17 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Warrnambool Standard
Location
Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1915
Page
1
Emerys announces a broad sale on trimmed millinery and dress fabrics with low prices and big reductions. Dress lengths priced around 3 shillings, corsets offered in several styles, and stockists list various notions and fabrics advertised as deeply discounted. The notice mentions cattle yardings and local merchants involved, with a warning that increased duties may raise prices soon.
The piece argues that generous unemployed relief may lure rural workers to the metropolis, harming farm output. Citing J. Curbin of the Tusker Workers Union, it notes population shifts in Victoria from 1901 to 1911, with rural decline and urban growth outpacing natural increase, and highlights uneven county population changes across the state.
An array of ladies garments in Osmbric and crepe with low sale prices. Items include costumiers, camisoles, embroidery trimmed nights, white doublebed sheets, Dutch dresses, Mexican twill shirts, tweed suits, blouses, and pure silk ribbed fabrics. Prices drop from ordinary to sale levels, highlighting affordable dress items for women.
The author argues that wide swathes of midland and western lands near the Divide and rivers should be brought under plough. Government action is urged to shut the meh soil and convert land between the Divide and the ocean into productive farmland, restating a push for broader agricultural control.
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