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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1940
Page
1
Reports from Benalla describe a planned public safety shoot at the Winton Swamp tomorrow afternoon. Organisers warn participants to avoid reckless dispersal while authorities prepare to monitor the event and ensure compliance with rules.
A Saturday and Monday Benalla Talkies program features Dr Kildare star alongside Lana Turner in a melodrama style story about triumphs and romantic entanglements. The plot centers on Pearl actors, film glamour, and the anticipation of a major cinema event amid fan interest and local attention.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a defence and works loan with references to a party, prices, and money. The text is garbled, mentioning wartime finance and repayment terms while noting the society and author names in distorted form.
Thousands of pounds of damage were reported to potato crops at Tatong as savers frovtr experienced during two weeks, with trees and crops noted as particularly affected.
Fragmented OCR text describes financial matters involving Ta Tong and district schools and a group library. It mentions net takings, rebates by a department, and various names and figures, but the readable content is largely garbled. The core appears to reference funding, debt or extortion, and political figures without clear outcomes or dates.
An item notes licences granted to several carriers and mentions the jeweller and diamonds. The fragmented text references a railway man and a general theme of luck and licensing, with partial names and places obscured. The readable parts point to a column of notices about grants and business licensing in a midcentury context.
Fragmented OCR includes scattered words and names. Unable to identify clear people, places, or events. no coherent event or date emerges.
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