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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
3
The Melbourne column checks New Year traditions and public behavior with reflections on celebrations, forewarnings about safety, and social tensions. It notes festive scenes, warnings about drunkenness, and the impact on families and property, contrasting merriment with disciplined conduct.
The passage notes a Labour member facing a tenuous period following a strong rebuke from the Postmaster General in North Melbourne. The figure is urged to stay quiet and lay low as tensions rise and potential consequences loom.
Messrs A Mlean and Co announce sales on Sunday next at their offices and Warragul yards. The program includes cattle, crossbred sheep, and ewes with lambs, plus eleven land allotments in Trafalgar. A cleaning sale of dairy cattle stock farm implements and furniture occurs January 24 at Longs farm near Darlgauria. Mathieson and Davis prepare a large yarding for Monday sale at Traralgon yards.
Mr Samuel G Hirde and Miss Elizabeth J Gorman wed at the bride’s home with Rev J Roberta officiating. The couple, given away by Mr Freed, left for Melbourne to establish a Bendigo residence amid a reception with toast to the families and a shower of roses and gifts.
About forty people attended the meeting chaired by Mic Fogarty to decide actions over recent fires in the district. The group urged legal steps against offenders, pledged equal costs, and authorized A F L Rice of Maffra to act and consult counsel. A committee of nine members including D O Brien and J Parker was appointed. Attendees pledged £35 in cash with further promises, and first class legal advice will be sought for pursuing punishment or compensation.
Ma WML Thueh, clerk in Vruoridenee Hesayn, faced years of recurring diarrhoea. A traveling salesman gave Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which provided immediate relief and long lasting comfort during attacks. Agent Watkin Dios markets the remedy locally.
A grateful testimonial from M Law of Keckek claims Kid Chamberlain’s Gold Cholera in Diarrhoea Remedy cured his infant’s colic and cholera infantum after previous ineffective treatments. Sold by Warten Baos, agents.
Despatches from Naauwpoort report Major General French’s column conducting a rapid mounted advance to Colesberg after feint infantry and artillery actions. Boers routed, about a thousand escape to Norval’s Pont. British losses show three killed and seven wounded. Reports credit artillery and mounted mobility for success.
Intelligence confirms Queensland and Canadian troops in action at Sunnyside. Private Jones of Queensland killed. Lieu Col Adie seriously wounded. Privates McLeod Rose and Victor Jones killed. Boer casualties heavy. colonial troops rout Boer forces toward Spytfontein. Lieut Colonel Pilcher pursued Douglas to 46 miles west of Belmont. German vessel Hans Wagner seized at Delagoa Bay for contraband of war.
After Colesberg the Boers fled east toward Burghersdrop while a rearguard retreated to Norval’s Pont where the railway crosses the Orange. General French pressed beyond Colesberg and occupied the main road to Gleemintnem. Boers, reinforced, disputed entry into Colesherp with heavy fighting as French holds the captured position and Dutch tractors in British ranks damaged a stalled train to prevent supplies.
Executors sale announced for Morwell location featuring a vast stock including 52 head of cattle, furniture, sewing machines, and general merchandise. Auctioneer GW Ow es invites highest bidders, promising top prices for poultry and other items, with multiple offerings from Melbourne stock and local goods.
John Hutchinson of North Moor, a noted Seymour farmer on the Goulburn River, recounts a severe debility that left him unable to walk. A Tallatook Plains resident recommended Dr Williams pink pills, which he credits with restoring strength, appetite, sleep, and health, allowing him to resume hearty meals and work. The pills are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co and appear in Melbourne chemists and stores.
Market data shows dairy and factory goods steady to higher in places, with prime meats fetching limited high bids. Live stock sales sag under extreme heat, farmers report subdued demand, while a testimonial touts Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for temporary relief amid a cholera scare.
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