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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
3
The writs for the Referendums will be issued on Tuesday November 2. pamphlets with arguments for and against proposed constitutional amendments will be dispatched to electors within days. Rolls are available for public inspection at post offices. Enrolment cuts and penalties explained.
A garbled wartime note lists daily bread meat and preserved goods for German prisoners in England, alongside an odd claim of eighteen UK universities with ten in England, four in Scotland, one in Wales, and three in Dreamed. The text mixes ration items such as sugar, salt, mustard, and fresh vegetables with misread place counts.
The assembly debated dairy cattle advances amid drought distress in the Western District. Speakers argued over government security, landowners, and whether aid should target tenant farmers or broader dairy workers, with concerns on mortgages, wage protection, and regional impact.
The twenty fifth box was dispatched this week by the local branch of the Red Cross to Melbourne. Merinos are cutting well with excellent wool and yolk present. In a shed a pen of 200 merinos yielded 12 lb per fleece. The Mortlake Water Scheme began with excavation of the service basin on Wednesday and contractors will start the concrete tower soon. The tower will hold 90 000 gallons and the contract price is £550.
Mrs Clifford, superintendent of Natura Health Company Melbourne, will visit Celuc on November 11 and 12. She will be at the Victoria Hotel from 10 to 7 30, offering free consultations and advice on women’s ailments headaches backaches indigestion and related issues. A full list of medicines including Persian BoneTM is carried.
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