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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
3
Detained men face charges including attempted murder and sexual offense. Witnesses describe a long court session with verdicts, including a guilty finding for attempted grievous bodily harm and a caution on age related issues. The judge orders hard labor and sets future hearings.
Arson charged against Alfred Gay ends not guilty after jury trials. Witnesses testify on straw stack fire at Mrs Brooke’s property and a separate carnal knowledge case involving Joseph Patrick Riley and Edith Emily Brine, with verdicts and defenses detailed through court testimony.
In Georgetown on March 22 a supper room meeting formed a football club with W Hill as president and J Buchan as captain. Officers include J Napcarrow B J McDonald J J Angley P Fogerty E Buckenara and L Buckenara as secretary. Membership 2/6. A watch match and a dance were planned, and a note honoured former members who aided the club's birth. Weather notes mention a wet spell with over half an inch recorded by Tuesday.
Representatives and guests witnessed the first public trial of the Cleveland tractor in Gillow Plains. The machine impressed with fuel economy, versatile use from ploughing to pumping, and easy handling. Attendees left confident the tractor would prove durable and capable in Australian farming tasks.
A garbled collection of court, weather, and public notices from an Australian newspaper. Items reference circuit court sales, Easter and Good Friday dates, port quarantines, a train accident, weddings, deaths, and government tax figures for 1913-14 and 1917-18. Names include Millicent residents and figures like Sir Herbert Plomer.
The Chamber of Manufacturers announces another Industrial Exhibition from March to May 1990. It will be a free Peace Exhibition after hostilities end, larger than previous shows, with exhibits from all Commonwealth regions. It spans two months and covers art, manufacture, and industry, plus a sea work for returned injured soldiers. Prospectus available from Secretary H B Winterbottom. inquiries welcomed.
Fragmentary OCR reads like an ad for a salve or extract titled Genuine Sanders Etract. It mentions healing, purity, viability, and benefits, with misspelled lines and garbled product references. The text resembles an early 20th century medical or patent medicine listing, lacking coherent details or verifiable claims.
A letter to the editor laments dwindling football support since 1914 and calls for a balanced ledger to clear old debts and start anew. The writer hopes increased enthusiasm will revive the game and urges supporters to back the effort.
A letter writer calls attention to a reward for the person who killed a tame pelican that had become the general pet along the Bestaloo road after months of being cared for. The writer urges recognition for the deed.
A reader recalls using Dne a Eucalpyit Extract for years with positive results. In 1876 a severe facial ailment led to a remedy from Bander's Extract that supposedly cured many complaints, with a note about a larger bottle being more effective.
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