Markets See Mixed Demand and Rising Fruit Prices
The Melbourne market notes a lively hay trade with brisk inquiry as demand strengthens. Bananas and apples hold steady while citrus, passion fruit, and pineapples advance. vegetables show no price change. Pigs show improved numbers and quality with prime boars and stores up, hay and straw scarce, and Tasmanian stocks priced higher. Prime Carmons and related fruits trend upward with grower optimism despite mixed supplies.
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Tony -Whestell
Tyre
Melbourne
Jane
Chat
Tasmanian
Lance-Corporal LD Cilechin's Gallipoli ordeal
The wounded Lance-Corporal of 6th Infantry Battery recounts his four near death episodes during the Gallipoli encampment. He describes landing on Lemnos, enduring heavy fire, shelling, and shrapnel as he crawled under Turkish fire. He details his evacuation to an Alexandria hospital and notes the Turks used explosive bullets causing severe injuries.
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Cilechin
6Th Infantry
Bat Mion
Gallipoli
Maki
Reading
East Marvernt Ny
Menacaip
Lemnos Island
Lemno
Tashor
Tinel
Ty Wynn
Short Brigade
Hirt Hull
Tung
Opis
Samdaw
Calechin Ads
Alexandria
Self and Children Heal With Hean Essence Cure All
Mrs Thompson reports Hean's Essence cured herself and children of heavy colds. The testimony claims it as the best and cheapest remedy for coughs and colds, noting repeated success and widespread store availability.
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Hean
Thompson
Nelson
Ysan
Prosecution Over Truant Case At Trentham Convent Visit
The truant officer pressed charges against Michael Duggan of Tylden for neglecting to ensure three children attended required hours at school. The case noted Duggan withdrew pupils to a Trentham convent. inspectors found four hours of tuition daily, leading to dismissal. Judge Barlow commented it was his first such prosecution and likely his last.
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Michael Dugasn
Tylden
Trentham
Iseil- Uren
Duggan
Tuttion
Rentan
Trentham Hil
P.M
Barlow
Remarkable feats of Australian troops in Gallipoli diary
A letter from Ligur Rooney of the ord Battalion recounts brutal trench fighting in Gallipoli. He describes rapid-fire shooting, wiping out Turks in charges, and the gashed left flank. He notes taking cover with two rifles, saving a wounded comrade, and mentions a comrade becoming a hospital patient in Alexandria.
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Gallijolt
Ligur Rooney
Ord Batatlon
Belgrave
Victoria
Fred Atrom
Leer
Reich
Bisley
Alec
Rand
Ordt
Soie
Tefe
Strelchier
Jexandria
Tong
Barbarous episode recounted by Hungarian visitor
A Hungarian woman returns to England after visiting Germany Austria and Hungary and writes for the Londist Morning Post about a brutal Christmas Eve incident. She recalls Russian forces attacking a village, suffering heavy losses, and villagers countering with goats horns and burning torches to frighten soldiers during a misty Christmas night.
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England
Siler
Germans
Austria
Hungary
Londist Marnng
Aia Lenin
No Sentimentality German War Urges Brutal Blockade
A Der Tag article drawing on Herr Erzberger argues for total war measures to defeat England. It calls for submarines to sink English ships, a worldwide blockade, and terror against British civilians, asserting German superiority at sea and willingness to unleash ruthless strikes.
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Herr Erzberger
Centre Party
Geman
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
London
England
Hherry
Germany
Enatand H
Ragland
Carbolic Soaked Singlets for Australian Forces Stir Local War Effort
At a recent executive council meeting Lady Mayoress Patriotic League members approved making carbolic soaked singlets for soldiers in the front. The simple garment, soaked in a strong carbolic solution, aims to deter vermin and aid comfort for troops, with production to be organized by Kyneton and Melbourne groups for Expeditionary Forces.
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Wwe
Red
Heey
Britain
Patriotic League
Varley
The
Kyneton Wowen
Patriotic Workers’ Committee
Lasly Mavorecy
Ful
Axkina
Naint
Red Cross Society
No Backs To Their Heads War Time Reflections
A garbled wartime reminiscence contrasts English restraint with German aggression. It depicts a British stereotype of stiff English reserve and a French view of German attitudes, noting mutual disdain, distant humor, and a captured English officer’s coat as a symbol of clash between nations.
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Collier's
Mayle Bie
Sal Peasesian
Phen Laas
Germany
Fer
Peker
Hussars
Enchist
Potton
Rexona Soap Promises Gentle Baby Baths
An outcry ad touts Rexona Soap as ideal for bathing babies. It claims the soap soothes irritated skin, keeps babies comfortable, and leaves both infant and mother content. Available widely with a stated price and easy purchase through retailers.
Painful eruption fills face in medical ad claims
OCR text appears as a garbled medical advertisement from 1888 noting a painful facial eruption and claiming Cureall formulas. Names like Les Tarry Williams and Bowels Allioes are present, with references to Cuticura Soap and generic health claims. The passage blends testimonial and promotional language with dubious medical assertions.
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Powell Sulurl
Labor Solidarity Speech at Trades Hall Meeting
A labor rally at Trades Hall condemned racial discrimination in employment. Speakers defended Tahor solidarity and argued unions must oppose internment and exclusion of aliens while stressing unity across nationalities. The event featured strong exchanges and emphasis on defending workers rights.
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Uie Trades Hall Council
Gunell
Wade
Bass
Weystraut
Stlien Subjerns
Dyfenoa
Janes
Troy Weiner
Doan's Kidney Pills Backache Relief Promoted
Ad copy from a vintage waterfalled testimonial promoting Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. It claims a husband with kidney trouble and severe backache improved after using the product, with Mrs Jenkins and a tenth party named Sentsking as endorsers. Distributed by McLellan Co. on Tin Street, price 2/9 per bottle.
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A. J. Jenkins
Mollison Street
Fenelon
Thor
Weisee
Bae
Wien
Watts
Watts and They Soon Pik Hind Right Dean” .Tren Years Haler, Mes Sentking
Doge
Antilis
Bean
Dipan
McLellan Co
Syue Rey ‘Bui
Doan
Telford Bros Saddlers Plow Shares In All Steel Cast Mallable
Fragmentary notice shows TELFORD BROS Saddlers offering plow shares across steel cast and mallable lines. Readable details point to a farm equipment offering with emphasis on plow manufacturing or distribution. Further specifics are unclear due to the damaged text.
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Telford Bros
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