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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1916
Page
4
A fragmented text essay contrasts British conscription and national duty with ancient Greek exhortations to courage. It references government policies, public opinion, and calls for volunteers, while weaving in scattered remarks on health notices and wartime mobilization. The piece mentions multiple nations and figures, including Britain and Athens, and laments delays in policy and the need for collective action amid global conflict.
A garbled colonial era report lists police uniforms, grain forecasts, fines for minor offences, a governor’s yacht transfer, a hospital event, a fatal accident, and a high commission dispute. Names and places are unclear, but it references Victoria, Sydney, and Australia in a string of legal, civic, and transport notes.
The report outlines government measures on military manpower and settlement. It notes export restrictions on timber, reservations of land for returning soldiers, and preference considerations for local British or Empire manufacturers. It also mentions a Bendigo council stance on enlistment and a NSW Premier note on a 10 percent preference margin, plus local incidents and unrelated notices from Dalyston, Bangkok cable concerns, and a World War I wager update.
A Benalla meeting responded to Pelma Minister requests and the Parliamentary Recruiting Council to raise 60 000 troops. Citizens formed a local committee to assist recruitment, with Knox coordinating War Council correspondence and a recruiting sergeant ready to support subcommittees and clerical work.
The tables show 16 800 men to be supplied for twelve battalions at 1 400 each, from a pool of 184 968 fit men. Monthly reinforcers amount to 6 180, 470 per battalion, with the 49th and 60th needing 240 each, outlining provisioning and reinforcement schedules.
The government set February 1 as the opening day for the wild duck season and fixed a bag limit of 15 birds per shooter. For 1916 selling or exposing wild ducks or tails is prohibited, with a £10 penalty and gun forfeiture for violators. Fisheries and Game officers will enforce the rules, noting ducks plentiful in northern regions of the state and that habitat loss and settlement expansion are shrinking breeding grounds.
A Moyho dairy gathering protested the Federal Government embargo on butter exports held Thursday. Resolutions urged immediate removal of the embargo, defending dairy farmers against reduced profits and asserting government action should not punish producers for global market conditions. The Minister of Outoma denied reports of export totals and said embargo aims to monitor the situation, not create abnormal shortages.
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