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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1914
Page
2
A Thursday evening Talbot Borough Hall gathering aims to organize the Boxing Day sports to benefit Amherst District Hospital. The town hopes for high turnout and energetic support to ensure the event’s success.
Berlin reports German retreat before the Russians as Austrians face a stronger Russian force in Vienna. Western front fighting shows German assaults waning while Allied right wing advances toward Lorraine. In South Africa, De Wet and Beyers rebel in Northern Orange Free State and Western Transvaal, seizing Heilbron and disarming soldiers after a train raid. Botha reportedly defeats the Boer rebels and captures 80 men.
October brought record heat and drought in the district with no rainfall at Talbot. For ten months this year rainfall totals fell far behind 1912 levels, while a thunderstorm briefly touched Maryborough and Dunolly with light showers.
A list of upcoming Talbot district events and meetings in November. Includes Talbot Borough Council and School Committee sessions, Amherst District Hospital Board, Commons Managers, Lexton Shire Council, Talbot Prospecting and Progressive Association, Talbot Fire Brigade, Daisy Hill School Committee, Amherst Cemetery Trustees, and Talbot Public Library Committee meetings.
The Latrobe Raiton Shale Oil Co at Latrobe Tasmania with 1500 acres near the township has passed the experimental stage and now yields crude oil motor spirit turpentine a rubber solvent substitute and a spray oil for fruit trees. Queensland sugar crop expected at 210000 tons with a record in the north east. Young Australia League tour to America postponed until February. Advice to mothers about Winslow’s soothing syrup to ease teething pain and aid sleep with claims of relief from stools and dysentery.
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