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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1914
Page
2
Fashion guidance outlines blouses skirts and hats for summer wear, recommending fabrics for kids and detailing new sleeve and collar styles. It also covers parasol colors and trims, plus practical sewing tips and a recipe arc for a veal dish and jelly dessert.
Household hints describe practical tips for pest control furniture care and cleaning. Instructions include using malt for cockroaches moth prevention with evaporated-wool storage and cold water to remove paint smell and mildew. It covers mop making polishing aids and stain removal using common kitchen ingredients.
Dimmeys in Victoria displays U n e d u m Corsets as the season’s shape. The Dome hosts the exclusive line sold on merit with production costs cut. corsets are bust proof and proportioned to meet Staome Fashion curves. Direct from makers, eliminating middlemen to pass savings to customers.
Quek Vo introduces Daedie Corset in white or grey routil with guaranteed lust-proof finish and double suspenders. New shape features include long hip line and durable Duraweb elastic suspenders in sizes 21 to 18 and 20 to 30 inches, offered in 6/11 pairs.
At the Winchelsea Council meeting Mr M E K Davies was honored for his eight year tenure as shire engineer before taking a new post in Melbourne. The council granted a public holiday for the Colac Agricultural Show on November 11 1914 and planned welcome actions for Governor Sir Arthur Stanley’s visit.
A hut occupied by an elderly man near Merwell Bridge State School, Moe, was entered in the absence of the occupant and about £50 in savings stolen. The report notes other local issues including drought, water shortages, emu interference with fodder paddocks, and irrigation practices across the region.
The steamer Themistocles will arrive in Melbourne this week with 16 men and 176 lads for farm work in Victoria. The Immigration Bureau invites farmers to provide employment details at 555 Flinders Street. Lads start at ten shillings a week plus keep.
The first anniversary of Leal Dee Morh Lodge was celebrated at Mechanics Mall with visitors from Melbourne and Geelong and a strong local turnout. Noble Grand Walhhelm presided and welcomed officers including Grand Secretary Kr. FO Webster and others, two new members were initiated, and two presentations were made including the Grand Secretary’s word medal to J.G. Douglas. The evening featured speeches, toasts, and a rendition of Auld Lang Syne as Mixed with lively remarks from visiting Southern Star Lodge members and lodge officers.
Ceelong West man aged 93 died after a long illness. He spent 43 years in Australia, owned Yanmanin Station with the late Mr Thomas Shaw, and founded part of the Dield Bros Pty Ltd empire with extensive properties in New South Wales and Queensland. He leaves a widow, seven sons, and one daughter. The town opened a branch of the Commonwealth Bank, with speeches urging municipal loans, line duplication to Melbourne, fare reductions, and station rearrangements. A city council private meeting selected a mayor for the coming year.
Hampden shire Council hears a 12 000 hospital cost proposal from the Department of Public Health while a lower 500 vote is set for an infectious diseases hospital for the Shire. Other items report Camperdown Howling Club officers re-elected, inventor Mr Pitts patents a window fastener, and local crime notes including robberies and a murder case.
Mr F W Nunn dentist ads indicate city consultations by appointment at Murray Street Colac and 105 Colting Street Melbourne. Contact numbers Colac a4 and Melbourne 7633.
When you feel down buy a splendid tonic to lift spirits. Our Sulphur Hair Restorer claims to conceal grey hairs with bottles priced to attract buyers.
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