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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1915
Page
5
Fragmentary notes reference seed imports and railway payments with names such as George Smith and Lazar Boot at Ballarat. Mentions fodder seeds and tomato plant items amid jumbled phrases. The text appears as an OCR collage rather than a coherent report.
A long archival roll lists 18 officers, a chaplain, and numerous private names with ranks and units. The document records casualties including nine deaths and many wounded, with notes on status like dangerously wounded or embarked for Australia, reflecting a World War I era muster.
An OCR fragment lists numerous private names and military ranks across places like Yarraville, Melbourne, Auburn, and Avon with scattered notes on personnel, ranks, and references. The garbled text also mentions celestial events, telescope observations, and Mercury visibility hints, though details are fragmented and inconsistent.
The YoLaG Coursing Club schedules a Saturday September stake event with multiple batches and nominations due by Friday at noon. Details reference stakes and entry terms, with notes on batch timing and selection.
Fragmented passage notes celestial events with planets Jupiter Saturn Venus Mercury and Moon phases. References dates 17 4 21 28 and 9 pm 88 87 yam appear garbled. No coherent narrative or verifiable details available.
Local notices list properties for sale and auction in Colac area. Details include blocks of land, dwellings on Pollock Street and Morrison Street with deposits of £60 to £273, and weekly sale terms. Also mentions dairy stock and sheep-related items in various listings.
Auction and clearing sales conducted across the state covering farming and grazing properties for sale. Assistance provided to clients in securing insurance on houses, stock, crops and hay stacks. Weekly auctions held at the Australian Room of Poultry Produce Furniture Sunderen. Conn or, Manager, telephone 178.
Classified listing details multiple cottages and lands with prices in pounds. J G Johnstone offers 92 feet to Campbell Street with 248 foot depth. Dowling Estate includes a six room cottage at £316, Armstrong treat five room at 60 by 133 feet, Moore-sbert four room at % acre, 44 by 314 feet near Campbell Street with 62 Dowling Rotate at £199, and a four to five room cottage on Grevesund Street with 66 feet frontage at £4876.
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