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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1915
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR reads multiple names of insurance offices and agencies in London Manchester and Australia with scattered terms including accident insurance and workers compensation. The text appears as a jumbled catalog of firms and locales with no cohesive event or narrative.
A special sale notice mentions Penola and a Thursday listing with an unusual date phrasing and a sheep lot of 7500 units. The fragment references Lani and Narracenirmn as entities in a day before sale context.
The record notes Dallanat Markets, Colfs and Pulium with OG. J. Coles CW. 0. Pulley Stock and Station agents in Ballarat reporting weekly fat stock and dairy consignments. Fat Sheep and cattle hold weekly sale days. Store cattle and dairy on Fridays.
Readable fragments show Buckley Swamp School pupils raising £4 to £5 for the soldiers' patriotic fund. They held a concert and sale with a display of Allied colours, organized by teachers and students, with items donated by families. Proceeds supported sewing parcels and medical relief.
An unclear event item from a historical page notes a gathering or notice titled Children s Hackine Cough Night at Woods Gate with a peppermint reference dated or stated as 16. The readable fragment suggests a local social or charity context but lacks complete details.
Private A Hemet writes of May 4 shelling, bullets, and ducking in the trenches. He recalls New Zealanders, Turkish shells, and the drift of battle while noting injuries and hope for recovery before return to duty. Fellow soldiers, including Dave Hamilton and Jack Matthews, endure wounds as gallant actions unfold.
Mira A Taylor of Pelmort Road Pelmort Bay reports using Tr.ibidon New Discovery after severe fever and cough. She credits the remedy with breaking fever after second dose and claims it saved her from illness. Also mentions poor news from Camperdown prices and a memorial for Monuntenar Hyene, a general of the Floman Catholic archdiocese of Adelantey, who died in North Adelice.
An OCR snippet lists various groceries and prices including English Polling Peas, Crusee and Blackwell's French Peas, Turkish Figs, Strawberry Jam, Sweet Pickles, Tomaty Roup, Heine’s mod, Geutch Broth, Preserved Meats and Fish, Rippers, Salmon, and Vine, with assorted bottle sizes and prices in old currency.
An old shopping ad lists foods and prices including Saratoga Chips 1/8d, Toastles 1d, Urane Nuta 1d, Puffed Rien 3d, Shredded Wheat 1d, Norrecian Nestles Milk 10d, Vi Ot Foster Clark's 2/1, Choline Paste 9d, Lemon Butter 2/1, and Forter Clark pye trea packets 4d, with notes on nutrition and economy.
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