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Newspaper

Colac Herald

Location

Colac, Victoria, Australia

Date

Mar 12, 1915

Page

2

Stock sale at Apollo Hay yards reports strong cattle demand

A stock sale at Apollo Hay yards drew large attendance Tuesday the 5th, with 111 head of cattle four horses and sundries sold. Prices ranged high on prime drafts and crossbred sheep, while land from the estate of Lee and Torme brought £25 per acre. Poultry and vegetables fetched solid prices as customers browsed 165 acres for sale nearby.

Apd Bai Emi Doun Murray Apatlo Pat Hy. A Pied Stumes Greg Damky Ero Lea Wim Chiece Toabet Amna Dee Meredith Shropshire Hines Horetnchack Owen Steesb Romie Dee Springer Vliet Soceunt Mer Wee Henikon Wilsen Dueedhem Paul de Pe Ameter Mucnaoe Wangerrip Jaye Mennicksen Warrgerip Salamen Aia MD Eid Geo Higgins H I Lee Apollo Lee d” S. Torme Rome

Local Market Notes and Property Listings Highlighted

Amid faded text, mentions of market activity at Melcoms and Meelaus marketplace, with brief references to property listings, crops, and rates. Includes scattered notes on prime rates, livestock or commodities, and odd shorthand references to local trades and auctions.

Market Prices in Melbourne Ahead of Thursday Sales

The Melbourne market shows varied price offers with lemons at 1 per gem and potatoes priced around 5 to 55, onions and peppers listed among prime produce. Readables include Carmen potatoes and heads of lettuce with multiple rate indications for fresh vegetables.

Melholese Melbourne Tom Chale Carmen

Colac Improves to Third in Local Event

Colac secures third place in a local drill competition held Wednesday. Strong performance by the team labeled Wiss EXGINE BRIGHTS and a final time of 42 weeks is noted in the readable OCR segment.

COLAC

St Patrick and the early Irish Church at St John’s Church

An invitation advertises a series of sermons and services at St John’s Church on Sunday and March dates. Preachers include Rev J Patten, Rev Collins, Mr Harris, and The Vicar. Programs feature Holy Communion, evening services, and Belgian Appeal gathering notices.

Pan Sunday Selo Hahbe Harris Yan Collins EK. Tiobson Inon Talloh Andrew Murphy

Fragmented text yields a partial note from 2d era USA

Readable fragments reference a US context with unclear date and names. The item remains cryptic, offering no concrete event, person, or place to establish a factual summary.

Community notices and oblique fire alarm in a busy district

A long handwritten style notice set describes Red Cross work sessions and a public lecture. It notes a gathering at The Key, with Daily delivering a talk on HASH Beeley, and invites all interested to attend. It mentions local youths volunteering, a court case for a child, and a false fire alert nearby.

Red Cross Raeaml Queen Streets Duncan Mitvieteen Cohen Jebo Hay Camperdown Erkion Hamshire Kentland Victorie Prince Arthur Cobrieo Arulfy John Adelside Inencan Yerong Creek N.B W Donald i Obrivo James Hay Framlingham John Hay Mrai Hay Colee

Colac Turf Meeting Promises Wide Range of Stakes

Local racecourse hosts a packed program including the Hibernian Handicap and Wheel races across multiple distances. Entries are streaming in with prize funds noted and refunds and submission rules outlined for bookmakers and officials.

Porleast schedule to Colac and Beech Forest branch

Portest leaves for Colac at 1 35 am, arrives 2 60 am, returns 6 45 pm. Meech Forest goods train attaches at 6 45 am from Berch Forest, return 2 15 pm train denied to Colac 6 14 pm. Warrnambool Mortlake Tigboos Beech Forest Ballarat via Creery Geelong Forrest and intervening stations. Holiday excursion fares March 7 and 17, available for return until March 11.

Colac Meech Forest Berch Forest Warrnambool Mortlate Tigboos Beech Forest Ballarat Creawy Geelong

Conference of Mil Owen Association Ends in Ratified Agreement

In Melbourne on Thursday a Mil Owen Association conference produced an agreement among six end committees. Cabinet ratified the accord after discussions. Imported wheat costs the government 8 2 per bushel, implying adjustments to price.

Mil Owen

Belgian special appeal detains man amid complex court logistics

A sprawling, partly garbled report outlines a Belgian special appeal and detention involving multiple individuals including Turner, Harman Wallock, and Savina Mat, with references to Coca Hearth and Codonarhh Stage. The piece lists dates, ages, and locations in a jumbled sequence, preserving names and numbers as readable.

