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Newspaper
Victoria Penshurst Free Press
Location
Penshurst, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
3
A long council report records tenders and work orders for drainage, graveling, and road repairs around Chatsworth, Dunkeld, and Penshurst. It notes bids from J Waller and A Smith, partial road closures, and plans to reassign funds while awaiting a full council decision.
The oval fortnightly meeting of the Penshurst Literary and Debating Society, chaired by McNoilage, hosted Mr Abbots of the Odd Volumes Society in Hamilton. He discussed Wordsworth, Coleridge and Tennyson and their views on nature, noting much thought in the cited works and quoting passages. The chairman praised the paper and opened it to discussion.
Fragmented report lists various sports and activities including a wrestling match between Weter and Bannon in Melbourne, Prince of Wales Stakes results, and a mention of Altear by H Johnson. Also includes a medical testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and other stray names and places.
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