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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
3
The article lists exhibitors and prize winners across diverse classes at a local show. It notes names like Mrs Rivard and Miss Rowe among many competitors, detailing ribbons for crafts, needlework, baking, and floral arrangements as judge panels praise skill and presentation.
Military dispatches report 14 000 additional troops arriving at Cjewam to relieve Durban and fortify the Free State frontier. Reinforcements bound for the Natal and Cape frontiers amid ongoing pressure on Boer forces.
The article reports yesterday’s election for five Board of Advice members with sparse campaigning and scattered vote counts across polling places Clarke Mulligan Macdonald Owen Pettit West and others. It also lists local produce shipments from the railway station and a NSW whisky promotion, plus business notices and account arrangements.
A dairy show featured a milking contest with many samples and varied quality. Judges tested milk yields with Babcock tests while prizes totaled £2 and £0 as entries numbered but 14 competed. Lord Brameys medal went to last year’s holder for best dairy cow yielding 35 pints of milk.
An article fragment notes a Havadian Bennett concert at Mechanic Corner with a credit balance dispute. A Wesleyan Church floral service for Sonitay was conducted by Rev. T Robers amid a tremblin structure. A station incident last week involved a chair mishap and a Tuesday schedule. details are incomplete.
A weathered, partial text recalls old war memories and generic remedies. It mentions General, Blom sil York, rorya, and a small paper bottle of Chawbeetein's Pain Bala. The fragment hints at wartime scarcity, a sale by Water Bass, and references to peace.
Fragmented OCR describes a farm listing in Tan county near Cowwake, Jones, with a tract described as land amounting to about 434.9 acres. It references a parcel in Inigo Ut Tih and a portion of Gientonygye County at Tan with producer details and river or road names, indicating a agricultural property sale or record.
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