Alexandra Shire notices and local farming plans spill over
Readable items detail shire meetings, charity efforts, and public notices. Discussions cover public programs, education, and local agitation for war relief funds to stay within Alexandra Shire control. Also reported are sales at Macarthur and Macleod, stock prices, road and postal rate changes, wandering stock impounding, and a novel sawmill project with timber deliveries planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandre
State War Council
Alexandra
News From Our Boys on Active Service Abroad
Letters from Gamner 4 Gordon Yorston detail voyage across the Mediterranean in 1916. The ship followed Sardinia then Marseille with 1,100 troops aboard, many seasick. Describes life on deck, life belt rules, boat parades, torpedo scare, Malta stop, meals, limited mail, and travel towards Havre with trains through hilly terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamner 4
Gordon Yorston
Histher
Mr Yorston
Highlands
Magdalena
Mediterranean
Sardinis
Marseilles
Alexandra
Tueaday
Valetta Harbour
Malta
Valetta
Sardinia
Mareliles
Niger
Slow mail and troop movements described in diary fragment
The writer notes delayed mail, mentions the 4th Light Horse arriving by boat, possible presence of George Week and W Sandgrass, and infantry who travelled on the Magdaleon. Rains disrupt departures as gear is packed and plans to move unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Week
W. Sandgrass
Magdaleon
Shire Engineer's April Report Faces Urgent Bridge Repairs
The April report highlights dangerous Backwater Bridge at Yea needing a new bridge or superstructures, urges immediate action. It calls for brick and concrete lining in drains at Blockland’s and Lee Gow’s, notes 22 culverts needed, and details tenders recalled for deck replacement on a Goulburn bridge and maintenance on Upper Goulburn road.
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Bockland’s
Country Roads Board
Goulburn River
Molesworth
Goulburn Road
Cotton's Prock
Yea
North Riding
City of Melbourne Hill
Watersbad Road
Paterson
Stoney Creek
Johnson
West Riding
Whittleeea Road
Eng
Maine
Toolangi Road
O'Connor
Thad
Jos
Morphy
Steuart's
Trafic
Constipation Ailments Mentioned With Diet and Medicine
Fragmentary OCR text suggests discussion of digestive issues and remedies. Mentions Chamberlain's Tablets as a treatment option and references to appetite and diet. Content is garbled with misspellings and unclear source context.
ThreeRunners Car Designed For Rough Terrain In England
A British motorcar coded with three parallel Palre runners replaces wheels for rough ground and steep hills. The movable runners latch forward sequentially, lifting and placing, allowing the vehicle to rest on two pairs while advancing.
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England
First Steam Battleship and Its Brief Destruction
The Demologos was the first steam war vessel at sixty long tons, built to 1814 trials and reaching about a little more than miles per hour. It never fought in battle and was destroyed by boiler explosion in New York Navy Yard on June 4 1829, killing twenty nine. Some modern naval ships exceed its horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite
Filming Fishes Submarine Camera Captures Harbor Scene
A US photographer has devised a submarine camera to film marine vegetation and fish in Nasea harbor. The device uses a flexible fer tile metallic tube, can tilt at any angle, is rubber guarded, water sealed, and self poising. Daylight lighting not needed as mercury vapour lamps suffice. Photos include a knife fighting son of the inventor against a shark at thirty feet depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nasea
What Flags Mean In Port By Veamele
Flags aboard veamele in port carry a coded language. A yellow flag with black quarters signals plague or quarantine, blue with a white center square marks Blue Peter, and a red flag with the V-piece indicates danger of explosion or low water. The Union Jack inverted means extreme distress, while the White Ensign shows a vessel under royal command.
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Veamele
Bargers
Wessels
Ofivers
Inventors Lucky Accidents Across Household Breakthroughs
A collection of historical anecdotes describes accidental discoveries. Thomas Kingsford found corn starch by dumping meal into a pail, then adding his wife’s mix. Sheffield mechanic Bolsover improvised silver plating, leading to electroplating. Comelida Debbel spilled aqua regia, producing a vivid new colour through chemical interaction.
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Thomas Kingsford
Thomas Bolsover
Sheffield
Comelida Debbel
Debbel
Tree growth reveals a 1884 storm from logs
A Madison Wisconsin US Forest Service lab found that tree wrinkles appeared on the same side of cut logs and aligned with a storm that swept the region. By counting annual rings the researchers dated the event to 1084 and linked it to a distant hurricane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wissonsin
United States Forest Service
Councillor Attitude Toward Conscription Sparks Letters
A letter to the Edward Fea Chronicle complains about council votes on a conscription motion. The writer accuses Dr Anderson of not recording his vote, implying a Noes majority on the motion and calling for clear expression of opinion. References to Dr Quinlan and earlier Chronicle reports are noted as context.
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Fea Chronicle
A.N.A
Evans
ALN
Anderson
Thie
Evang
Drysdale
Sheil
Connailler
Dr Anderson
Australia
Quinlan Ia
United Kingdom
Red Cross Society Meeting Reports Quarterly Subscriber List
Shire of Yea Red Cross Society held a sub-committee meeting at Shire Hall on Friday. A quarterly publication will list subscriber names and amounts collected January to March. April receipts from various subscribers totaled £45 0s 6d, with thanks to the Yea Amateur Dramatic Society for a £14 contribution supporting Red Cross funds.
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Hie
Gees JP
Cew
Aloe
Ibrar
Shire of Yea Red Cross Society
Ub-Committee
Shire Hall
Wall
Daley
Panga
Hi. Gordon
M'Kenzie
Limestone
Ima
Tha
B.C. Benton
R. Williamson
S Lawrence
Dryndale
Lee
Yea Amaeor Drematic Society
Red Crome Society
Dramatic Society
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Tan Alesana
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Sxemen
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Alerandra
Macarthur
Macleod
Loos
Yearbire
Council
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France
Postal Corps
Gestnovis Et Council
Arnemental
Pin Les
Powumoais
Conradeasem
Lalh Kag
Bis Homme Pester
Tha van
J. F. Jager
Seso Hill
S.A.P
H. Crowther
Yea Shire
Violet Town
Bright
Upper Yarre
Ats Malary
Commonwealth Postal Department
Victoria
Wimmer
Mallee
Goulburn Valley
Canada
Australis
Europe
Armenia
Turkey
Ur J. Sota
Sis
Marseiliss
Azalghs Basin
Marveillea
Havre
Shire
Yegert
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