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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
7
Fragmented notice describes a public sale upcoming on a Tuesday in June with items including a wardrobe, sideboard, and furniture. The text mentions buyers, vendors, and locations but is heavily garbled, with unclear dates, names, and prices. The overall gist is a local auction notice for household goods and miscellaneous items.
Financial agents Reid and Baxter advertise an exchange offer dated July 30 1915 seeking to swap an investment for four residences. The lengthy notice details parcels in Melbourne area near River Thames works with terms including five to thirty six month periods and diverse interest rates. It invites propositions and lists contact at Reid and Baxter offices with agents in Melbourne and London.
Battered OCR lists a sequence of items for sale or auction including homes, stoves, copperware, bells, kitchen gear, sheds, electrical fittings, and outbuildings. Mentions land plots, outbuildings, and various rooms with addresses and names, all indicating sale notices from Mortuntila Chambers Geelong and related agents.
Auction on premises by Bank of Visletta near Bangor includes uprights, grand piano, American organ, double set pony reins, and other valuables. Catalogues available, auction Monday June 25 with viewing and terms at 10:30 a.m. sharp.
A dense classified-like notice from agents including Brown colepnono and BLOMFIELD CROWN & CO. promotes property sales and rental options in Melbourne and Geelong districts. Listings include villas with multiple rooms, kitchens, and terraces. shop and store space. and terms of sale or rent, with references to fire, life, and workers compensation services.
A damaged notice describes Charlie Chaplin screenings at Easeley's Theatre on Saturday with a run of his comedies including His New Job. The program mentions stage and musical notes, cast names, and a forthcoming nautical drama. Doors open at 3:50 PM for the matinee.
A chaotic report from Victoria details actions around wheat, butter, and chaff markets. Officials discuss private sales, government import duties, and tensions over pricing and supply amid fluctuating demand and trade controls.
Wheat and flour holdings in excess of 100 bushels and bags were reported on June 28. The notice requires furnishing values or false statements, with authorities directing police stations and Pass Offices to enforce the requisition and penalties for noncompliance.
A fragment reports a sugar famine affecting the Colonial Sugar Nee Nning Company and local shops in Victoria. It notes overwhelmed supply chains, congestion, and widespread theft during the crisis, with mills and merchants struggling to meet orders and customers.
A pale point indicates a football game at Ceril Oval with music by St Augustine's Drum. Gates open at 1 o clock, but OCR issues cloud details about teams and schedule.
The Little River Coursing Club folds 18 entries with Zol3 added. draw to be held June 28 after entries arrive. The Minina Coursing Club schedules its second meeting on Friday and Saturday July, with 82 dogs and a trophy, nominations due July 8. draw set for Yellowine night. Noble-Strolt Girls Guild reports a social to discuss forming a Sister class. members to submit names and indicate willingness to join.
Fragmentary shipping notes mention a port of Greloxg and various obfuscated vessel movements. References include a ship named Methaltenge Ediig and a route from Singapure with vague origin and destination markers. Content remains garbled but preserves entities and implied trade activity.
At a meeting of the Central Council of Employers of Australia, leaders urged the establishment of a national government to unite the country. The resolution called for premier measures to end the war and ensure employment for all willing workers, bridging capitalist and labor divides, and improving employer employee relations nationwide. The council favored forming a national party and coordinating between the prime minister and state provisions.
A stabbing afray occurred near Mol fourme when four men attacked Robert Toslie Wilson as he waited with a woman. Wilson was wounded in the right breast and arm with a knife and admitted to St Vincent's Hospital in a grave condition after loss of blood. Jon Howison, a dealer, is charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding him.
The Labor Federation council in Perth discussed barring Messrs. Goode, Distant and Co. from tendering, due to alleged nonconforming boots. Union delegates claimed factory work involved misstatements and that two men inserted unspecified material with no instruction. The men were dismissed promptly.
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