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Newspaper
Ballarat Courier
Location
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1915
Page
5
Scattered notes describe a high school girls track meet with mentions of relay races sprint events and various school names. The text includes references to teams athletes locations and multiple event results with unclear wording and fragmented phrases.
A garbled OCR page shows a dense catalog of names, locations, and goods. Mentions include Ballarat, Melbourne, and various firms and vessels, with scattered references to sales, stock, and railway items. The readable fragments present a noisy record of trades, vendors, and market notices rather than a single clear event.
The report details ore production and face quality across Ajue-So and adjacent lodes including North-west EF, Ajax lode, and Main shaft. It notes stone face quality, crushing material, and varied values per tonne, with several shafts in operation and intermittent washing, driving, and prospecting drives.
Local notes report ore values and ground conditions at various drives. Payable ground spotted in multiple headings with prospects for further development and potential dividends for holders pending upcoming tests and trials. Ironbark reef shows increased gold. company plans expansion and dividends next week despite some non payable sections.
An OCR diary fragment documents kidney pain and health ads. It mentions Doan's Pills and a public health dealer, noting past remedies, personal suffering, and the search for relief amid scattered names and locations.
Fragmentary text describes measurements, features, and utilities along a shoreline or construction site. It mentions a trench, levee, and objects like a tank and gear. Names, dates, and precise locations are obscured by OCR errors, leaving only general descriptive details readable.
A report from Melbourne describes an assault and robbery on a man near Newport Station on the way to Boardrome Tim. The victim, Mr Thames, was knocked about and struck with a weapon, losing a watch and chain. assailants fled the scene.
A damaged text fragment notes procurement difficulties for an item described as WEED 4 priced at 35. The snippet mentions a program, Senn, a deep gangt, a plan to break, rent, Matrick in hemry, Sentchy-Iucking Tweed, and a dark stripe with cheek pattern pins worth 45.
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