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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 04, 1914
Page
4
A captured narrator recalls brutal night clashes with Mexican bandits and a daring escape from a hostile village. A veiled woman aids him by loosening bars to his cell, guiding him through moonlit streets toward freedom before danger closes in again. The rescuer vows to seek a mysterious future with Awmita de Vega.
A fragmented narrator recounts a bloody conflict and an escape aided by Annita de Vega. He hints at a romantic entanglement with Annita amid danger, and describes her father Matamoros seeking to honor him with marriage after a dangerous pursuit.
A 1873 account marks the birth of David Livingstone in Blantyre near Glasgow, detailing poverty early life, work as a piecer, medical studies at Clacton University, missionary call, and service in South Africa. It notes his 1855 Victoria Medal for 11,600 miles traveled, discoveries around Lake Nyassa and Zambesi, the Nile expedition, later revival with Stanley, death in 1873, and burial in Westminster Abbey after national mourning.
A historic advance claims solid petrol lets motorcars run long distances without liquid fuel. A brown paper parcel contains a block comparable to forty gallons of petrol, burning steadily and safely while reducing carburetor issues and fuel spillage risks for motorists.
Railway timetable lists all stations from Allansford to Melbourne with departure and arrival times. It notes connections to Warrnambool and Port Fairy via a 4.22 p.m. train and a 7.53 p.m. Colac segment, and mentions stops or frequency adjustments as required.
The timetable lists trains from Crowes to Beech Forest with afternoon arrivals and morning departures on Tuesdays, showing intermediate stops at Colac Ullah Saye Coram Barangarook Kawarren Lovat Gellibrand Banool Wimba M Devitt Ditchley and back from Beech Forest to Crowes with stops at Bucnanan Ferguson Weeaproio Kincaid Siding Wyelangta Stalker and Laver's Hill and a Tuesday morning Beech Forest to Crowes service.
From December 1 through February end the Crowes to Beech Forest service shifts with a 4:50 a.m. Thursday departure replacing the 12:45 p.m. service. An additional 5:10 p.m. departure from Crowes will run, with a return from Beech Forest at 7:50 p.m. linked to Melbourne’s 4:30 a.m. service.
Fragmented timetable notes trains from Forest on Tuesday Thursday and Friday at 10.35 a.m. to Birre gurra with Dean Marsh at 10.55 and arriving Forrest at 12.15 p.m. On Monday and Saturday Barregurra at 10.55 a.m. and Deans Marsh at 11.35 a.m. reach Forrest at 13.45 p.m. and Apollo Bay at 12.38 p.m. Thursday service includes 1.15 p.m. via Sai Coaches return on Monday Wednesday and Friday.
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