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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
6
A dense list of entrants and events from Colac Winter Meeting including horses, riders, and venues. Mentions include Beate Huby Metres, Campbell's Giteod J Mihbeneys, Denham, May date targets, and multiple competitors across events with scattered results and handicap notes.
The group describes a meeting and rapid progress for the Herd Testing Association of New Zealand. It notes field visits by M.J. Lowe and local coordinators, adoption of separate records, and plans to value and track milk yields, with members expressing satisfaction and intent to join.
The report outlines a village meeting led by Mr. Dew and Mrs. Purwentey Hewrgvatal, with talks on wartime duties, a forthcoming memorial service, and a long list of officers and attendees. It also covers a charity drive with donations of knitted goods and blankets, a Sunday school prize distribution, and a miraculous escape of Miss Rourke from a shooting incident.
A fragmented OCR passage mentions a permit and sample verification related to a milk skim sample. It references dates and contact details in a garbled form, suggesting a bureaucratic or regulatory note without clear names or outcomes.
A Beac event featured patriotic songs national dances and dramatic pieces. Br Chas Hernan and the Rev HT Postle organized the program with Western district artists delivering strong turnouts and notable performances including a scenic painting by Mr Hernan and a dramatic piece The Wore at thee Ae Gone.
War time notices outline cattle sheep horses and store stock to be sold at Elwood and Vagg salesrooms plus early June auctions near Camperdown and Winchelsea. Entries list fat cattle crossbred lambs wethers and ewes, dairy cattle and farm equipment with sale days and lot details. Public notices seek rates and land subdivsions with Crown allotments and farm parcels near regional towns.
Fragmented rental and sale notices advertise new dwellings on Fyams Street Shene Street and 44 W114 feet plots. Listings include 4 room houses with land 330 pounds and 275 pounds, deposits from 16 to 50, plus land blocks on Manifold Street and Gravesend Street with varied prices.
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