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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
9
A dense OCR record blends community notices, military listings, concert notes, and local society names. It references Geelong, Portarlington, and various individuals, with scattered mentions of schools, events, and performances. The text is undercoated by garbled spellings and broken phrases.
The Portarleston orchestra opened with a march and featured vocal items led by Morning Word. Performers included Mr. A Tonkin with The Bandalero and Mother Macros, while the program also noted a song titled Nymphs and Prices. The event displayed polish and ease in execution.
The readable fragments mention Leopold Roche and Dang Er in a discussion of honors and a person named Mr. Ton Lorkine. Mentions of a ceremony or display are incomplete with unclear dates or places.
The fragmentary OCR suggests a sports report from Port Arlengtun noting a senior team and rival Port in a Saturday match played on legal ground. The text is heavily corrupted with scattered names and phrases, making specifics like scores or player names unclear.
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