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Newspaper
Yea Chronicle
Location
Yea, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places with garbled words. It references a date in April and a location that seems to be Macao or a place with mixed letters. No coherent event or outcome is clearly stated. The readable names include Dennis Dhobi and Athol Vereen, but roles or affiliations are not identifiable.
Friday hot with a late night wind bringing rain and thunder. Saturday cooler. Sunday hot again with light rain and cool breezes Monday. Library fundraiser planned for Thursday to support library funds. tickets available from Moss White, the librarian, or local shops. Also note Rabbit census day on February 1 in the South Riding with inspectors urging landowners to act. coal pilfering at Tailway yards reported with items moved along footpath.
A Victorian era column lists a Drama Society trip to Alexandra on March 7 and a fundraising linen tote and bazaar for Alexandra Hospital. It notes a Tea and District Bush Fire Brigade meeting at the Library to prepare for fires, and parish council debates on expenditures and public notices with community updates.
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