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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
4
A government price adjustment lowers meat costs across markets. Officials confirm reductions aim to ease household budgets and stabilize supply while retailers note favorable consumer impact. Local outlets vary in implementation and may honor the new prices on select cuts.
In a contentious session, Friendly Societies debated medical appointments and salary terms within the BMA. Discussions touched on hospital posts, ward allocations, doctors' pay, and potential actions if disputes persisted, highlighting tensions between lodge members and medical staff during wartime.
The Benalla Agricultural Society held at Mantelpal Chambers discussed show side shows with Mr. Lytton and Mr. Tybins, bank guarantors amid amalgamation, and planned a dairy project with Jersey cattle. They reviewed finances, subscriptions, write offs, and proposed inviting Mr. Richardson to speak at the May annual meeting.
A note touts cost savings by making a pint of cough remedy at home using Heenzo Hean's Essence. It claims ordinary remedies cost at least 12 times, while Heanzo offers a cheaper option at 2/8 by post, with directions printed on the label.
The Benalla branch of the ANA confronts financial strain from rising medical bills as a board plan proposes a quarter levy of 1 shilling per member per half year and a 2d per week interim charge. Members debate liability for doctors and chemists while a reform committee outlines steps to certify accounts and secure funding.
A meeting discussed a weekly levy of 24 for ALE and a separate 14 levy to fund medical accounts, with funds to be paid into M and M accounts to support doctors. Mr Huck, Mr Latch, and the secretary were appointed to rotate view of the doctors. Mr Hask noted the branch is not technically responsible for fresh hav es, but nearly every doctor recognizes a portion of his duty.
A writer argues that a farming wife who works as hard as her husband deserves an equal share of joint proceeds. The author cautions against treating her as a servant and urges consulting the wife on major matters to avoid extravagance while ensuring she has a true partnership.
Instructional notes outline cautious methods for training saddle horses with thoroughbred blood, focusing on gait development, patience with forward hind balance, and progressive work. Emphasizes letting horses wear tack gradually, building mouth and manners, short first lessons, controlled trot and gallop progression, and avoiding poorly bred or stubborn horses.
An unfamiliar veterinary hand guide describes treating cattle wounds, detailing cleaning, bandaging, antiseptics, and wound closure techniques. It covers removing damaged tissue, using iodine and carded materials, and managing inflammation with hot or cold therapies. It notes dressings, drain creation, and seton use for drainage.
In Saxony the Poultry Association reviews a device claiming to date egg age by tilt angle in a liquid. A glass vessel holds eggs whose horizon angle correlates with embryo development. With practice, the age can reportedly be read to a day, from near horizontal at early days to upright after four weeks.
Mr Geo Hyland bids to advise that his address to future will be at Oster Bros where he will continue his Plumbing and Tinmitha Business including general repairs Estimates admitted for all kinds of work Tevnie Baris Slazenger's and Donlopa ab Standard office.
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