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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
2
Colonial-era notes recount Geelong life with church dedications and civic ceremonies. Residents of the Bellarine peninsula attend services and view improvements at St Pauls Church and nearby halls while charity efforts aid the Banew Orphan Asylum and local schools enjoy harvest events and juvenile sports.
The article outlines a proposed expansive railway and settlement program for Australia. It envisions large immigrant inflows and rapid construction to populate and develop the Northern Territory, Western Australia, and adjacent regions. It discusses potential routes, including lines toward Port Darwin and connections to Western Australia’s coast, with attention to labor needs and settlement of settlers in new towns.
The Australian branch of the Church of Melamed Men’s Society reports a division over church reform. At the September annual conference in Kinhead, delegates urged reporting on actions hindering church work and welfare, prompting private briefings by 405 reports and a secretary’s private sessions. The controversy centers on applying Christianity to modern life and addressing working-class aspirations.
A Victorian drug ad offers 10 tablet bottles of NERTO LAS ASPRO to relieve headaches and nervous symptoms. It claims daily output checks and lists chemists in Melbourne selling 10, 25, or 70 tablet packs. Readers are invited to cut out the notice, mail two penny stamps to Geo R Nicholas & Co, and request a trial sample.
A fragmented poem piece reflects on schooling and a better life beyond, contrasting childhood memories with a changing world. It questions education, growth, and the pull of home as the speaker longs for learning and purpose amid confusion and dawns of new radiance.
An OCR fragment argues over use of the Eucharist in Sunday worship. It contends for preserving Communion within Matins rather than adopting a separate service, citing church tradition and reformer aims.
Owing to demand for fur coats the shop advertises a large stock of rabbit, fox, mink, muskrat, and other skins. It promotes custom tailoring, durability, and a deposit storage plan with prices stated as 86 per cent below city terms.
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