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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1914
Page
4
District news and notices recount promotions and departures in university and church circles, with gifts and honors noted. A Glenrowan meeting discusses parish duties. rail and road closures are touched on, plus a fatal bicycle crash near Tatura. Rural council items cover court improvements, new church plans, and local health updates.
Yarded cattle totaled 1245 head with 60 from New South Wales and 650 from Gippsland among others. Demand for cows of various grades remained strong with prices lifting to around £16 for best bullocks and £12 to £12 6 for prime cows. sheep and store stock showed steady to firm values though some classes drifted. Horses and pony trades noted good demand with strong competition for useful animals and export-ready stock.
An advertisement touts a Melbourne Natural Health Co treatment that allegedly aids motherhood and baby fertility. A rep will visit on Tuesday the 26th at the Burlington hotel from 1 am to 6 40 pm, offering free guidance with a Nature Health Guide post free upon sending 2d postage. Money lending on easy terms is also advertised.
The will of late Alexander Miller provides for a large charitable bequest to Geelong and Melbourne institutions. Executors named include Maitland, Atkinson, Gwale, and Thomas with funds to support hospitals, orphanages, churches, and homes across Geelong, Benalla, Numurkah, Rushworth, and other towns. The estate also includes Mafeking Café Palace at Ocean Grove devised to the Methodist Church Victoria.
At a Saturday meeting the Yabba Farmers Union discussed a Nillahcootie weir storage project to irrigate 25 000 acres. Estimates put cost at about £140,000 with some government testing already done. Speakers urged regional support from Shepparton, Namurka, Benalla and Northern Province reps to press the Waranga Basin style national scheme.
HL Dyes, principal of Dookie Agricultural College, argues for a cross-country railway to connect Dookie with Yarrawonga via Tambo and Varrawon, boosting dairy and wheat sectors. He notes favorable rainfall, sowing of wheat, and ongoing ploughing with cultivators as 4 acres are sown and more will follow, while detailing seed rates, varieties, and stock husbandry progress.
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