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Newspaper
Ouyen Mail
Location
Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
4
Melbourne hosts its first major race season with the Caulfield Cup shaping up as the marquee event. In district football, Walpeup defeats Oaves to bolster the view that the Walpeup township team is a local force, despite rough play and tight scoring.
Next Wednesday the Duvyen Caledonians host a major gathering with open and juvenile classes and leading Stade competitors. The event features dancing, driving displays, and a public ball with Scottish comedian Mr Champion and Harry Lander. Mr Skinner will visit. proceeds under Mr E Franklin. Public access from the ball at 10:30 am.
A fragmentary wartime memorial recounts soldiers paying the supreme sacrifice and records a solemn tribute. The piece mentions a July 1915 date and a reference to A C Charlie and Mouguet Ferm, with personal recollections of prior wartime play before the conflict intensified.
The story honors local WWI soldiers Pte Routley of Murrayville and Pre Pole of Underbool, among over 60 from the shire who sacrificed life. It notes routley’s Donald origins, pole as an early 1914 enlistee, and bereaved widows and families. Community sympathy is expressed across the Underbool district.
The notice promotes a novelty motor event with Ogi as the star for dancing and piping. It invites all the best in the state to compete, offers special inducements for local contestants, and urges advance seat reservations for the concert at Oke’s. Ground admission is priced at 1 shilling 3 pence, with family tickets at five shillings six pence.
Boine A. As acting for Mr. A. McCallum announces a first class block sale number 19 in Parish Woroos, three miles south of the railway station, due to ill health and district departure. Terms and conditions to be provided on inquiry.
Land sale notice for Crown lands in Murrayville with multiple allotments offered at upset prices ranging from £15 to £50 per lot. Auction at the Court House on Thursday 195th October 1918 at 3:30 PM. Plans available at Crown Lands Office. purchase money plus 4 percent interest.
A local ad lists multiple used farming items including a Secondhand Core Crusher, Secondhand Truck Body Waggoo, Deering and Macklin binders, M’Kay and Shearer cultivators, a Fire Rake, a Massey-Harris disc drill, and various carts and buggies. Items are offered cash or terms with some noted as ready for work or in good condition.
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