Death of Catherine Hallen Aged 89 at Talbot
Catherine Hallen widow of the late Andrew Hallen of Talbot died on December 27 at age 89. She is survived by relatives and friends. The funeral arrangements will be announced locally.
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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1916
Page
2
Catherine Hallen widow of the late Andrew Hallen of Talbot died on December 27 at age 89. She is survived by relatives and friends. The funeral arrangements will be announced locally.
The piece surveys a year marked by war and upheaval yet frames the conflict as a struggle for freedom. It predicts social upheaval, warns that militarism must be broken, and hopes that wider human progress will follow when intellects see truth, despite floods famines revolutions and pestilence.
John Albert Cosstick of Amherst, son of EB J. Gogatick, passed the merit certificate examinations. He studies at Amherst State School under head teacher Mr M M Phee.
Private Albert Rowe, wounded at Gallipoli and later invalided home, spends Christmas in Talbot hoping arm use returns. Mrs Hallen, 89, wife of the late Andrew Hallen and founder of the Talbot Primitive Methodist Church, dies at Crescent Cres, Talbot.
The Talbot Rifle Club presented Gunner A T Prowse with a wallet on final leave, following an address by Dr Alf Matthews and remarks by Captain Gray and others. Later Sergeant G Allison and Gunner Prowse received gold medals from Talbot citizens, with thanks from Private A G Whitworth in Broadmeadows via Amherst updates.
After scorching heat a storm swept through Lex ton on Tuesday with vivid lightning and heavy showers. Residents rejoiced as tanks filled and dams gained stock water. At Ochil Cottage Mrs James Gray and family endured a near miss when a lightning strike shattered the front window frame and fence, felled a pine near the garden and scattered bark nearby. The occupants escaped unharmed, though shaken by the shock and observed damage.
A Ballarat East resident, Lizzie Gandy of 13 Scotts Parade, reports severe bilious attacks eased after taking Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills. She describes previous remedies as ineffective and calls the pills an invaluable remedy for biliousness.
The advertisement claims outstanding cures from Clarke's Blood Purifier a reputed world famous remedy for scrofula scurvy and various ailments. Sufferers are urged to test its value and procurement is said to be available everywhere.
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