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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
3
Reports describe quiet on the front amid war efforts led by M Keretuhs as Russia edges toward consolidating its army. Petrograd broadcasts recount a Kronstadt demonstration and a cathedral service while alliances and leadership shuffle, including a possible Generalissimo appointment.
A wartime bulletin outlines Allied and German strengths and the shifting balance of power. It notes French and British offensives pressuring German forces while internal unrest and workers' councils challenge authority in occupied regions. The British naval and troop efforts are praised as crucial to limiting German maritime power and sustaining Allied resilience.
An article notes British allied advances on a western front and lists detailed Victorian and Australian electoral figures, overseas votes, and majorities for Nicholls Finlayson Glynn and others. It also includes a small classifieds section seeking a reliable farm worker and offering Spanish onion bulbs for sale.
Wood and Vagg will auction fat cattle store pigs and dairy cattle at Bromfield market with entries invited. Johnstone & Co and partners conduct weekly stock sales including sheep lambs and dairy cattle with multiple sale days in June and pig sales starting 1 o clock.
Messrs Dalgett and Co invite tenders for a dairy farm on Eurack Estate known as Richards son containing about 134 acres. Fully equipped with suitable improvements and subdivided into seven paddocks. Three year term with immediate possession. Tenders due Thursday June 14. Further particulars from Dalgett and Co Colan Accommodation Travellers.
A garbled report from the Warncoon range lists a shotgun-like event with unclear scoring. Names appear as J. G. Meredith with a 60 total and 49 handicap to a 60 tally, while additional participants and details are unreadable.
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