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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 04, 1899
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR notes praise and criticize boots and equipment, with garbled phrases about quality and patient wear, suggesting a shopper or vendor comment on footwear quality and durability amid unclear context.
The Bay View Hotel hosts a meeting to plan Boxing Day regatta with a strong committee and K Riley as honorary secretary. Reports cover influenza deaths, church addresses, a provincial show with recitations and singing, a Millicent cricket club revival, and a weight guessing bullock prize influenced by local auctions.
Fragmentary report notes quiet periods after Buerrat Klands Laagte defeat near Glencop last week. Mentions small skirmishes and disputed guns allegedly moved by Dr. Thimeson with some confusion over names and dates.
J B Mitchell drives Boers toward Glencoe and Ladysmith cutting wires and water. White pours 2000 troops but loses ground. 1500 British captured and six guns seized. transport ships carry 86,000 men eastward as Redvers Buller arrives at Cape Town to plan further action. Australian contingent sails from South Australia as war continues in October.
The Tantanoola A and B Society held its annual show on Wednesday November 1. A warm pleasant day drew a large crowd though attendance lagged behind last year. Exhibits included top Mount Gambier flowers and a strong display of horses ponies and farm produce with many prizes awarded to local growers and exhibitors such as W Morris Spain's No Name Nero and Bermingham Bros. s multiple categories and a long list of prize winners were announced across livestock dairy poultry vegetables and cut flowers.
The article lists numerous entries across categories at The Book Bazaar including flowers, fruits, home made articles, and school work. It notes judges, class divisions, and lists of participants led by district officials and church figures. The Synod routine and recent financials are summarized with attendance and membership gains.
A brief note emphasizes that the publication does not identify with correspondents or adopt their opinions, signaling editorial separation and distinct viewpoints. The record preserves wording about not aligning with correspondents’ views.
Walker letters report Typer won the jumping prize at the Tantanoola Show on Wednesday but was disqualified for height after a steward measured the pony. Prize then went to another pony over height. Walker offers to jump the first two rise winners for up to £5 if a judge agrees to a proper measuring standard.
The Millicent district held its Boath-Eastern ageed session on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Mraisterial Session met October 5 and was attended by ministers led by Reverend W. H. etc.
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