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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
4
Clarke and Co Melbourne stock exchange members offer immediate settlements for War Loan stocks 2100 and upwards and for Alfalfa lucerne varieties. The notice highlights select lucerne types valued for fattening and dairying, with references to Leader and Weekly Times May 13 and regional varieties like Hunter River and French Provence.
A district school ceremony in Shepparton celebrated 32 merit certificate winners and many qualifiers as pupils prepared for high school. Speaker Mr Palling praised teachers, the infants’ progress, and the motive of democracy while urging parents to plan for twelve year olds’ future study.
A historical ad promotes bisurated magnesia as a treatment for indigestion and stomach distress. It outlines dosing after meals and claims rapid relief, with testimonials from a Reverend Gooray and others. The text contrasts bisurated magnesia with other forms like carbonate and oxide.
Jumbled riffs expose garbled text claiming a Moon joke and street scene. It mentions high street, Marshall’s Bouls, a leather goods hint, and patronage concerns in fractured phrases.
A Carnial Committee deputation to the Shire Council seeks repairs to the recreation ground to aid a Moorocona Hospital fundraising event next February. Members urge fence and ground maintenance, noting prior committee funds and damage from horses and cattle, and propose a joint inspection on Wednesday morning.
Mil preparations are under way to open extensive iron ore mines on Mount Major near Dookie. Lew applications filed by Messrs Grant aided Cunningham with orders for 30 000 tons of ore. Work to start at the new year with employment for many men as an aerial tramway will convey material to the hill base. If developed as a paying proposition the project could boost the district and broader industry.
The Shire Engineer notes metal carling contracts for Dookie and Pine Lodge roads faltered after a breakdown at Dookie quarry mid 2nd inst. The metal reserves at Shepparton station are exhausted. Several road and bridge contracts are in progress or near completion including Mooroopna Wiel road and Castle Creek bridge. Secretary and Collector and Municipal Yards detail finances and fee income. Inspector of Nuisances reports cleanups, weed control, and dust issues. The meeting covers projects, approvals, and next steps for sanitary and road works.
Mrs Edward Canham of Swat Street Shepparton reports years of backache kidney trouble with swelling and fatigue. After medical treatment failed Doan's Backache Kidney Pills gave relief within days and cured after eight bottles. Her husband has had no return for years and they keep the pills on hand for prevention. Sold by chemists at 2/9 a bottle or 15/3 for six, via Foster M'Clellan Co. Sydney.
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