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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
3
South Australian store announces new season stock including colored cashmeres nun silks delaines cashmere serges zephyrs lustres poplins. Inspect lines before purchasing elsewhere. Prices stated as right, winter clearing sale continues.
Over October days the Penola show drew 200 plus entries across cattle horses and sheep with many classes packed. Judges named winners in Hereford Shorthorn and Merino divisions while stock prices and breed notes accompanied rural pages.
A fragmentary Guthrie district report lists numerous entries for hurdles and jumps in local athletics, plus council actions. It notes repairs, drain work, road improvements, overdraft questions, and payroll figures. Several contracts and tenders are cited for road work, drainage, and commonage payments with amounts and names, and references meetings and appointments in the rural council.
Millicent County mened discuss special meeting notes on sanitary arrangements and night services. The minutes show tenders declined, regulations adopted, and calls for applications for night watch duties submitted while honours were given to Major Norton. A murder case in Stansbury saw Prunes Hickway killed, with sentencing for Edward Dingey to a year in Adelaide Gaol.
Fragmentary readable text mentions names Luis Unutars and Darvome Remeey and a neighbor with unclear illness details. It references Chambermee Colt Cholera and Diner mashie with scattered terms, plus a Mary Haller of Mount Crewford Way U.a.4. The remedy idea appears tied to a remedy for wale Uy Welter with an unclear agreement.
A lengthy report discusses the introduction of the federal customs tariff effective immediately, outlining duties, revenue projections, and aims to protect established industries. It notes abolition of inter-state customs between wealth states and highlights high duties on manufactured articles while seeking lower or free rates on essential imports.
Milicent and Hatherleigh battled to a stalemate with each side scoring a single goal in the final quarter. Matheson was noted for Millicent as key playmaker while W Long led the visitors with notable attempts. W Snryewol served as field umpire.
Millicent Gun Club met at Millicent Hotel on Monday October 1st with Chore Wae Tait and Mr K J Harry presiding. The balance sheet showed a bank loan of 22 0s 0d against 5 last year and was adopted. Plans included closing Nicacenon’s sparrow shooting after tallying 1 100 sparrows in the period. Cricket in Millicent was in recess awaiting a gathering to form a town club for the season.
A vivid, fragmentary travel diary recounts Scottish scenes near Wick, Elgin, and Wick's surrounding countryside. The narrator describes inns, parsons, farms, and rural life, noting poverty, church rents, weather, and encounters with locals, merchants, and travelers amid rugged landscapes.
An OCR fragment lists dates and places including Mount Gambier Kingston and Cacindale with October dates, mentions Saanonta Weelvestay and Sir Thomas Lipton Yeoman challenge, and notes wartime supply strains affecting Bloemfontein. Names, places, and events are garbled but indicate travel, nautical events, and military logistics in a colonial context.
The passage blends medical anecdotes with political and trade topics. It mentions Chamberlains Pain Balm curing a muscle attack, a yacht race with the Columbia, references to federal politics, tariff debates, and Britain’s tobacco and factory links, all in a garbled historical OCR style.
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