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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
6
The piece describes a hotel built inside a hollow giant tree on a California road between Santa Cruz and San dome. Other trees nearby house guests, with a thick overhead roof of branches forming a dining and storage area. The account mixes travel oddities with speculative notes on climate and health.
Promises easy turning and balanced bell bearings with a new patented free wheel lubrication. Offers liberal allowances on worn separators compatible with any make. Mr James Fion oversees repairs at Enginers' Agency for MOTO CARB. Duplicate parts in stock and carb for hire available through RF. EDGAR, PROPRIETOR.
A rambled Guildhall talk on Diet in Public Secondary and Private Schools featured Dr. Phillips of St. Law trore's College and a cannibal-tinged tale. Attendees debated diet effects on teeth, malnutrition, and the merits of meat versus vegetarian regimes amid humorous and wary commentary.
A local notice thanks numerous friends in the Colac District for royal support over 35 years and promotes manufactured products including Lime Juice Champagne Syphons Limerick Champagne Hop Ale Sarsaparilla Extract Ginger Ale and many others. It details simple usage for a jelly pack and urges support for local industry and enterprise.
D McKenzie of Murray Street Colac declares he has taken over the Livery Stables formerly run by Jas Vesey and seeks patronage. Services include horses and buggies for hire, stabling, drags for hire, careful drivers, and young horses broken in.
L Quinton announces he has taken over the business of Geo Gallop & Co at Western Coach Works Gellibeand Street. W J Spowart will manage all trades with vehicles made to order. Trial solicited and agent Obessy listed. Virgin wheat land near Urenay referenced.
A pheasant's deathbed will leads to a mispronunciation dispute at a market as a wife tries to dispose of a horse and dog for her parents, while arguing over the word turkwoise and paying five shillings for the horse. The jeweller weighs the ring, revealing a linguistic oddity amid the family dispute.
An ornate ad from Ballarat lists designs and prices for gold brooches, necklaces, chains, and gun metal watches. It promotes stock at 6 doors down Sturt Street from the post office and at Moorabool Street Gee long, with a note on submission deadlines for fall issue adverts.
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