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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
4
Faint OCR shows sale offer for hay oats bran and related feeds. Includes cheap chaff cutting for fuel and high prices promised for hay oats and alfalfa. Location and dates not clear. generic notice of farm feed sale with emphasized bargain pricing.
Faint garbled text warns a stock owner to protect animals in cold weather. References to keeping warm, rug storage, and pairing old coverings. Mentions T. Smith as a manufacturer of tents and related gear, with a partial address on High Street.
Economy 18 best effected by purchasing second hand articles instead of new ones. A Pinker, general broker and bottler merchant, states he has established a large stock of second hand goods and invites visits to his shop at the corner of Curio and Poward streets to supply any home requirement.
A restoration era notice advertises HosTals and money available in Melbourne for love and small sums. Interest from 5 percent, loans up to five years, with Collins Staret features and local hostels listed among providers in the city.
PONERALL conducted with respectability and upon the most economical principles in any work of the District Al Sumeral requisites Kopl in stock Hearse with clumes etc Address Maude Street Bueppanton
A vintage ad urges buyers to call before purchasing elsewhere, offering hot singles and twins from 2 to 8 light, priced from £42. Rose and Blue Bell cycles built to order from £6 4d. large stock of cycles and motors available. Enamelling, galling work, and other repairs offered, with Canes and Ross and Blue Bell Motor and Cycle Works on Wyndham Street. Phono 24.
Subdivisional sale of 200 acre Arigation land in Lucerne district. Exclusive owner Nit. Ver. Ant Browne offers portions at 40 per acre with 10 per cent annual for seven years. Government ownership completed on owner’s application allows each block to be legally registered. Browne notes high land quality, seller to provide details via owner and district stock and land agents.
Money, Rosy and other moneys are advertised as available in large and small sums for investment on country lands. The notice promises low rates of interest for term loans, inviting potential investors to contact M052 and Co. at Market Street, Melbourne.
A fragmentary note references the Spencer Optical Institute and the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology, signaling a likely collaboration or affiliation between the two eye care institutions.
A Victorian irrigation and orchard memo discusses pruning, soil fertility, and nitrogen fixation by beans and peas, plus ploughing, green manures, and careful irrigation. It highlights soil depth, plough pans, and careful fertilizer mixes for citrus stocks, stressing selection of stocks and proper fruit handling.
The sermon at the focal Methodist Church on Sunday July 23 examined days of Noah and the Son of Man. It warned worldliness and judgment, citing Germany’s 90-year arc and rapid population growth as cautions, urging repentance and return to old paths.
A summary of a public statement by Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary Limited highlights its labor policy in Australia. It notes employment for over a thousand workers, fair pay with government subsidies, lifelong career prospects, training and education programs, and a democratic outlook promoting advancement from within. The piece also mentions retirement and pension provisions for long-serving employees and outlines the company’s extensive distribution across 25 Australian centers with products like kerosene stoves and heaters.
An ingleton advertises Vathut a whikesskin balm claimed to smooth wrinkles soothe dry skin and heal chafes. Marketed by Siewpson and Davenport chemists Catling Street Melbourne the pamphlet lists prices and postage and promises summer and winter skin comfort after gentle application.
The note appears garbled with numerous OCR errors, but hints at a local item involving a person named Woods and a supposed cure or remedy. No clear date, place, or organization is extractable. Further readable lines are required to craft a precise summary.
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