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Newspaper
Richmond Guardian
Location
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
3
Local advert lists wide discounts across furniture fabrics and home goods. Prices shown for chairs, tables, and lamps with freight paid on all cash sales. Includes regional mentions and promotional dates for the sale across Chester and surrounding areas.
Letters from Private Street recounts sinking of Ballarat and rescue. Richmond soldiers, band plans, and local notices share the wartime mood. Guardian availability shifts to Friday evenings in Melbourne. St Ignatius confirms 500 children in confirmation ceremony by Archbishop Mannix and priests.
In a chaotic round of football notes, Richmond suffered a magnet finish season loss to Geelong and struggled in other matches. The piece details lineup changes, injuries, and coaching debates as Richmond plans a clash with Fitzroy, while Geelong eyes a stronger goal scoring run and local clubs report football chapters at Richmond Park and Yarra Park.
Readers flock to the Guardian weekly and question ad visibility while urging town papers to improve. Richmond council backs enhanced safety as Spotswood sewer workers report exposure to dangers and seek board action through local councils. some injuries cited.
A lawyer and witness discuss an on site examination with the witness remarking nothing of consequence was found, while the attorney references Shakespeare and contemplates future summons. The dialogue suggests a court or legal setting with light, evasive testimony.
A Richmond reader demands names of Germans Italians and other opponents who refuse Red Cross aid funds. Another letter criticizes Ted mond Council for political graft and incompetence, urging Labor to cleanse local leadership and address democratic drift at the crossroads.
Indignation fills Richmond Union Bowling Club as the council votes to remove greens behind the town hall for a technical school. A committee proposes gifting the site to Lands Minister with a new recreation reserve plan while club members plead for a hearing before final action.
In Evelyn Wood’s new book Winnowed Memories a guest recalls a dinner remark about Jonah in the whale and a strict host who would banish a guest for disbelief. Other vignettes include a wasp sting on a tongue and a hotel bathroom misadventure with a startled wife and a masculine voice.
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