Cattle stampede and crop damage amid drought signals
A mob of 609 SAW cattle escaped control at Hatate after starving conditions, 592 were impounded, crops in paddocks suffered as rain failed. Prospects for rain could boost harvest and bay. Captain W T Meller departs Melbourne for Brisbane to lead No 2 section of the Australian Expeditionary Force. A railway sabotage incident near Korit involved scattered fish plates, no suspects found. Gravity of grain berth work at Port Quay easing, Oriental Mills capital now valued at 120,000. A robbery at Sydney Hotel noted, a well dressed man seized belongings then vanished. Teachers vote to donate one percent of salaries to patriotic fund.
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W. T. Meller
Wotomambeol
Melbourne
Hrisbane
Wedneeda
Fogarty's Crossing
Korvit
Port Fair
Koroit
Tert Quay
Oriental Mills
Sydney
Menor Street
Geren Ured Nistriet
Yasar Viatiem
Seles
Bo Far
Ashby
Funeral service for Mrs John M Mackenzie at Presbyterian Church
In Cressy district on Sunday 6th a prayerful funeral for Mrs John M Mackenzie was held in the Presbyterian Church. A Patriotic Fund committee met on Tuesday 8th to plan for no public demonstration on Friday. Crops look fair apart from oats and scarce grass, while onion fields show little. chaff cutting remains the main industry with hundreds of tons of hay and chaff exported from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew
Baird
John M'Kenzie
Patriotic Fund
Werneth
Ressy
Livermnes
Berrybank
Gnarkeet
Lismore
Cressy
Premier outlines war time public works program
The State Premier stated that to maximize government employment during the war a comprehensive list of road and public works would cost 105,282 pounds and require 1,692 men. Building starts are planned for tendering within two months totaling 179,987 pounds for the coming year. Additional outer port works are proposed at 100,000 pounds, with tenders sought by the Community Road Board for projects including Apollo Bay rest area, Gret section, and Barupe Ridge Road.
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Road Board
Comuntry Road Board
Forrest
Apollo Bay
Gret
Remy
Barupe Ridge
Heven
State Waters Commission
Paservoir
Goulburn
Whnebion
Mallee
Household tips from a lost kitchen guide and workshop notes
A long garbled list of domestic advice covers removing rings and swollen fingers with cold water, sharpening knives on a damp board, improving jelly with lemon juice, keeping green peas vibrant with lettuce and sugar, and cleaning old grates with blacklead. It also details cooling cabbage water, removing stains from white fabric, reviving brown boots with methylated spirit, and tar stain removal with lard and ammonia. Additional fragments discuss dustbin sanitation, wooden pails, and making a simple extinguisher using salt in water for fires.
Wood's Great Remedy Mint Cure for Coughs and Colds
A historic advertisement touts Wood's Great Remedy Mint Cure as a universal remedy for coughs colds and related respiratory issues. The small print promises quick relief and patent medicine branding aimed at general households.
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Wood
Tae
Col
Natura Health for Women Visit in Colac Ad
Health guide and Natura medicine offer treatment for women with health concerns. A qualified representative will be at Union Club Hotel Colac on Thursday September 10 from 11 am to 7 30 pm for free consultations with no charge. Natura medicines are carried and a free health guide is available by mail from Melbourne.
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Samar
Colac
Union Club
Alviee
Dept. Ayi
Nature” Health
Elizabeth Street
Melbourne
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I. Wae
National Library of Australia
Bilson
Miss Hunt
Don
Pentine
Cas
Ghoom
Messrs
McIntyre
Australia
Culac
Busy Enterprise House
E. Stephens
Stephens
Telephone
Bilson’s Proprietary, Ltd
Alvie
Phena
Alvis
Thomas and Joyce
Yeo
Murray-street
Scott-street
Vhures
J. Ryan
St. Peter's Hall
Ind
Wessel
Hyen
Rothery
eGelong
C. & Lowe
Commercial Bank
Mechanics' Institute
Ind Inst
Argus” Fted Croas Society
Belgian Relief Fund
Pennyroyal
Mechanics’ Institute
Mt. Peter's Hall
Winchelsea
J. Walters
G. Wreston
Alter
Rivale Gaye
I Malham
Winchelsea Waterworks Trust
Ts Wo Erving
Geelong
T‘ollege
Victora Key Tt Jones
Presbyterian Church
Wight Wood
F. W. Nunn
Murray
Collins Street
Wilcone
Scutol
R. P. Hynes
Murray Street
Prins
Iw. Wheeler
Chemm'st
Deuggist
Bray Sreret
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