22 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Zeehan And Dundas Herald
Location
Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
1
Weather permitting QOver OpZX air services and Vsen Poultry advertise sale of apples this morning. Bedgiom Kamamas, Bacon, Fogm, and various vegetables listed for sale with VAT included. Purchasers urged to attend and bring ready funds.
A scrambled report from Newport News recounts a strange incident aboard a Navy vessel. A Black sailor, initially mistaken for trouble, requested water after officers turned attention to a tapping heard from the hatch. The crew lifted hatches revealing the man and two others buried beneath debris. Volunteers with shovels found nothing further.
An older ad style notice promoting M. Ryan Leading Dilaper and ALKA-HYDRA concrete products. It touts substitutes for cement for building foundations walls irrigation channels silos underground tanks and floors claiming half the cost of cement, durability fire dust and vermin proofing, and lower insurance costs. Mentions ratios for hydro concrete mixing and calls for use in various weather conditions with emphasis on concrete work under hot weather to keep damp.
In Parliament Mabourne and Freduy signal demand for stronger band and naval protection while Macquarie Island land seizure is discussed. The chamber's quarum call provokes laughter as Labor members mock the point being pressed amid a lively debate on vital issues.
The article reviews a cabinet session on naval affairs, noting proposals to reform the Royal Naval College and the mercantile marine, with discussions of which lines and ships should be favored. It mentions planning for a permanent northern fortification and ongoing wartime military considerations.
Fragmentary OCR note references Chamberlain’s Cough remedy and medical facilities or providers Strahan and Hospital Mispen Ladien. Details are unclear due to corruption. the passage appears to discuss a cough medicine and related health care context.
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