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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
2
Layton Bros Big Store offers excellent assortments in clothing and mercery. In the Onkaparisga Pare Weel Tweed Trousers department they list neat patterns, all sizes, good wearers, at 6 shillings 6d per pair.
An advertising line promotes a shirt factory offering neat black and white striped shirts made to order. Priced at 3s 6d each, the ad emphasizes quality and style from the Derby Shirt Factory in Nice, presenting a convenient fashion option.
Ready-to-wear collection features a nice grey striped tweed suit and a brown striped outfit. Breezy tailored pieces include gauntlet trousers and a low vest, touted as very smart and stylish for the season.
Local notices describe a Tuesday evening meeting on railway and government acts, a monthly pig sale with 190 cows at Travanc, and deputation discussions about a school for residents. Also listed are a town band performance, a May Mechanics Hall address, a baby death notice, and several society events including a WAA social, quoit club affairs, and police court proceedings with local officials.
A detailed deputation press briefing recalls the long effort to secure a railway from Rosedale to Carra Jang hill country via Gormindale. Speakers including Mr Livingston and Mr Lingstom argued the line would unlock settlement, support beet processing, and connect ill districts south of Traralgon, urging Cabinet action under the Developmental Railways Act.
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