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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1954
Page
10
Officials request precise interpretation of the phrase cans 4 in relation to the Bend Patra project. The council aims to resolve ambiguities affecting procurement or policy steps.
Tenders addressed to the Recretery Country Raids Board Exhibition Building Carlton close 3 20 pm Monday 30 August 1954 for supply and delivery of aggregate to Murray Valley Highway near Rutherglen Yarrawonga and between mileages 4 and 69 Cobram Tungeman Shepparton. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted.
A fragmented 1950s era ad list from Wilson's Service Station outlines multiple vehicles for sale including a Morris commercial tray truck with canopy at £479, a 19396 Austin Roadster £176, a 92 Vanguard Saloon £250, a 1947 Ford V-8 Ute with noted overhauls, a 1946 Ford 2-Ton Truck £150, and a 1961 Austin A/40 Tourer £210 dep. Contact details show phone listing and dated notation.
Fragmentary OCR note references local ownership, frame recommendations, and numbers that read as 378 and 77663 with scattered words like AERA Phones and Velity. No coherent event or entities to confirm a specific action or outcome.
Vacant possession offered for Lot 2 plan No 13505 at Benalla with 52 ft 6 in frontage and 165 ft depth. Property includes eight room timber dwelling, sleepout, pantry, bathroom, gas heater, vestibule, large shed, poultry pens, and services of electricity gas and sewerage. Auction under executor Thomas Kennedy estate at Benalla West School on Wednesday at 2 pm.
On instruction from the Official Receiver Melbourne to sell a property, the notice states options including freehold with fixtures fittings and stock or freehold only and fittings. The fragment indicates multiple sale components and conditions under receiver instruction.
A garbled OCR record lists horse like entries and handicap notes including Baroda Moun Spriteail Bar of Stare Broadmeadows Saltation Hay Prince Aly and Noble Lawraebs Tollarmarine Handicap St. Joe Gold Mulia Olympig Gurl Agarveno Handicap Just Caroline Royal Radiant Durham with unclear race terms. The text reads like a racing program or entry list with multiple horse names and listed handicaps.
The 930 mile Sydney to Melbourne road race route will pass Benalla and honor donations from local supporters. Contributions include Pf Phillips £10, O. Mo Teod £9 5, Le Mpliver £3 3, L. Lawford £2 2, L. Osborne £2 2, Stranghair £2 2, J Bhaeey £2 2, Benalla Standard £3 2, Mrs werge ELM Mary Bron £21 2, Hodder £1 1, Mra Stapleton £0 16, with further gifts accepted via Messrs G McLeod and Stranghair.
Friday events at Moraland High School featured hockey with light rain and several claw and interesting matches. The Viaitora returned to Melbourne as University High School defeated Benaite Migty School 4 to 1.
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