16 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
1
Fragments describe varied local events and markets with mentions of Geelong, Ballarat Produce, and a Saturday fair. The text references prices, categories, and vendors, including a focus on produce sales and credit notes, with scattered names and places from the era.
Prior to stock taking will sacrifice to reduce stocks. Why these vacchs are not exceptions. One percent period to be rid of what we burn for what we eat. Invoke the proceeds in new goods. This law of business creation bane. You are entitled to them, and now is your time to gather them.
Ad reads Fat goods sold at sixpence wholesale from 64 per pair. Children’s sale items listed from La Gi or pate. Hubber hose attached for men’s and ladies’ wear priced at sixpence.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention names and items such as Maroney and Mannose Lublesebe Linask with numbers like 645m and 386. Reading shows garbled phrases about improvised goods, linen, and a reference to a pace or warrant. No coherent event or clear entities beyond scattered names.
Local dealers advertise a quick clearance on juvenile top coats claiming limited stock and heavily reduced prices to attract buyers. The offer stresses urgent inspection and purchase today to avoid missing the bargain.
A garbled OCR text shows mixed phrases about cloths goods and trading, with many unreadable names and phrases. It mentions offers to reduce living expenses and urges quick action on Drews Goode products, but most details are indecipherable and no clear event or entity can be confirmed.
Fragmented OCR notes describe dress materials pricing and availability with garbled terms. Mentions of fabrics, checks, and payments appear amid unreadable obscure lines and misread product names.
Evicted Purchas of Blanisty sells five large blankets at fourteen shillings per pair. Readily viewed to spur immediate buying in a brisk sale edition tone of the period.
Special ruse Slenched Shooting wids 64 per yard. Ficley’s Tilt Shootings 1240 14 Gt and ie Sd per yard. All Shootings Hemmed Puce or Qaarcn.
A garbled listing signals a local sale event offering curtaining fabrics and netting items. The readable fragment suggests bargains on curtains and related textiles with prices or measurements not fully shown. Nearby vendors or shop names are unclear from the fragment.
Bargain offers announce limited stock on coats and outerwear. Shoppers urged to act fast to secure items before stock runs out.
Four splendid Amprimsat of New Wicker Chairs featured in a sale. Prices to all remain low as the store promotes Valentine bedding and bedding items.
The text presents a dense, OCR damaged collage of names, places, and activities including police, courts, and social events. It references residents such as James Hs and Dowling, locales like Mortagg and Phoenix Heel, and various organizations and observers, with scattered notes on trials, community happenings, and memorials across an urban setting.
London dispatch reports a notable speech by John Markey of the Liberals praising Franco British entente while warning against war. The speaker claims diplomacy will guide Europe away from conflict despite looming tensions and asserts that the alliance is a key instrument for peace in the region.
A British dispatch reports severe famine in Southern Spain near Seville where Mary laborers face starvation. Desperate crowds beg for relief while authorities struggle to quell unrest and protect railway lines amid shortages.
Reports describe Turkish forces engaging rebels at a distant location with heavy exchanges. The blast caused alarms across the region as observers noted significant damage and rising casualties among civilians amid volatile security conditions.
Telegram dispatches report Russian retreat on the Tumen front and Japanese offensives, with high-level talks in Portmouth and prospects of renewed negotiations. The Times notes a supreme effort with ambidisation plans and 100 percent Japanese movements while tramway taxes and a London declaration appear in parallel notices.
Muddled OCR passage describes a federal parliament session and related violence. Names, places, and dates are unclear, but references include prosecutors, a state, and a fighting incident. The text mentions a preliminary vote and a public safety context with legal actions and investigations.
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