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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1923
Page
2
A historical advertisement describes a property sale in the Township of Menai with a large chimney stack and associated improvements. It details a proportion of One Pitch Crab and Fifth in 12 months, balance in 4 years at per nit, and strictly cash on delivery for furniture.
Victorian Railways to trial a Mount Gambier to Portland special in the coming summer with first class 17/1 and second class 11/8 fares. Dartmoor refreshment plans favor Heywood for passenger facilities. Federal government to announce next wheat harvest financing, likely a 3/6 per bushel pool guarantee, with a final government pool guarantee. Soldiers and Ryan appointment issue under scrutiny after an Indiscreet resolution was withdrawn. Mrs Hinck, mother of Mrs Sarker, suffered serious burns from a fire at home last week.
The report recalls four men with the King at Woll attacked by sharks while drilling a hole in a boat bottom. Three men were lost, the fourth rescued just in time. Other items note a mayor dying suddenly, labor strikes brewing, nurses ill with influenza, and various thefts and accidents across Melbourne.
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