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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
3
A garbled dispatch describes intermittent reconnaissance and bombardment on the French front near Lac Begu and the Mouse river, with mentions of Allied actions in Mesnil and Waketon areas. It notes a planned Allied council in Geneva to decode plans, claims German relief efforts, and reports on bombardments, casualties, and looting across occupied zones.
The Colac Turf Club program lists a dense set of horses and odds for the meeting, with many entries such as Lord Linus, Liberate, Sel Rak Abercuil, and Kharmbetl o Murano. The page shows race details, placings, and yardage figures, varying wildly in readability, under Handicapper A. G. Bendall.
A large mixed auction list across Colac incl Fat Cattle cows and cows with forward condition 11 more cows and 34 head various vendors autumn cows haifers. Sheep include fat wethers fat ewes fat lambs crossbred weaners and Lincoln ewes. First sale of store pigs at 1 pm on farm sale at 1:30 pm. Clearing sale of horses implements and plants at gate yards 1 pm. Special horse sale by Algety and Co 150 horses and ponies on a date to be fixed. Additional entries invited. Colac Tuesday 19th March 10 am. Numerous consignments from John Calvert Weering Brown Filly gelding other entries invited. Fruits vegetables apples poultry and monthly sale at Bonnie Bank yards 2 pm. Friday 22nd February at 1 pm.
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