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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 10, 1911
Page
2
Mr R Morrison reports a weekly association sale with items and prices: onions sixpence per pound, carrots sevenpence per dozen bunches, potatoes one penny per pound, apples at two pence per cage, ducks and geese listed with prices. Also notes Wheat and other commodities with limited readable figures under Business Notices.
An old advertisement lists cameras and supplies for sale and promotes various remedies. It mentions Miss Jennie Cree Miss A Bimpson and Mr Roy Coke as popular artists in the state alongside household goods and skin treatments.
A district report covers butter exports for the season with figures around 21 000 tons and weekly totals. Public meetings discuss funding a new hospital theatre with bazaar plans, while local injuries at a sawmill and court rulings are noted alongside hospital carnival progress and farmer donations for onions and eggs.
A Colac local page lists a school committee meeting under the Execution Act with named members, a Scotch concert booking by the Caledonian, shop openings in Murray Street with new drapery and stationery items, Colac Hospital Carnival entries, an amateur mile race for a trophy, Light Horse regiment train details, clothing ads, dental services claim, and a cadet troupe tour of the Continent linking to a forthcoming organization celebration.
Abr Gardner questions enforcement of the Width of Tires Act at a Peek Forest meeting. Councillors face protests from settlers and timber workers fearing economic impact and potential law action. Several families plan to leave as debate ends without a compromise.
The Board fixed March milk price at 14d per lb butter fat and set payable times at Mire Brigade Station. March milk 243,149 gallons and 336,958 lb cream, total payout £11,697/15/7. Comparable 1912 figures: 164,959 gallons milk and 115,762 lb cream, £6096/2/4 paid. Top cheques listed, and three months ending March total £24,160/19/9, down from £25,354/14/4. Butter output March 144 tons, vs 504 tons in 1910, an increase. SPEEDWELL CYCLES ad promotes stocks from £12/10 to £20 and repairs.
Racing notes from Melbourne report results at Epsom with winners and starting prices. Novica Handicap Biplane takes first. Epsom Plate Celerity wins. Grand National style chase winner Stratford. Blind Harry leads Epsom Handicap with Windoonah second. Beggar Maid wins Epsom Purse. Masonic wins Walter Handicap.
Abel Williamson, a Lindenow farmer from Baarne Udy, suffered a severe throat wound while at a water trough near Mull Howe. He was rushed to hospital where Dr Alaup attended him. the prognosis is grave. Williamson, 45, leaves a wife and four children, and had feared a fire at his Haystack and Hillside taro plantation.
Farmers in several districts show slow response to a proposed cooperative venture. Canvassing by Mr Ogilvie and others prompts secretaries to seek continued support and share allocations, with Western District Co operative Bank funding £250 already, and a further £200 needed to relaunch.
London crowds anticipate a grand naval display during Union festival week with about 85 ships and ten Dreadnoughts taking part. The event is Reuters reported as a key coast defense showcase amid era of battleship strength. Berlin reports an uptick in youth suicides linked to sensational literature.
Reuter reports a mining explosion at Throop entombing between fifty and seventy five workers. Fire hindered rescue efforts and authorities fear no escapes remain. Also Paris reports theft probe at the Foreign Office with a Muslim naturalised man among the suspects.
A severe frigid blizzard grips the nation with several deaths from the cold. Widespread damage to grape vines and fruit trees is reported. In Madrid a large fishing boat wrecks off Ferrol with 12 crew drowned and other vessels missing. In Constantinople a raid on the British Consulate at Kermanshah results in a consular employee’s death amid the chaos.
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