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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists varied grocery items with cash prices and names. Items include coffee, cornflour, fruit preserves, milk, soap, tobacco, salts, and hair products among others. Text shows brand names like Colman’s and Bate’s Salve with scattered misspellings.
Nomination and election details for councilors and an auditor announced for June 17 and July 1 in the Mayurrn district. Balloting to replace retiring members Magnus Jola Laird Thomas Hollaway and others, with voting hours and fare dates. Payments for rates due by June 20. Election by ballot to be held if necessary.
A fragmentary notices page recounts religious lectures by Rev H Hartley including a Ramembrance sermon and Brevio 7 addressing "The man who had the Fey." The long cattle and stock market section notes varied livestock prices and sales in Adelaide with entries for dairy cattle, fat cattle, sheep and lambs. Local auction results show brisk sales despite smaller attendance, with prime heavy cattle and choppers fetching higher prices and stores undersold.
Fragmented OCR text from a newspaper notice shows subscription details with mentions of Postage and correspondence handling. It references a delivery date irregularity procedure and hints at a fruit advertising feature titled Fruit Offer. The legible entities include a publication name and generic postal terms, but specific dates or proper names are unclear.
A detailed write up covers community events in Millicent including tree-planting demonstrations at Mr J F Sudbola's garden, discussions on fruit marketing, and stock sales by S J Brockey and Son with cattle and lambs. It reports typhoid cases in the Donoghue family, upcoming public health measures, wool store visits by Str Jeffrey in Millicent, and a Wesleyan Choir performance at Kalantar. Additional items describe the Millicent Wesleyan Choir trip, a charity supper, a Trust meeting with financials, building plans, and winter meeting arrangements. It also notes open-air entertainments by Prof F M Lemin in Millicent, Millicent-specific sports events, and various local social and sporting activities with event results and participant lists.
A Times reporter recalls a personal interview with a West Virginia youth and his brother about a claimed sighting of the Tantancoola tiger near their father’s property in the Hundred of Heoara. Residents report excitement while one boy stands by his tale of a tiger-like animal approaching, stirring local debate over the possible existence of a new big cat.
A fragmented report covers the Tautanouls Racing Club annual meeting held on Mond tid. It notes injuries from races including a rider carried from the track to Millicent Hotel for medical care. Multiple stakes and heats are mentioned with protests over Maiden Plate outcomes and postrace investigations. The piece preserves names such as Ivanhoe and Albury while detailing crowd activity and race results.
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