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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
4
A fraudulent advertisement touts a “safe family medicine” claimed to cure constipation and other ailments. It promotes unverified tablets with statements about dosage and a free sample offer, asking readers to send 2 pence for postage. The piece imitates medical science claims and targets general households.
In a Melbourne letter the writer argues against a public debate on Socialism featuring G N Reid and Tom Mann. The piece warns such clashes could derail water conservation, defence prep, and other reforms, while noting Labour Party factions and the view that Socialism may not take root in Australia. It also discusses the policy of using outwork and convict labour, and comments on closer settlement boards, with mention of administrative changes and staffing.
A discussion questions superstition and Dowie while noting the Ministry’s gazette of Friendly Societies Gardens Melbourne as a temporary recreation reserve for Victoria schoolchildren. Control of the grounds remains undecided. revocation possible since the area is a temporary measure, not permanent.
At the Children’s Hospital Fete in Prince’s Court Melbourne, W Warden rode a 7 hp Jidsmobile up a 230 foot chute, illustrating auto mobility’s limits. The report also mentions Parisian aerial acts, a fatal looping stunt in Lisbon, and early aeroplane motorizations and control schemes with a 83 ft wingspan craft.
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