26 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Clunes Guardian And Gazette
Location
Clunes, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
1
Fat cattle volume 141 head with brisk competition and strong rates. Prime and extra quality lambs and sheep boosted values across categories with ugraded prices noted for prime crossbred wethers and ewes, merino groups also improving. Calves small at 12 head, best to £4 6d, lambs to 205 and 220 for prime lambs, and various grades for cows and bulls reflected sharper bidding.
The Melbourne sheep market ends on a soft note with fat as sheep around 19,000 penned, prime lots cheaper than earlier in the week. Quotations show prime bred wethers 24s 6d to 28s 6d, crossbreds 21s to 25s, merino wethers 2s 4d to 2s 8d, and fat lambs 16s to 21s 6d, with many grades lower or inferior.
Market quotations report Bararat produce with wheat at eleven pence prime milling oats cuts fair feed 29 to 2s 1d pen 4s to 6d barley fine 3s 3d fair to good cups 2s 3d flour 9 pounds 0s 0d bran 5 pounds 10s pollard 5 pounds loais 3 to 4 pounds hay best chafing 2 pounds to 2 pounds 2s 6d manger 2 pounds 9s to 2 pounds 6d straw 32s 6d
Phillips and Chamberlain report butter prices with factory prints in different forms, eggs and bacon values, honey and cheese ranges, onions and potatoes quoted. Also noted is Woods' Great Pappermint Cure for children's hacking cough at night available at 1/6.
J Marks Ballarat offers country buyers special terms with a table of weekly furniture values and payments. Customers may call write or phone to receive the new illustrated catalogue free on application. Address listed as 69 71 Bridge St Ballarat Physe 507.
An early trade line touts Kay's Compound Essence of Lin seed for coughs and colds. The fragment references blood health and bodily organs, claiming remarkable cures and vitality through Clarke's Blood. The text blends marketing rhetoric with medical claims, typical of period patent remedies.
Monthly Ladies Benevolent Society meeting reports subscriptions and gifts for hospital aid. A charity sale, Cinderella dance, and auction plans include 12 horses and cattle sale by Coghlan Boase Co. at Mooroolbile. A.W.N.L. event, euchre tournament results, and a minister’s pulpit appointment are noted along with fundraising for Methodist Circuit and hospital donations.
Canon Colebrook to conduct services at St Pauls Church on Sunday. Clunes A W A branch met with fair attendance. Mrs A MacKenzie presided. Fellows discussed a new member welcome, £4 12s 8d in dues, and a May 26 balance sheet showing funds for sick, incidental, and contingency pots. Ballarat Trustees advert promoted and council finance and public works items reviewed including flood dam age, hospital registration, and a trough at the railway station. Public health concerns raised over unregistered private hospitals and midwifery homes. Council reports on works, roads, and rubbish cleanup, with calls for unemployment relief funding and park improvements.
Physicians stress the need to stop fermentation and neutralize stomach acid after meals. Bisulated magnesia is recommended for immediate relief and to prevent irritation, with insistence on the insURATED form for best digestion and avoidance of sour, harsh food.
The Water Commission notes actions by Chairman Dr J F Phillips and colleagues on inspection of storage works. Engineers report repairs to pipes and fire plugs, and caretakers describe fencing, road repair, aqueduct issues, and catchment checks. Water depth at the reservoir on June 12 is 13 feet. discussion on conserving Newlyn water ends with no feasible measures, suggesting a new basin near Nolan's. Collector C P Cooper cites June receipts from water rates and year-to-date totals, with decreases versus last year and pending collections.
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