life with rough details of daily labor in Russia and a dramatic oil field event. It notes late workdays, harsh rural conditions, a large cotton industry center, language barriers, and a gas and oil gusher with massive output and ensuing chaos. It also blends travel recollections and social misadventures witnessed by the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nenday
Lake View
SITTIN ON HIS TOMBSTONE A Christmas Day misadventure
A long humorous fragment describes Huntley Wright on a provincial tour aborting a dinner after learning his landlady’s story of loss. A drummer jokes about a head held by a dray driver as a pedestrian ponders witnesses to an orphan’s fate amid absurd misunderstandings.
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Huntley Wright
Regretful Scotsman Recalls Dead Geordie Ally
An elderly Scot visiting his old college friend recalls Geordie Al Way saying the man was dead long ago and that the speaker never cared for him, only for his widow. The chat reveals failed respect and lingering memories as they reminisce.
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Colonies
Ehancer
Geordie
Joey
Lire
For Sale of Plants and Animals In North Street
A. Battams offers for sale on Onenn Street North a mix of items including Ley Perews Ferns Boronia Enea Daphne Roves Emily plants fruit trees animals sweet peas and other garden goods.
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Onenn Street
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