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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1914
Page
3
A garbled excerpt discusses revolutionaries and a Labour Party, criticizing fascist tactics and government. It hints at hopes for future reform or collapse of fruitless predictions, mentioning notions of socialist ideals and political strategy without clear facts or dates.
The readable portion shows unclear text about land, wind, and possible speed or status. Names, dates, and specific actions are not legible enough to extract concrete entities or a clear event. Further legible source material is needed to craft a proper headline and summary.
The report details heavy penned stock over two days with 6 5000 sheep in pens and varied by road, with prices easing from prior levels. Demand was brisk for prime crosses while inferior lots moved slowly. cattle and wool quality noted with mixed bidding and regional yarding.
A stream of archaic market chatter describes prices and exchanges for cattle and goods. The text mentions vealers in scarce supply, fluctuating quotes for calves and other livestock, and references to shipping ports and market conditions with obscure phrases and broken names.
The spring meeting at aulfield continued with hurdle and stakes races. Winners included Mosan Nursery two and a half lengths ahead, Eclipse Stakes won by Vina arlovna by a neck, and Grand harm taking the Australian event in about one minute.
In Swynnew a man chased a woman along Slatics Street before stabbing her with a penknife. A passerby intervened and a pursuing man collapsed during the incident. Constables arrived to find the assailant and victim with serious wounds, the victim in critical condition, later improving to out of danger.
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