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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
2
Classified ad fragment lists Marshall and Guest Aberdeen properties with 6 and 7 rooms, prices around 1400, features like verandah, bath, pantry, electric fittings, and compact layouts. Mentions Drummondra and Neungalow style homes with terms like gas copper, kitchenette, and flexible terms.
An OCR fragment describes properties on Moorabool Street Geelong with a four room villa, bath, pantry, gas, garage, and outbuildings plus adjoining land. Mentions a water supply and price around 1250 with possible extension next to additional land.
A dense 19th century type advert lists Gurr Frier Collins and others offering blocks and homes at Geelong areas including Esplanade Western Beach Belmont and Highton. Properties range from subdivided coastal lots with rent back terms to brick residences near tram lines, with prices, rents per week, and improvements noted and urging inspections.
Real estate listing from Reid & Baxter detailing several properties with terms and inspections. Listings include a compact villa with three bedrooms and kitchen area, a neat bungalow with four rooms, and a superior new bungalow with modern fittings. Proximity to tram, beach, and town facilities noted. Prices range from £895 to £1650 with terms available and deposits required.
Auctioneer Hodny Leary & Co lists a drumcondra poultry business site at 109 ft by 200 ft with well drained land and outbuildings including a brick W.B. bungalow with five rooms and sewerage. Also a 40 acre Geelong rural block with 52 by 185 ft frontage features strong black loamy soil, creek water, and a main metal gate. Owner departed Victoria, price ranges from £1000 to £1500.
A publishable list of stock and share prices from Geelong includes rates for Commonwealth Government securities and various industrials. Prices cover per cent values, amounts in pounds and shillings, and a range of stock names such as Tin, Zinc, and Gold shares with scattered annotations. The entry resembles a market page fragment with inconsistent OCR.
Geelong Mail Notices list various mail routes and schedules for Melbourne Queenstown Port Fairy and other lines. It notes daily, weekly, and special posting times, international letters to the United Kingdom and Europe, and arrivals at Geelong with ships and dates.
Fragmentary auction ad lists villas with six rooms and other houses. Mentions prices, freeholds, and leases, with unclear names and locations due to damaged OCR. The text references Hanan and Keane Auctioneers and multiple properties for sale.
Fragmentary notice lists aerial mail routes and schedules across Australian towns including San Vranelaco, Roxen, Ava Geelong, Hedland, Broome, Derby, Derby, Melbourne and Adelaide. It mentions weekly departures on Saturdays and Thursdays, with arrivals the same day or next, and references a despatch emphasis on aerial mail operation.
A garbled OCR fragment lists odd terms like Copper, Trog Faw, Be, Pleketed and Fowl Tun, with stray numbers such as 62 and 775. The legible parts include references to troughs, fowls, and a press mention, but the overall meaning is unclear and likely malformed.
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