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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 26, 1901
Page
3
A Melbourne column surveys federal election anxieties and campaign tactics, noting calls for reform, census worries, and the press's role. It discusses candidates, public dinners, alleged morality debates, and the influence of ministers, with tensions over how campaigns affect society and local opinion.
Reuters Telegrams recount Colonel Plumer pursuing De Wet after battles near Diguwitfontein and Bethlehem. Boers flee with few followers, 50 prisoners taken, De Wet’s forces retreat across the Orange River. British losses tallied with several officers and men killed or wounded. heavy Boer casualties and prisoners.
Lord Methuen reports Australian Bushmen under General de Villers and Labenberg faced strong resistance as they cleared the Western Transvaal from Veyburg to Klerksdorp. Casualties included several killed and wounded among Victorian and New South Wales regiments with Lt Col N W Kelly among the wounded. Severe fighting at Hartebeesfontein saw Tiger Commandos driven from a strong position. De Wet’s brutality stories emerge as British soldiers recount harsh treatment of prisoners. A Boer raid disrupted a mail train near Heidelberg, wounding passengers before troops repelled the attack. Methuen claims capture of two Boers at Brakpan with four wagons and 46 prisoners.
General Gables reports a Reuters telegram noting Mer Chamberlan lauds colonials for volunteering. He says their noble service yields immense results and that such patriotism can defy distant challenges, reflecting a wartime spirit and regal admiration.
A damaged OCR fragment references correspondents and municipal matters. It mentions May and council action but provides no clear event, date, or identifiable entities beyond a vague governance context. The piece is incoherent and lacks actionable details.
Fragmentary ledger note cites a 18 000 pound cash total and a 300 daily value for raw product. Authorities reference Mallarst Court in a terse accuse of organized theft tied to a pestioed operation.
A historical account traces the early dairy drive in Victoria led by H W Potts and J L Dow. It covers the Melbourne 1888 exhibition, a state wide initiative to boost butter and cheese production on cooperative lines, the creation of a travelling dairy, a dairy school, and the rise of David Wilton as a leading dairy manager.
Commercial Gippsland market report notes fat cattle prices and store cows selling from £2 to £8 12s 6d, heifers £4 12s, younger stock £2 to £3, calves and milkers listed with varied values. Pigs and ponies also touched on with prices and buyer attendance described.
On Friday last the residence of Mr A Brens at Callignes was totally destroyed by fire. He was washing and had occasion to go to a neighbour's, returning to find the place on fire. Nothing was saved except clothes on the line and the house was insured.
An Onehunga resident, eighteen, recalls a bronchitis and consumption battle. After six weeks of treatment with doctors she found relief using Dr Williams pink pills, claiming improved appetite, coughing reduction, and restored health. Pills sold by chemists, stores, and Dr Williams Medicine Co. Substitutes warned against.
Advertisement lists Kilin's Patent Aventor for odourless milk and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children with croup, sold by J S Mrestoam Gent. Also advertises a red and white spotted steer with illegible brand to be sold March 2 1901 unless claimed, by Jas Boyd, Poundkeeper.
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