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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1909
Page
2
Accounts awaiting payment at the treasury are listed for local businessmen including J. D. Boylan G. Cothnwaite W. R. Edgar and others. Notices cover agricultural college gains, land sales in Colac with multiple properties offered by Roth and Johnstone, and obituaries for Mrs Fanny Reid and Mrs Mary McGarthy.
A grass fire last week near Ingleby Park Estate Bir Tegurta destroyed grass and fencing after a spark from a locomotive on the railway line. The fire reached nearby property and mud crossed the main road. A large crowd attended Victoria Hall for an evangelist sermon by Mr Harward, with plans for weekly Colac meetings and open air events. A hospital collection raised £6 1s 9d. Advertising notices announced a local 90s holiday observance and a pie night with no distribution of bread. A river-side assault on a cyclist near Geelong was reported, with the assailant fleeing. police are seeking the attacker. The late Mrs Handley’s funeral at Colne cemetery was noted with pallbearers listed. Local court notes covered insolvency orders, overdue rates, maintenance payments, school truant fines, and other parish matters. An advertisement urged reliable dairy separators and local agents. hospital medical officer appointments were provisionally arranged pending subscriber votes.
Melbourne reports railway revenue for the week ended 7 February at £115,261, up £2,560. Since July the revenue totals £2,556,083, an increase of £199,429. Analysts attribute the spike to heavy wheat traffic.
Telegrams report a supposed murder in Bandigo Chili involving Chancellor Beckett. A charred body found is identified as a porter stabbed twice, with Beckett allegedly arrested for unvoicing embezzled funds of £1000.
The draft constitution for a South African Union sparks keen discussion in four states with objections over native representation. Rome reportedly disapproves of excluding natives from Parliament and may urge extending Cape Colony native franchises across participating colonies.
The fragment lists players Grigket Polwarth Watson Wallis and others in a bowling contest with results and bowlers named. The text includes dismissals by Henry Holden M'Matonin Hill Reid Hil and Dale, among others, with incomplete context.
Mes W Goulet longtime Apollo Bay post office official dies in Geelong after a bout with influenza. Her dedication to duties left patrons and staff mournful. the region remembers her as a obliging, painstaking worker. Also notes local dairy and fire mishaps affecting Apollo Bay residents.
The Western District Rifle Club Union hosted a contest with Golac club affiliates. Persistent dust and shifting wind challenged shooters on Wednesday and Saturday, with M. H. Brown and A. W. Dennis narrowly leading as scores fluctuated between 200 and 300 yards plus. Colac and Beech Forest set for the Gorancemite Shield clash at Gellibrand with Colac totaling a 25 point handicap and Beech Forest 122, as M. R. Brown and others from Colac line up to represent.
On the Nelson to Tieton route the steamer Penguin wrecked at Petawhity. About twenty persons are believed missing with fifty aboard. Only thirteen passengers and forty crew members are confirmed saved, raising fears for others including many children.
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