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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 08, 1911
Page
3
A Solan Herald feature describes changing fashion from refined dresses to practical styles and advises on skincare and health. It highlights new silhouettes, lace use, and the shift toward simpler shirts and skirts, plus home remedies, exercise, and posture for a healthier, more confident young woman.
Practical household hints cover sewing finger protection with tape, testing oven heat by flour, preventing glove splits with a damp towel, enamelware care with newspaper, silver stains removal options, doily and linen care, ink and milk tricks, and cleaning methods for dishes, knives, ink spots, and moth prevention.
Fragmentary culinary article describes rough method for stews using meat and vegetables, with steps to brown, simmer with gravy, and finish for two hours. Includes variations for white veal stew with macaroni and garnish. Mentions Chest remedies and a Dr Sheldon patent for coughs and colds with pricing and retailers.
Advertisement for a new shop opening in the Western district promoting a large stock of boots, shoes, wall papers, window screens, and frames. It mentions repairs while you wait, low prices, baby items, tailor services, and fashion товараs including Zephyr shirts, Dr Jaeger's hosiery, wool straw hats, and summer suitings with a money back or quality guarantee.
The article explains stewing as slow even heat cooking to near boiling then simmering. It contrasts stoves and gas flames, notes stews are economical and nourishing, and advises giving time to preparation with careful meat cutting and proper heat control.
Sir George Reid presided as Lord Dudley awarded coronation medals to Victorian Cadets in London. The ceremony drew many officials including Major General Sir Reginald Talbot and Sir Thomas Gibson Garmichael, with remarks on empire unity and Australian military pride.
A rough ledger of wages across trades in Australia and Britain outlines weekly pay for masons carpenters plumbers and painters plus labourers in various districts. It includes housing costs in London areas with top floor rents and council flats, noting two to six room tenements and estate prices while citing Board of Trade figures and consumer items like sugar butter and margarine.
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