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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1925
Page
2
A vintage catalog style listing from John Campbell's shop shows extensive fabric and clothing items including silk hose, lisle hose, fancy crepes, curtain net, towels, men’s tweed trousers, shirts, and undergarments priced in shillings and pence. Elements like various colors and fabric names indicate a broad stock in mid century department goods.
John Campbell of Percy Street Portland reports Pioneer House contact as Phone 17 for inquiries and services.
Various advertisements announce Malcolm's Second Hand Shop offerings including furniture pictures and a painting display at the Waratan Paint House. Sold items include a 44 room cheap house, farm properties, and household goods with terms by Wyatt & Co Portland. Also notices call for inspectors and a public sale in Portland area with March deadlines.
Tenders are invited and will be received on Friday the 18th for works in East and South Ridings, West Riding and Cook corner area. Projects include gravel paving and drainage in Heywood, Alexander's Water Croak Fond, and concreate/earth fills with specified cubic yardage. Shire Office Haywood Morehead requests details and deadlines.
Hours 20 to 08. The note appears as a fragmented time entry with unclear context and missing readable details.
Obituary reports the death of Alfred Lovell at his Sinclair residence. A 40 year old Heywood district resident, he came to Victoria from Somerset with his parents and lived in the area for over 70 years. The notice notes his long local ties and early life.
The article reviews the Commonwealth Government's Wealth Line project and its sale plan amid 1934 financial conditions. It notes a seven month board operation loss of 414 and ongoing debate over policy, parliamentary actions, and the line’s perceived failures during the wartime and postwar period.
Readable fragments describe a Saturday tennis finish with players named Fineroend and Biephen. The text is garbled but indicates a local association held a completed event and a match outcome occurred.
The report notes the timber schooner Leprens wrecked on an uncharted rock near Tasmania and several people injured in road and motorbike incidents. It mentions a fatality Alemsoder Gtalg and serious injuries to A Ban dog and Stanley Hodges, with other accidents, workers’ protests, and a poetry-like political scene in Melbourne.
Wimmera farmers and local groups debate shipping wheat via Portland versus the port at Wimmera. Speakers argue on options, rail and road access, and government policy while noting limited stacking capacity and transport constraints affecting harvests and future shipments.
Statements at a state meeting expressed cautious optimism about crude oil prospects near No 1 Door. A geologist noted oil on the surface but warned it did not confirm a flowing well. The speaker expected paraffin and hoped a flowing oil well would be achieved.
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