13 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1905
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reveals a crowded late market page with prices, weights, and vendor names. Amid sparse legible items stand references to weights in pounds, shillings, and pence, plus scattered buyer names and miscellaneous notes. The snippet captures a bustling public exchange with intermittent figures and phrases suggesting sales, consignments, and local trades.
A garbled sale listing outlines fabrics, serge, wool, and miscellaneous garments. Items include navy serge yardage, colored taflotos, ladies undergarments, gloves, underskirts, and hosiery. Prices appear as old shillings and pence, with notes on manufacturer stock and clearance pricing.
An old catalog style ad lists prices and items for footwear including slippers for children and women, girls gym shoes, school boots, men’s black boots, patent leather shoes, and rubber heels. Items feature varied prices in pre-decimal currency, with multiple sizes and styles, all shown as available for purchase.
Fragmentary OCR describes a 1904 financial and shipping item with figures like 76,420 and 480, mentioning pounds, taxes, and payments. The garbled text references a bid, a sea frame, and various names and numbers, suggesting an archival ledger entry or auction record from an old newspaper page.
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