05 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1914
Page
1
Scarce good costumes offered for sale with focus on quality and availability. The notice suggests timing for inquiries, noting the temporary opportune moment for patrons to acquire items before the fall season.
Just arrived by steamer Miller Stores with a wide floral silk selection, lace, and silk voile dresses. Costume department highlights Jap silk ranges, poplin, linen, and white silk voiles with fashionable blouses and garnishes. Also notes tobacco and various garments amid broad offerings and regional notices from Shepparton to Maryborough.
An old advertisement lists White Roll Tafe and partner offerings in Shepparton. It markets fruit and dried fruit items, jams, and a broad range of groceries. It promotes music lessons including piano violin and vocal instruction at the Shepparton Hotel with weekly visits and quarterly payments.
Report on J. S. Rocklin’s visit to Mildura show and interview with Leader reporter. He describes irrigation prospects, drought relief hopes, and farm layout observations from Sunbury to Nagambie while noting wine country, lucerne and fruit plots. He cites shifts in attitude toward irrigation and the need for broader water access.
Fragmentary OCR text from a Birmingham Shepparton area notice mentions trial solicitation and small goods, with garbled lines about farmers, receipts, and an address. No clear names, dates, or actionable details emerge.
Luke's Church of England held a bazaar and sale of work in the Victoria Hall opened by Mr H Bye, principal of Doulae Agricultural College. A large crowd attended, with stalls attractively decorated and music by local performers. Expected net proceeds exceed £2100, aiding church funds. sales continued Thursday and Friday with receipts around £240 on Wednesday and Thursday.
Melbourne market notes report a fluctuating week with 26 000 sheepskins sold, mid ware disposed, dress advances noted, baggage parcels and fabricated items catalogued. Prices showed weakness in some lines while wigs and alk products held firmer, reflecting overall cautious demand and revised weekly rates.
Mr Davideo and colleagues from the Water Contingent and Closer Settlement branch toured Stanhope Galata to review the site eight miles south of I fam and Lauderdale homestead. Plans envisage a population of about 2000 within ten years with water supply drainage and sewerage. the town to be the terminus of a new railway awaiting subdivision plans.
Fragmented notice lists Blue Funnel Line sailings to Liverpool Glasgow and Durban with passenger conveyance notes. Mentions Adelaide and towns, special tram transfers, various ports via Java and San Francisco, and uncertain fare references. Includes garbled names and dates, an address at 134 iler Street, Austomras, and shipping lines such as Union Steamship Co. with scattered notes on fares and routes.
P and C Company advertises Royal Mail steamers with routes via Adelaide Fremantle Colombo Aden Po rt Said Tangier and Brindisi. First and second saloons, 10 000 haddock detail list includes captains and ships Moldavia and more. Telegraphy wire lye fitted. Returns and tickets via Colombo and Orient lines. Agent Lewis Plumber handles inquiries.
A fragmented report notes the hiring of marquees and fencing for a site, listing costs and dates in terse terms. The item references names but with unreadable OCR, making specifics unclear.
The catalog lists Massey Harris Ltd offerings including feaper and bind weaper threaders, Gonders, Graln and Fortifteer Orine Guitivatore, and Soadice orchard equipment. Featured items cover harrows, mollifiers, ploughs of 1 to 4 furrows, sump jump ploughs, and manure equipment. It promises a general catalogue gratis on application.
An old classified style notice from Shepparton area advertising oil and engine services. It promotes valve piston rings, quality workmanship, and shortest notice guarantees. Mentions customers among farmers and business people and lists Furayerei as address near the Pioneer Hotel.
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