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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1916
Page
2
Neers J G Johnstone and partners will hold a subdivisional sale of township land near Wednesday at 2.36 o clock in the rooms of the firm. Twenty one building allotments and the residence of the late Mr Bar will be offered with liberal terms.
In memory of our dear daughter and sister Luby Mary Evans who died January 26 1913 at Colm. She bore her pain well and prayed for rest. God gave her rest and took her from pain. Deeply mourned by her sorrowing mother and father Mr and Mrs W Evans and her brothers.
The piece argues for faster forest land development to aid settlers and national wealth. It stresses costs of clearing, weed and rabbit control, and road access, urging government action to provide facilities and prevent wasteful spending. It ties land productivity to wartime needs and imperial strength.
Local Colac Patriotic Committee invites motor car owners to help reach distant districts. Recruiting sergeants will tour areas to organize transport for events. Meanwhile Colac events include a March land sale of farms near Heeae and Barramunga, and a Nor wich Chamber meeting plans Easter Carnival at Botanic Gardens with police and band support.
War dispatches describe a major German push across Brabant and Meuse regions with heavy life losses and fortified advances. Allied coordination signals a simultaneous general action with offensives planned on multiple fronts including Galicia and the Balkans as Verdun remains the focal point of German assault.
Reading over a dispatch from the war fronts the report notes Greek and Montenegrin operations with heavy losses on the Austrian side. It cites 16 000 Austrian fatalities and 56 000 wounded or killed as their invasion stalls amid logistical failures and Albanian resistance.
The Russky Invalid reports a war council in Merlin to address the fall of Eracium and improve the war impression. Crown Prince and Marshall Hindin sit with Mackensen and Bavarian leaders as Field Marshalls oppose a Verdon advance. The Kaiser backs the crown prince and orders rapid transport to the Western front.
Eye witness accounts claim German bombardment destroyed trenches and fortifications on the 22nd. Verdun defense lines reportedly collapsed as Baden regiments broke under seventy one battery fire leaving about 2500 men with only 76 answering roll call.
Paris dispatch reports Allied forces holding their positions north of Verdun and along the Meuse front amid heavy artillery activity. The line advanced nearer to the Meuse valley after attacking and capturing a French salient south of Saint Marie, taking 300 prisoners. Snow blankets Verdun as fighting remains intense.
Reports from Mesopotamia describe daily artillery fire and night sniping over a month. A spell of settled weather allowed logistics to improve. General Townsend states ample supplies. Civilian casualties numbered 31 men 35 women and 15 old.
Reports note heavy casualties in Berlin and Amsterdam with over 393 bombs dropped and more than 10 killed. A Petrograd communique says Caucasus advances as Turkish forces face renewed pressure. Cairo and Kashan actions amid ongoing offensives and troop movements.
German wireless report says forces advanced with his Kaiser's presence east of the Meuse, taking the hill south of Louvemont and fortifications to the east. Front resistance on the plains near Weevre is said to have collapsed toward Marville, south of the Parin Met highway. Haig notes British mines exploded near Loss with satisfactory results and a trench raid near Maricourt was repulsed. Great artillery action reported at Ypres Friday.
A lengthy, fragmentary field report recounts air raids and ground fighting in a town under attack. The writer notes heavy shelling, bombing of roads, and bombardment by enemy forces, with explosions heard and aircraft overhead. Civilians and rescuers face ongoing danger amid collapsing buildings, fires, and disrupted transport as troops attempt to respond.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions the police, a town wall, a dedication, and local governance. It references possible closures, a mayor or minister, and concerns about cheaper options. No clear actions or outcomes are readable.
An Erewhon era note records an ELLIMINYT meeting about school children and parish activities. Attendees discussed arrangements for the annual plenary in the Cole and Wednesday, March events. A committee was formed to oversee the programme and ministry appointments were read for change and final confirmation.
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