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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
4
A verbose village cricket clash between Petworth and Bilberry ends with Petworth winning by twenty four. Umpire controversy and heated exchanges flare as crowd and players clash over umpire decisions before final celebration.
A young boy complains of losing a place in class and laments his pepency as a teacher offers consolation and a substitute to fill the gap. The humorous exchange features a weary old man and a German relation in London.
An OCR fragment advertises piano lessons at Alexandra College of music and Victoria Coffee Palace opposite Pow Office. It promotes easy teaching methods, six months successful teaching resumed, and guarantees piano instruction or money back. It mentions shoe orders and services from Shoeman's Murray Street USAC Sommerring and January events.
A detailed passenger timetable lists departures and arrivals among towns including Geelong Warrnambool Port Fairy Camperdown Colac and Winchelsea. It notes trains from Melbourne and Geelong with conditions about stops boarding and alighting passengers and occasional restrictions.
The fragment mentions a reserve fund linked to a business and appears to describe financial arrangements or capitalization. The readable text is limited, with insufficient details on parties, dates, or actions.
An OCR fragment lists items and labels for a music store including pianos, strings, and instrument fittings. It mentions various brands and models with scattered numbers and terms, but the text is largely garbled and incomplete. The readable bits imply a catalog page or inventory list from a music retailer.
Train timetables show Beech Forest to Crowes departures daily at 2 pm and 3 25 pm with intermediate stops through Gellibrand Kawarren Lovat and Wimba. A Tuesday Beech Forest to Crowes service runs 10 5 pm to 11 59 am, with December changes adding 4 50 am and 5 10 pm departures and 7 5 pm return trips aligned with Melbourne team service.
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