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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
4
Miller's Boot and Shoe Department is remodeled to meet demand with reduced prices on children's strong leather school boots and ladies and men's footwear. Special lines include box calfs and oxford styles, with clearances and traditional values emphasized.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century shop ad lists weekly offers on dress fabrics and related items. Blouse lengths in various cottons, linens, calico, and borders are priced with quantities and old currency. towels, hose, belts, handkerchiefs, gloves, and leather goods are discounted. The tone is a brisk sale catalog for cheap fabrics and accessories.
A garbled historical fragment mentions elections and nations with scattered names and dates. It references a vote bank, reparations, and scientific terms alongside numerous misread proper nouns. The legible bits point to a political context without a coherent narrative.
ALEXANDRA COLLEGE presents a timetable for Junior and Sanige Publicise examinations in arithmetic algebra geometry trigonometry and related subjects. Principals at bone alien Foo outline the theory and practical tests across mathematics botany anatomy physiology and philosophy with sets and papers organized for term assessment.
Monday night Mr Blakey, Labour candidate for Opinte, outlined party aims while avoiding election rhetoric. The speeches showed familiar Labour themes but were noted for lack of original, independent thought compared with other parties. Blakey emphasized compliance with party programs and navigational issues affecting coastal regions.
A lengthy Melbourne era report covers railway planning between Portland and Mount Gambier, political fault lines over nationalisation and monopolies, plus local public notices. It notes meetups by Labor and Liberal figures, polling implications, and arrangements for a Portland Mount Gambier special train and regional telegraph and post office operations.
A summarized note on the two volume history of Hamilton’s Presbyterian church by G Morieveon. It traces early records dating from December of a past era when local churchmen discussed establishing a congregation linked to Scotland. Four appointees selected a site and soon sought a Crown land block on Church Hill. Two years later a meeting at which building plans were discussed was held, with Mr Wells presiding.
The annual meeting of the CHMIBT parish will be held this evening at eight o clock to review the year end balance and elect churchwardens. In Whabs Aland Conchat the Hamilton brass concert drew favourable attendance and the public enjoyed the programme. A Hamilton court session heard Michael M Grath charged with drinking and disorderly conduct after a night out. He pleaded guilty to the first charge and faced further penalties for resisting police.
A Victorian era tale recounts a woman on a shopping trip who is tailed by a man on an omnibus. After a harrowing escape into Harrods and the help of a portly warder, she loses her purse but discovers the diamond ring had slipped from her coat pocket during the pursuit and remains at large. The report notes the pursuit ends with the ring still missing and two figures named Victoria Lord Roberts and Lord Dun- likely involved.
A woman with DOF convictions won on Monday at Brdmy 1, 12 months imprisonment as habitual drunkard. A moonter cod was caught in Avoca at the Glenroth weir, Charles Holmes of Charlton. The idol had booked fish and prawns, but the scene became chaotic as the crowd was subdued and the scales turned to 40.
In London Monday a meracere owner at Devall's menagerie was murdered. Starr, an employee, and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment after a trial where witness testimony and alleged influence over the jury were noted.
A fragmentary Sudbury train disaster note lists names and casualty counts. The text shows incomplete names including Lain Don Merny and Td Whepel Sh with unclear spellings, reflecting an early report stage. The document captures a casualty tally and the unsettled status of the event amid chaotic initial coverage.
In Perth reporters describe a surreal scene amid isolation measures. The piece notes quirky phrases and unclear claims about national sentiment, with regional figures referenced tangentially and no solid policy developments.
The Turner benefit match concluded today as New South Wales defeated Rest of Australia by 35 runs. NSW posted 323 in their innings while Australia chased, with Steamed Stewlirs and Stewed Stars among noted scorers.
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