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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1910
Page
2
A historic racing notice from Bacehaa Marsh Racing Club offers a winter program dated Tuesday May 17. It lists events including harness trials, handicaps, and stakes with entries from the club and local participants, detailing timings, race names, and entry conditions for the meeting, transfers, and special trains for spectators.
A series of old notices list tenders for ploughing work and farm machinery including a One Way Cultivator and various cultivators. The notices specify submission deadlines in 1920 with May and August dates, invite bids from named individuals and firms, and mention public auctions and sales in South Yarra and nearby locations. Names include Campbell and Dahlentary, with locations in Mitchell and Melbourne districts.
Notes from de Poetus report results with Major Crouch winning a majority in half tharms stone while Oxynne barely trails by 1.087. Quatie serves Barwon and Geslong West. Discussion on majorities deemed futile as observers urge making the best of Ovanoa.
A party critique rails at the Labour Party alleging risks to responsible government and universal suffrage. It cites figures like Higinbotham and debates over Parliament power, warning electors in Australia to beware Labour methods and pledges.
A garbled OCR fragment from a 1905 news page references dairy production, land sales, and local trade figures. Mentions Messrs Beorbrin Mweeh, M-PhailBrox Co, and various prices, while noting a public sale docket and the Dives Guild.
Fragmented OCR text appears to recall a Sunday program with sports and musical notes, naming bands and concerts. It mentions a Sydney show and a prison tale, plus references to British loyalties and a long past event. The piece drifts through places, people, and memories with tangled prose.
Melton Caledonian gates opened for a park gathering amid gusty winds and crowded stands. Attendance rose as the day wore on with stewards and helpers assisting, an evening concert drawing a modest sum and a £5 gate tally described as a minor miscalculation but overshadowed by the overall turnout.
The text describes a chaotic program with numerous performers and entries, including dancers, ballads, and comic songs. Names like Madame Lillian Desmond and Mr. Bron feature, along with various participants such as Mrs. Harry Graham and J. Hanson. The passage reads as a catalog of acts, awards, and proceedings from a public event with inconsistent OCR.
The obituary notes the death of Mr Joseph Hhaw of Trey virwst at 84, with mention of his move to Romsey years ago and his role as a prominent member of the Local Football Club. The text also records a Barry Reef meeting, practice plans for the season, and social events tied to the Falls area, with Governor Carmichael visit references and discussion of community activities.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a community event with grooms JP presiding and attendance by husbands and wives not members. It mentions a service at the church, a draw or raffle led by named individuals, and a list of attendees including Mrs and Mr various surnames. The text is garbled and incomplete.
Report covers a coursing event with names of handlers and dogs. Multiple entries, results scattered, including the final rounds and consolation. Schedule mentions a forthcoming event on May 25 with prize details.
Football club notes list officers players and attendees with names such as Preston Ward Coulthard Wark and Ward. The fragment names many members including Greene Dr Vanes Ocapisin and Levy, detailing roles captain and treasurer among others.
Fragmentary OCR text describes questions about tiredness, fatigue, poor appetite, and possible illness. It suggests warnings about a polluted blood condition and a failing nervous system, implying a medical or patent remedy advert. The piece presents alarming tone and health scare rhetoric typical of old newspaper notices.
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