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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
2
A long fragmentary OCR piece blends market notices with sporadic weather reflections and scattered names and places. The readable threads mention trade, prices, and farm goods, plus tangential references to locations and people, all tangled in a noisy, garbled passage.
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous buildings and entities including branches of a bank, a private hospital, St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Seaside, and a Seaside college area. Names mentioned include E. T. Craddock, L. Whitehead, and Miss Burkawes. The text references cemetery work and orders for erecting inscriptions, plus references to a Western District Cementary and a town street Murray Street Coleg.
Private memorial notice honoring Pvt db Fink Fondo with dawn service details at Parson Street church in Cola whi yor cenuti benesh, honoring his service and memory.
A long prose fragment surveys wartime impacts on trade and politics. It notes dislocation, unemployment, and price pressures shaping public opinion, with references to parliamentary action, labor response, and proposals to protect the poor amid national crisis. Several local meetings and society activities are mentioned as community resilience efforts.
A crowded Victoria Mall heard Liberal candidate Mr H. Cook outline party lines during a Senate campaign event. Dr Meredith, president of the union, introduced the remarks which focused on electoral reform, economic policy, and defense, with supporters clapping as Cook defended the party’s program and attacked Labor for alleged vote manipulation and tax policies.
Loyal Colac Lodge 50th anniversary marked a gathering in Oddfellows Hall Colac with 1000 members noted. The night featured songs by F Johnston Wil Vianne a recitation by Wheel and speeches by W D Morgan and J W Hoberston with representatives from nearby lodges. The program included toasts to the King and the National Anthem, amidst a sizable crowd and celebratory remarks on the lodge’s long service and community role.
Sporting Notes report golf results from Aspendale Park Mundie won by Earls with Great Bhot and Quickly o Chind. Football coverage notes junior competition advancing to the next stage with Met Elliainyt teams to face Falfas, captains to be notified. Ediasiost tennis results listed with Bram (2) noted.
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