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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1926
Page
10
Forrest and Leigh played a hard defensive contest with few goals. Key moments included McDonald and Forrest drives, MeDonald scoring multiple majors, and late, tense exchanges as both sides chased a narrow margin.
The Geelong port report records arrivals from Melbourne Port Kembla and Adelaide with vessels such as Mumdalla Mangolla Kowhal and others. It notes a 5000 ton discharge, upcoming departures to Melbourne and Keockferne, and an auction of furniture and effects at 1 pm at Aberdeen Street, Newtown.
About thirty shrubs were planted on the Con dewann School grounds on Friday as part of a community effort. A working bee, led by the teacher and senior boys, leveled ground with loam and a pond and joam to help the oil trenches. Several committee members resisted attending but tea was served in the afternoon, and gratitude was expressed to those who helped. News of the late infant Mr. TR Puller and death in Melbourne hospital was noted.
Readers record a school event in Grovedale where Miss D McDonald, after six and a half years, is promoted to lead Sailors Gilly School. The decorated preparatory program honors her with recitations songs and a lambent jewel gift amid a farewell by pupils and staff.
Members competed on Saturday for a trophy donated by Allan Marden. Maurice Stephens, a junior member, won with a nett score. Final results list E Stephens Ur Jermyn Black and others with varying scores and handicaps.
On June 2 Arbor Day celebrations were held at St Leonards State School. Children planted trees and were rewarded with an afternoon tea prepared by Mrs Bell and Mrs Martinson. Beneficial rain fell last week but more showers are needed to replenish the dams.
A Geelong case shows relief from backache and kidney pain using Bonn’s Pills. A husband’s lingering backache and headaches improved markedly after a full course, with two years of no recurrence reported by his wife. Pills priced at 2/3 per bottle, available from Fowler-McClellan, 16 Hamilton Street, Sydney.
Geelong slate hosts Astleys acrobats at Dover Theatre and a mix of vaudeville acts led by Bert Lotell in a feuding play. The program features The Covered Waggon and The Voor Kapress, with Helly Cum and Ernert Torenne among the performers, plus a dancing night at the Creent Work.
Report from London says Mr Diemede, governor of the Greek National Bank, objected to the approval of actions tied to substantial refugee loans and related exchange matters during a recent meeting seeking a 1 billion sterling advance.
Readable scraps show whisky prices and assorted commodity notes with figures like 10/65 and 78 tied to various brands. The fragmentary list mentions items such as Piss Sarai and Dry Monopele Goulet amid interleaved market watchers’ notes and casual price cues.
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