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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1899
Page
6
Boots and shoes advertised promise comfortable pairs for ladies with button and lace styles in the latest shapes. Prices claimed to suit every pocket with satisfaction guaranteed on quality not second quality.
The report notes South Australia showing strong wheat prospects with hopes for a large export, while New South Wales crops look poor amid frosts. Victoria expectations are low, Queensland suffers downs frost damage, and districts debate Local Government Bill changes. An accident near Millicent injures Wilson but he recovers. Millicent Bank teller Davis retires with replacement Shirle set to take the post.
Obituary note for Captain Hr. C. Pearce who died of heart disease at 74. A veteran mariner, he began at sea in 1937, captained ships including the Tartar for decades, and was known for quiet deeds. Funeral conducted by Rev. E. V. Simpkinson with pallbearers named. Also mentions community notes from Tawranoota about a wartime-like workers’ meeting and local dairy industry references.
The Tantancola public learns of Mrs Kennedy’s cancer recovery after antipus inquiries. A local cooperative meeting delayed. a concert and readings followed. In the South African War, British forces face Boer resistance near Mafeking and Kimberley, with censorship of telegrams to curb misleading news. Parliament convened on October 17 seeking a £10,000 credit for continuing the war.
British warning to withdraw by Thursday October 12 passed as Boers from the Transvaal advance into Natal and Bechuanaland. Laing’s Nek falls to Boer forces, General Sir George White withdraws from the area until Sir Buller arrives. Boers destroy a war train, take prisoners, and sever rail links, with cable reports exaggerating killings of civilians.
In Adelaide on Saturday October 14 died E. H. Derrington a noted South Australian figure. He arrived as a printer wrote for Melbourne Argus and SA Register became Mount Gambier telegraph operator and engaged in speculation. He helped found the Gambier Standard later ran Port Adelaide News and Adelaide Press before entering politics in 1871 as Crown Lands Commissioner briefly. Insolvency and shifting ventures followed until health failed at sixty from influenza complications.
A fragment heavy with opinion rails at British intervention in the Transvaal and criticizes moral posturing, wealth from mining, and colonial motives. It also derides fashion trends as futile while touching on reported gold seizures and a string of unverified medical ads for Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract, including endorsements from American doctors.
W M Terry of Elkton Ky, with twelve years in the drug trade, testifies Chamberlain's Cough Remedy yields better satisfaction than any other cough medicine. He has sold hundreds of bottles and asserts Chamberlain's is the most satisfactory to the public, Forsale by Walter Campbell, Agent.
An illustrated sixteen page pamphlet published by A. B. Gordon invites readers to request the pamphlet free on application. Send postcard to A. B. Gordon, Manager Ade Inide Property Distribution, Adelaide.
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