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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1904
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions various names and numbers, including references to a "conEpANy" and commissions. The text is incomplete with stray words like iron, butter, and Jobe, making a coherent event or outcome unclear.
Morwell Shire council met on Thursday July with Crs O Grady Hall Davey Joy Vary and Watson present. A revision court preceded the ordinary meeting and nine voters were added to the water roll. Discussions covered waterworks from the ridge to Morwell, road embankment repairs, bridge work, and railway fencing. Engineers were asked to prepare plans and secure approvals while council negotiated contracts and funding for drainage, highway improvements, and a new Shermanney plant proposal.
A M Lean and Co report robust yarding at Mafra with buyers present and almost all lines sold. Fat cows reached about £6 5s, store cattle ranged from £4 to £5 15s, springers and milkers sold to £8 plus, and prices were broadly steady with good forward demand for heifers and calves. A Morwell sale next Monday expected strong attendance and high clearance.
Official Tokio note confirms heavy fighting at Port Arthur with five officers killed and forty one wounded since Tuesday. Refugees say a general assault has begun as Japanese forces mine, cruiser and gunboat activity were seen Thursday night. A separate ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe, effective treatment for colds and croup.
A fragmented passage hints at a desire for rapid settlement and conquest, with mentions of Great Commonwealth Great Gene Pause and a forthcoming great occasion. It references a cautious approach to health and notes Woops' Gazer Perreau Conn as responsible for restoration.
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