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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1899
Page
3
Fragmentary text mentions pay, insurance on buildings, a mayor, council at a west moving event, and references to a public referee. Details are garbled but indicate a local government dispute over property, insurance obligations, and possible zoning or building yard actions.
A detailed account of a cricket game with descriptions of players, bowling figures, and scores. The narrative mentions Toongablee, Selurcey stower, and Frwune, with team members such as Wing, Raw, and Waite contributing. Hazelwood Shaw’s bowling is noted, and the fixture spans a Saturday match at Travagina ground with a final score around 52 not out for some teammates.
A local pride item notes a prune harvest delivery sent from the railway station yesterday. The list includes Butter Factory, Galbrah, Tillot son, Dynan and Jones, Schive, and Dawson Tires with various quantities.
A telegram style dispatch details protracted sieges and shifting forces as British and Boer commanders contend near Protara and Remberie with heavy gun deployments. Reports from Lord Methuen and Crorjé describe allied actions and alleged attacks on Kimberley amid wartime tensions.
Read of intense engagements near Mafeking and Schwan with Boer losses and British counteractions. Mentions 19th Hussars, telegraph line damage, and forage details from camp at Mocimad as forces clashed days after. References to logistics, artillery, and supply movements amid a broader campaign.
A fragmented 19th century mining summary describes tunnel progress at several lodes with notes on ore quality and width. It mentions Tobin partnership labor, a 728 foot tunnel, a 335 foot wide vein, and shifting development levels with ore shipments and drying issues.
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