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Newspaper
Yea Chronicle
Location
Yea, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
3
A garbled correspondence fragment describes a labor meeting with producers and workers, noting resignations and a branch dispute over representation. It references Homewood, central council, freight costs, and policy shifts affecting land, aging, and dairy policy within a wartime or postwar labor context.
The Yea Shire Council held its ordinary monthly meeting with councillors present. Topics included minutes, rates, land purchase proposals, joint shire road works with discussions on tramway rights, road repairs, and flood control. engineers were tasked to pursue gravel works, culverts, and drainage while protests and deputations sought funding and better road maintenance.
A local council debates increasing the president's annual allowance to £5 and unanimously re-elects Dr McAlpin as shire president for the war term. Councillors cite his wartime duties welcoming soldiers home and his proven leadership, while one member opposed the higher allowance.
A dubious claim promotes something labeled as a reliable remedy for a range of ailments. The text mentions digestion issues and diarrhea and touts the product as safe for children. It reads as an old marketing snippet likely from a general storefront advertisement.
J A Wild of Yea announces the addition of Miss C Peyton formerly of Buckley and Nuon's and Clapp's to his tailoring service. He emphasizes strict thoroughness dependability as hallmarks of every garment produced. Call early for fittings.
An old advertisement touts Chamberine's Cough Syrup as a gentle, effective remedy for coughs and bronchial troubles. Claimed to strengthen the system, it is said to be easy to take and suitable for children, with a soothing taste and quick relief, sold everywhere.
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