Melbourne News: sugar deal set 12 months at 1d per lb
Melbourne reports the land Government signs a 12 month sugar agreement with a retail price fixed at 1d per pound. Rail efficiency boosts profits. Murray and Edward River levels rise, Ballarat goods cost more to Adelaide. Proclamation bans import of non British grown items. Farmers Union candidates emerge. a Ballarat manufacturer fined £20 with costs. Southern tram cables break causing last night’s service disruption. News notes cabinet war talk and possible government challenge next session.
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Melbourne
Ballarat
Adelaide
Commonwealth
Farmers Union
Southy Griemland
War in Europe report from Mont Blond and surrounding fronts
Dispatch from London via Reuters notes French artillery duels near Mont Blond and Coralia amid broader Allied and German operations. Mention of Romania and potential support to overthrow governments, with limited verified details and fragmented wording from the Melbourne desk.
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Romania
School Social Held At Leonardth I Lo It
A school social was held on December 12, 1917, with proceeds to support school needs. Thanks go to Mr P Loman and others for their efforts and contributions to the event and its success.
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Ieenardth i
P. Loman
Unclear OCR: Compifen plage event details
Fragmentary text appears to describe a 46 Uno FeANI event with names such as Ladi Wogey Comgrtition and players Maw Adium 5 and Mrs Stenan Mirv Gunde. Lacks coherent facts, dates, or locations.
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Piayer
Stenan Mirv Gunde
SL Rt
Wenlernae Nicholuon
Dimond
Bilingln
J Lew
Weil Toritay
Lilian
Mah
Leuphira
Murphy
Red Cross Portland Update From May
Fragmented OCR text references Red Cross Portland with scattered names and places. The readable portions list Portland, May, and various garbled terms. no coherent event or outcome is clear. The record remains a partial, unreadable snapshot of a Red Cross Portland item with uncertain details.
Unclear historic notice with names and dates
Fragmentary OCR lists distribution and collectors with names such as Je Bo ATTACKLETON and J. L. Wratt. Mentions Portland and Roundatal, plus a date 1017. Text appears as a damaged financial or public distribution record with no clear event stated.
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Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases about harming and a name sequence, no coherent event, people, or places clearly identifiable. The readable parts question a shooting stare and creature mentions, but no verifiable facts or context to summarize into a standard news brief.
Fragmented OCR note with garbled travel and meeting data
The readable bits describe a disrupted schedule mentioning a tram, invitations, and various names with unclear context. It states a meeting or time reference around late afternoon and references several proper names and a numeric value 38, but most details are illegible.
Fragmentary notice with scattered names and locations
The OCR yields an incoherent jumble listing names and addresses such as MARBALIST and 125 GOLLINS ST MERMOURE SUPE PORTLAND, with dates and times partially legible. It mentions a person or event near Waite and Beetham, implying a local notice or obituary fragment and a location about one mile west of a landmark, but details are unreadable.
Let Us Not Blacken Our History In The War
A fragmented wartime exhortation warns against dishonoring history as Allied powers fight Germany. It extols sacrifice, liberty, and unity while urging nations to uphold resolve against despotism and tyranny in the broader war effort.
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Sand
Germany
Guvemast
Warde
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