The Rabbit Industry in Benalla Australia
The rabbit, once a major pest, is now viewed by many as a poor man’s friend in Benalla. Eight years ago rabbit sales were under £10 weekly. now buyers pay £200 weekly, employing about 100 men at £2 weekly. About 10,000 pairs are bought weekly, up from last year’s 2,009 increase, with government and private freezing methods and losses from condemned rabbits. Questions arise about poison laws and export practices.
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Australia
Benalla
Old prospector tale hints at lost Howqua Hills telluride find
A Ballarat Courier report recounts an old prospector tale near Mansfield where a doctor and a parson spent fortunes seeking a mineral show. A sample tested as telluride proved unclustered with sulphide ore, mislocations and missteps led to failed ventures, though two School of Mines students kept hope alive.
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Ballarat “ Courier
Sory
Ballarat
Mansfield
Ssssy
Ghaven
School of Mines
Mines Department
Howqua Hills
Howqua
Melbourne
Slw
Ast
Boulder City
Dr Sheldon's New Discovery Cures Coughs and Colds
A Victorian remedy called Dr Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs Colds and Consumption is praised as a frost healing lung throat cure. It claims to cure coughs colds and consumption quickly without opiates, safe for children and good for croup and whooping cough. Sold by A Miller & Co Benalla.
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Sheldon
A. Miller & Co
Benalla
Secret medicine ad claims cures for liver and digestion
An OCR fragment markets stomach and liver remedy Fableta and Dr Shel Gord Magnetic Liniment. It promises relief from constipation headaches jaundice indigestion and general aches. The piece lists vendors Victor Say A Miller Co and notes a crude exchange about Woods Gus and a Chinaman.
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Chamberlain
Victor Say
Dr. Shel- Gor
Yale
A. Miller and Co
Government programme outlined by Governor Talbot speech
The Governor spoke to the Legislative Council and Assembly on state finances noting railways will almost cover interest charges plus repairs and capital funds, supporting a possible income tax reduction. He pitched closer settlement with land acquisition near population centres and an Amending Land Bill to offer small plots for low income buyers and irrigation aided production.
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Reginald Talbot
Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Experiences in South America by a Yarrawonga Resident
A Yarrawonga reader recounts J M Dougall's year in South America with the Sunshine harvester venture. He describes life in Buenos Aires and the country, noting the need to teach Argentine farmers machinery use, the large Chilean estates with many peons, and the rough logistics of travel and rivers. Dougall concludes a foreign posting offers valuable experience for a capable farm machinery expert.
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J. M‘dougall
Yarrawonga
M'Dougall
M'Kay
Ballarat
Rive Plata
Buenos Ayres
Mc Dougall
Australia
Argentine
Chili
Valparaiso
Santiago
Hervester
M*dougall
Anb
South America
Sonshine Harves~tor
Ork
Editor Storm Over Paper Exchange
A fragmentary excerpt shows a heated dispute about stopping a newspaper and editor consulting, with references to pay, loyalty, and a decade of service. Names and precise actions are unclear, but the tension centers on editorial control and personal grievances around tenure.
New Discovery Cures Lung Ailments Moves to Market
An advertisement proclaims a new lease for weak lungs and a discovery by De Sheldon that supposedly cures coughs, consumption, and influenza in all lung troubles. For sale by A Miller and Co in Benalla with claim of a universal lung remedy.
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Sheldon
A. Miller and Co
Benalla
What is a cough and how it harms the bronchial tubes
The text warns that a cough signals bronchial irritation and a cold can thicken mucus, risking pneumonia if neglected. It recommends Chamber’s Jain’s Cough remedy as a quick aid and mentions Victor Say wells 1.
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Jain
Victor Say Wells
Special Clearing Purchases On Our Tables At Low Prices
Stock at greatly reduced prices leads a special clearing sale with purchases offered at less than half their usual prices and includes additional items. The notice highlights bargain tables and invites shoppers to act quickly to take advantage of these discounted goods.
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the Rabbit Industry
Uteson
Isines
John Bubb, Somites Sr
Boots Axp Shoes
BOOTS
Axp Shoes
Jon Burr, “Urk Street
Beehive Stores
Fitchett’s Dry Soap
Burge
Thomson & Co
Bridge Street
SALE
A. Miller
Bridge Street Henatlla
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