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Newspaper
Camperdown Herald
Location
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1917
Page
3
A jumbled 1914 style market and community update mentions Labor plans, price controls, and Wheat prices amid wartime context. References to Warrnambool Warrnamitual Durt Foley steam roller and Colac Colac note drag attention to public works, relief efforts, and local governance.
Camp erdown stock marked sale reports strong buyer turnout from district, with high prices for prime bullocks and cows. Fat ewes and lambs sold well, dairy stock mixed, trade steady to good for quality, while plain stock showed reduced demand and prices. Yardings included fat Shropshire sheep and a range of cattle from yearlings to two year olds, with prices listed for multiple classes.
Christmas memories of soldiers and Christmas Eve fancies mix with Anzac Day observances in Camperdown. The report notes speeches by Rev A Dann and Canon Calebrook, Labour and conscription debates, a new local policeman, and notices of deaths and community events. It also covers the Colonial Bank of Australia half year results, and local political gatherings with Labor candidates and veterans.
Addition to the Meagher report notes poultry yarding below demand as prices improve. Ninety head penned with varied classes, quins and pears scarce. Apples sold eagerly up to 6s a case, potatoes plentiful, grain quality fine. Poultry prices listed and vegetables with late rates, items including Turks caps, apples, pears, quinces, tomatoes. Also an educational stipend offer via a Hamilton College repatriation scheme for dependents of service members, with an extension to include sons, brothers, or dependents from Vermon or Corangamite districts. applications due May 4.
An advertisement praises Sanders Extract, claiming protection from eucalyptus oil dangers and various ailments. It cites a Melbourne report about girls poisoned by eucalyptus Jolies and promises quick relief for wounds, sprains, rashes, and respiratory issues. The copy urges use of Sanders Extract, produced by Fender's process, as a preventive remedy.
At Cobden court on Thursday R. Kelly was fined 20 shillings and 49 shillings sixpence on a charge of allowing borees to wander on the railway line of Curdie's River For Brotchial Ueaghe, take Woods' Great Peppermint Care, laid.
Garret Hickey claimed LG 14s 6d for work and labor done carting wood from the railway station to the butter factory for Rulia Singh. He said Singh asked him to look after horses and cart wood while Singh was in Melbourne and offered various daily rates. Singh paid into court 2s 6d in full settlement.
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