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Newspaper
Saint Arnaud Mercury
Location
Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1916
Page
6
Fragmented OCR text describes share farms and right of purchase in New South Wales. It mentions wheat farms and a visit by locals, with garbled dialogue about records and town history. The readable parts imply a rural property or settlement theme amid unclear narration.
Classified fragment offers weekly pay for home work in a distant town. Mentions Tavahon Lave Co and Byland's products. Includes garbled dialogue and brand names Hyland’s, Ernest Tra Byland, Bennitt's Freezing Warka Melbourne. Contains unclear narrative and advertisement-like lines.
Fragmentary note describes a local Handy Man offering help before dawn. References to milk, cows, cooking fires, and a cautious plan as conditions are unclear. Mentions a person named Bai and an event at a farm or rural setting. Uncertain details preserve a sense of everyday chores and early hours.
Market notes list prices for prime and medium cattle including 110. Teet price bands for primes and medium hinds 60 to 69 per 100 ths. veal prime inge venters at 146d to 4d. porkers for 814M to 64hd. small calves hyd to Yd. figs for chop ding GA to 4d. Also observes prejudices as difficult to read due to heart fever and education influence.
Fragmented OCR reads as a dialogue about a skit titled The Cook and the Captain with roles such as monarch and order taker. Confusing phrases mention a cook and a captain and a servant, with repeated lines about roles and obedience. The text is garbled and lacks clear events or outcomes.
Fragmentary text presents a playful exchange on names for people by occupation or habit. The garbled dialogue mentions a vegetarian and a person who eats something, with a narrator urging others to join. The meaning is unclear from the damaged excerpt.
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