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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
2
Local ad touts a selection of folding garden tables for the game of bridge with prices and related kitchenware. Items include bridge scorers, mugs, stoves, mashers, pins, dishes, scrub brushes, tin openers, and wash boards advertised at low rates.
In Victoria debate over free compulsory education shifts to cost equity. Premier challenges Bent by arguing state schooling benefits all, not only the poor, and questions restricting access to private schooling. Critics warn vast subsidies to wealthier families undermine justice and budget viability.
Editorial argues for universal free education including technical training, criticizing Bent and Premier for restricting access to the better off. It condemns class-based charges, urges free education for all who choose it, and notes rising distress among casual laborers due to poor grain exports. It calls for substantial charitable funding this winter to support needy families via local organizations.
The forecast issued at nine o'clock last evening calls for fine and cool weather with showers in the East. The Old Age Pensions Bill circulated in the House of Representatives this morning proposes pensions for men over 65 or 60 with disability and for women over 60, subject to residence, character, and property limits, with fines for drunkenness or other disqualifications. The Prince of Wales birthday is noted with a holiday observed next Monday, affecting government and offices.
A severe ase, of kyrdiney trouble, is often treatable by Wolfe's Schnapps, which is claimed to clear the organ of impurities and improve condition.
Geelong Football Club arranged a special train to Melbourne for the Carlton oval match against Chilwell. The Geelong West sewerage meeting, soup kitchen plans, fire brigade awards, and local notices cover race meetings, electoral rights renewals, cooperative lectures, and agricultural classes as winter services begin.
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