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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
3
A critic skewers a sacred concert by a secular company in Millicent, arguing that religious services should not be degraded by profane entertainment. The piece weighs morality, public taste, and the role of venues in shaping culture, noting reactions from churches and patrons.
The war reports heavy fighting in the Transvaal and Orange Free State as Boer forces clash with British troops. Captures of thousands of Boers and British troops are claimed, with Pretoria and Volks relay lines strained. General Buller presses operations near Volks and Lachlan, while President Kruger resists calls for peace. The Boer capital is proclaimed at Michadorp on the coast route to Delaga Bay.
The monthly shore meeting was held on Thursday the 7th with members Mears Schatzman Stucker Malxgreta A L Stewart W Wheanen H L Weeland Mutton H Oberlander F E Welland B J Harris honored. Officers were postponed to July. Correspondence notes discuss no ballot for the chatter for at least eighteen months and various circulars on Arnest Congress in Adelaide. Reports cover fodder, pasture, and dairy breed observations, including salt pasture effects and milking breed quality. A clipping on planting trees was read and the chair noted potential weed and pasture issues for the next season.
A large audience gathered for a Sunday concert by the Martial Show Company at Millicent Institute. The event faced interruptions from audience noise, a police intervention, and threats of arrest, with performers and spectators contesting the disturbances and a covert closure of the program amid disputes over decency and order.
A Millicent Institute venue hosted a Bureau and Grange exhibition and social on June 13 featuring a public display of horticultural and agricultural exhibits. Lectures by Professor Lowrie on manures and farming practices drew attendees.
A fragmentary OCR item cites Mayurea Disiclet Con Tarvilne dated June 12 describing an alleged plan by individuals including Cian Ushall McCourt Mavaia Nitechho and Arch to stage a scheme involving a twenties-five candies for £15 amid an inquiry. Several names and actions are garbled. readable bits reference Renars Cauiteil and a timing around Ver Viray Co.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and places in disordered form. The legible bits reference flour, coating, and a travel or journey context with unclear subject. No coherent event or person details emerge to anchor a fuller summary.
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