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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1915
Page
4
A sweeping sale offers men's and boys heavy woollen tweed overcoats and knickers, cardigans, sweaters, and shirts. Discounts include suits, blankets, pajamas, sailor shirts, and galatea fabrics with prices from 1s 6d to 25s per item, highlighting wartime shortages and factory-made lines.
Lt Harry Hawker of the Royal Flying Corps earned a Distinguished Service Medal for a daring April 19 mission. He dropped bombs on a German airship above Cron Tome from about 700 feet, under dangerous conditions, guiding a Cherbourg balloon assault during a tense aerial battle. The award was conveyed by Mr. James of Piabrian In She Witness communiqué.
A Belgian soldier earns world admiration for audacity and endurance as he rescues a flag from a sleeping guard and returns through enemy lines. A Russian youth named Cherviatkin is captured then escapes under cover of night before being wounded by a searchlight. A Belgian volunteer dives into a canal under Prussian fire to lower a bridge in a critical rescue, dying from his wounds.
The article chronicles the fearless service of Militsa Aleminsky, a nurse or aide wounded while aiding a wounded man at an early battle. She supported evacuations, assisted General Reza le, and witnessed sieges including Phat fret and Vetrokofl. She later perished after being wounded again during a storming of a town by Austrians.
Seaman Daplel Allison recalls a perilous act aboard a cruiser during a bombardment. He and fellow crewmen including Driver Train and Driver Lake volunteered under bursting shell fire to save a second British gun at Le Cateau, narrowly avoiding casualties as bullets whizzed past.
Lady Stanley appeals on behalf of the Victorian Red Cross Food for Australian sick and wounded. The message thanks Victorians for past aid and urges doubling efforts toward a quarter of a million pounds by Australia Day, praising voluntary workers and selfless labors.
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Fragmentary OCR text outlines a service offering arrangements for metropolitan and weather newspapers and various articles. Mentions a firm and locations on Jim Street and Whelhaurnie with references to paper preservation and public notices. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
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