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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
2
Incomplete OCR text references a storm tossed craft, perhaps a wreck, and mentions a colonial value of property and a sale by Say sire. Names and places are garbled, with no clear dates or entities identifiable.
A Melbourne to Poruland service fails to arrive by 9 15 pm on Monday due to a 60 minute late Warrpummbool train and further holds from incidents between Hamilton and Branxholma. One passenger, Private Alex Ferguson, was injured when a man fell from a carriage. The accident prompted medical attention in Portland.
Melbourne correspondent reports the seamen's strike delayed while influenza cripples Sydney, and the government continues a labor inquiry. Unionists push for control of the wharves amid ongoing industrial tensions and labor unrest.
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