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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 20, 1902
Page
3
A Melbourne correspondence recounts a death sentence for a young man linked to a murder, amid mentions of public unrest and famine. The piece notes officials debating federation, state governors urging action, and a related labour and meal relief scene in a colonial capital, with friction between authorities and communities over punishment and governance.
The Labour party in state politics rails at the Kyabram plan while Lygon Street critics push for reform. The Political Labour Council proposes cuts to the Legislative Assembly to 69 and new pay for 23 in the Legislative Council amid calls for daily Hansard reform. The Trades Hall backs retrenchment and a broader daily Hansard, while the Man from Kyabram faces opposition.
A Melbourne man, Mr Prime, recounts severe rheumatism and kidney troubles that left him near skeletal and sleepless. After using Dr Williams pink pills he reports drastic relief, renewed strength, better sleep, and a return to gardening vigor. Pills available from retailers and Dr Williams Medicine Co Melbourne.
A fragmentary mining report describes activities at the Long Tunnel shaft complex with ore extraction from several levels. Directors consider prospecting southern ground while noting payable stone and solid formations. reports of shaft depths, vein yields, and crew progress at Nos 6 9 and adjacent levels.
Official advices from South Africa report that a conference of Boer delegates elected by the commandos is at Vereeniging on the Vaal River to decide by ballot whether to surrender or continue fighting. Britain will not attack during the delegates' deliberations and Lord Milner has returned to Pretoria to monitor the process.
A saturated record details sales at Battnedale Warragul and Trarshgon extensive cattle and sheep trades. Prices span young stock milking cows store cattle fat cattle steers and heifers with totals, attendance, and notable lots from multiple yards including Mir J Farley Warragul and Edward Trencherd etc.
LITTLE AND BORTHWICK announce a public sale at Meare s Yard Trarago under manager LOUIS I M BELL.Bidding lists include cattle is first class steers heifers springers dairy cows and mixed breeds with millers and springers yearlings and wagons. Local districts Caledonian Glengarry Piyuns Crest Beckward and others. Auction date and precise terms appear in the readable portions of the notice.
A crowded newspaper listing details fabrics, flannels, linens, blankets, and clothing accessories with prices and quantities. It references yard measurements, various patterns, and many fabric types alongside hats, stockings, and hosiery for men, women, and children, presented in a dense ad-like format.
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