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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
3
Percussion band at 81 Percy Street Portland performs as a local shop ad mentions Dimond's Cash Carry and a redeestone in every line with unclear details about a phone shop and community center participation.
Local basketball scoring notes show Snake Gully losing to Walook with key players Cok, Humphries and Osborne listed among top scorers. Final tallies include multiple near double digits and the news mentions specific game moments and refereeing calls.
Readers submit a jumble of comments on public issues and local concerns. The piece includes names and places but is largely garbled. it conveys a lively but unclear exchange about community matters and individuals referenced in local dialogue.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Red Flag incident at a street bend with references to dates and a Careets tour. The garbled text mentions a schedule and a purchase amount but details are unclear. Entities include a place, a tour, and monetary figures, though specifics are unreadable.
Fragmentary listing shows Vernain in Portland with cabinet sale references and unclear product lines. Indicates a shop advertisement or catalog snippet with auto parts or furniture terms and partial price cues.
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