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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 12, 1915
Page
5
Commercial brief notes a Monday pig sale by J. Johnstone and Co at Colac. Keen competition for quality bacon pigs with prices advancing on late rates. strong demand across prime and forward stock, with most categories selling well and sales finishing firmer than earlier sessions. Next sale scheduled and a large turnout reported despite uneven attendance.
An OCR damaged page lists numerous farm animals and participants with scattered numbers and names. The text contains cattle and sheep references, farmers and owners, and appears as a ledger or auction-like record lacking coherent structure.
A chaotic battlefield account describes young conscripts arriving at a fortress town. Etienne Proewreur shows a hand pierced by a bullet as German patrols advance near Lille. In the confusion many are wounded or killed while orders condemn or pity the mutilated victims.
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