Fragmented Text From Historical Sale Notice

A garbled OCR fragment references a rural or market setting with mentions of farmers, gardeners, and local fund for preservation. Names and places are unclear, but it evokes a mid century sale or auction notice with scattered proper nouns and dates. The readable portions suggest a local community notice about prices, entries, and public interest in the event.

Young men volunteer for service to fill district quota

The district reports over 20 volunteers for military service after a meeting ended. Yesterday, twelve more from Creasy and nearby areas offered to enlist, part of Australia’s push toward a 100,000-strong force. Volunteers remain in high demand to meet quota.

Bee Wien Australia Creasy Colac and District Austria

Sporting Notes and Racing At Colac and Garvoc

Sporting notes report a ladies tennis gathering at Victoria Hall tomorrow evening. Noted player J A Dunlop will attend the Easter Tournament of the Colac Tennis Club with entries closing Thursday March 15. In racing, Ronnie Dundeemare hit a post at Colac Racecourse, suffering fatal injuries. The Garvoc Race Club meets Saturday with listed runners Balin tad Nitebevo Lamama Duke of Monmouth Pucho.

Vicetoria Hall J. ©. Dunlop A Puniep Muaie Colac Ronnie Dundeemare Colac Raescourse Garvoc Race Club Balintad Nitebevo Lamama Duke of Monmouth Pucho

A Temperance Rally at Victoria Hall Colac

A no license campaign rally was held in Victoria Hall Colac with speeches by Samuel Mauger Rotberta and J. Suhinstone M A The gathering featured a girls choir and focused on opposing alcohol as a social ill citing London temperance measures and national wartime concerns in Australia The event closed with a vote of thanks and the National Anthem.

Victoria Hall Colac LOK. i J. Suhinstone M.A Samuel Mauger Roterta Abr. Harris J. G. Johnstone Gaetan Alent Victoria Redobine Oder Watt Asker Henry Gary Hugeewemedt Ateegrs Melbourne Arinhentess Londen London Lioyd George Extheyver Germany John Jellicoe Asquith Australia Amstraia Povld Wall Holman Government Nsw New South Wales

The War Update From Athens On World Conflicts

The Ministry reports ongoing hostilities and casualty figures amid the long global conflict. Officials describe a continuing period of tension with intermittent fighting affecting sectors abroad.

Athens Odetaretheres

Fragmentary World War I Action Report from Paris Scene

In Paris a chaotic engagement is described with German advances and French artillery actions. The fragment notes heavy shelling, corpses, and a German recapture attempt, with mentions of French and Italian forces in trench warfare context.

Three Guns Carried Lard on Worle and Admiralty Shias

A damaged report states a submarine rammed and sunk a vessel with crew captured. The 620 ton destroyer carried shells and mines, with surface engines powered by a limited propeller. The incident occurred about 2000 miles from a western region, near a harbor in Ireland, with no miners recovered and plates aged.

Admiralty Aken de Os

Unclear text fragment on Copenhagen event and figures

An unreadable OCR fragment references Copenhagen, Herr Hagenthee, Felix Koenig, and mentions web services and administration steps amid garbled phrases, unclear dates or actions. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable portion.

Copenhagen Gerwens Bob Felix Koenig Webates Aimsician Paplarer Fond Doge We Ted Erneta

Allies Press Dardanelles Move Cited in Part Jumsp Evlair

The article notes Allied decision to force the Dardanelles as dire, influenced by Drulah and Exchequer Mr. Lievilt. It recalls German successes at Nivelle, Manheuge, and Antwerp to argue for urgency. Reports from Athens mention bombardment Tuesday with thirty guns at batteries near the fort.

Evlair Dardanelles Lievilt Nyt! Manheuge Antwerp Athens

German Telegraph Reports French Transports Near Malta Heading to Dardanelles

A Frankfurter Zeitung style telegraphic notice states twenty French transports have been sighted near Malta moving toward the Dardanelles. The report emphasizes strategic naval movements and potential implications for the Mediterranean theatre.

Frank Tur Zeitung Tome Malta Dardanelies

Germans S destroy trawler Grisnez after submarine attack

Beravery head crew of the trawler Grisnez report being fired on by a submarine off Newhaven. The submarine approached another nearby trawler, opened fire before boats could be launched, causing the Grisnez boiler to explode and leaving the vessel sinking as a large steamship disappeared.

Newhaven Berchy

Cat Bake Sale Sparks Small Town Charity Drive

Local volunteers organized a bake sale at the SiS community center to raise funds for pet care. Residents donated treats and funds to support a local animal shelter, turning a quiet afternoon into a bustling, neighborly event.

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