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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
1
An advertisement touts a large prize contest offering £2200 for the best list of bird names drawn from a scrambled set of letters. It claims daily prizes, a guaranteed gold prize for the top entry, and promises to publish results and distribute awards by return post, aiming to 100000 subscribers.
The document outlines postage rates for various items including letters newspapers and parcels to several colonies and territories. It specifies limits for weight size and destination and notes prepayment and registration procedures. It also mentions penalties for insufficient postage and terms for parcels sent by Parcels Post to Australia New Zealand and other regions.
In a bustling wool market, prices rose overall with crossbreds weaker and merino demand steady or higher. Top scoured prices reached yd, while local bargains ranged across various grades. Also a testimonial touts Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cure, sold by Walter Campbell, agent.
A tale describes heirs missing a will sealed away for years until an oak beam in a cottage reveals eight jars of savers valued at £5,000 plus notes worth £100 each. The riches altered a family’s fortunes, but the search spanned decades and a penniless youth abroad.
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