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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered data with dates, counts, and place names. The readable parts reference rainfall measurements, months, and numbers but lack a coherent narrative or clear event details to form a complete summary. The dominant entities are Guyra and assorted numeric codes.
A long yarn unfolds of the Liars club at Tamperina where Long John Wilson and "Slip" Sampoon stage a betting race between two riders, a falsified plan by the Board, an opportunistic hawker, and a daring rescue of a burning woman. The episode ends with winnings and a fruit farm purchase, as the narrator recalls earlier times and the club’s sly intrigues.
In a fragmentary chapter set in a harsh Australian desert, police pursue Indigenous runners after a slaying. The pursuit crosses waterless stretches, trackers guide the way, and thirst tests both white officers and Myall people as they reach Dry River and Groasy Creek.
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