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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
2
The article touts PD and P.D. corsets highlighting their graceful fit contouring the figure. It emphasizes the designers focus on thorough fitting, quality materials, and an enormous variety of styles to suit any figure, urging readers to insist on PD corsets.
A snapshot of the issue highlights public notices and advertisements including shipping, births and marriages, business announcements, and legal notices. The page lists sections for auctions, lost and found, rewards, education notices, and vacant positions with various local notices and classified ads.
Geelong business representatives back an exhibition to advertise the city as a great commercial and industrial center. They favor holding it in late 1910 and early 1911, arguing it would draw visitors to central Geelong while showcasing its modern amenities, with site questions to follow.
A proposed exhibition combining industrial displays with juvenile and nature study aims to secure local funding and cooperation from public bodies and societies. The piece argues party discipline in Labor is essential for governance, noting pledges to follow caucus decisions, while criticizing rigid obedience that stifles individual conscience.
The forecast for the next 24 hours predicts pine gene rally, partial cloudiness near the comet, morning frosts north of ranges, and variable winds. Melbourne reached 37 degrees yesterday while cooler readings were noted elsewhere as local recreation and water system updates progress, including metre installations for free water users and planned mains scraping to improve distribution. Local committees plan park fence work, garden inspections, and a dredger update at Hopetoun Channel as missionary talks and guide book preparation continue amid public notices and police court actions in the region.
An advertisement touts Wolfe's Schnapps as an adjunct to health with tonic properties deemed to keep the system free from many prevailing ailments. The claim emphasizes overall wellness through a medicinal, tonic beverage.
The article notes T. Z. Watel presiding over a district HVACSIES office with a ceremonial presentation and mentions a motion over a residence window area. It references a painter from Photo Companys and a captain in a colonial unit, plus probate mentions of Bridle, widow of Pyans Street, South Ge.
The case centers on George Th. Teore defending against a charge of obtaining funds by false pretences. Accused allegedly used the name George Howe and claimed relationships with Mrs. Levy to extract money and goods. The trial featured Percy Richardson and legal teams, with bail set at £20 as proceedings moved forward.
A deputation from the Operative Generalmetta, led by Mr Lets ALE and Mr fe ALTA, waited on the Minister of Labor to press a request about banning bread baking at the dockation. They argued daytime baking could be as effective and cited distress among workers and families. Sir Maxander Peasock expressed concern over the impact on Southern counties and urged employers to consider the issue. The minister promised to bring the question before the next meeting.
A reader reports a dramatic recovery from a brutal neck eczema using Cuticura Ointment and Soap after weeks of worsening lesions. Multiple doctors were consulted and various powders and preparations tried, but only Cuticura provided relief and complete healing.
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