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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
2
A livestock sale list from Meru details crossbred wethers and ewes with prices ranging from 14 to 24 shillings and pence, plus smaller figures for lambs and older stock. The report notes quality variations, tagging issues, and market demand affecting forward weights and value amid weather and transport constraints.
The record details COLAC market sales with hogs, cattle and hides alongside a Melbourne produce price table. It notes auction results, price ranges for sheepskins calves and hides, and entries for COLAC HIDE AND SKIN MARKET with quoted figures, plus Melbourne dairy and grain prices and a dental advertisement.
Sporting news outlines a card for Monday June 6 including Handicaps and Stakes at Colac with events for horses with limited prize money. Key races include a sprint six furlongs Handicap and a two mile steeplechase with entry lists, acceptance fees, and weights, plus a pony race and a flying stakes event. Officials Mr A and Mr St. announce rules on entries, telegraphic acceptance, and handicap adjustments.
Seed listing notes gale quality onion seed from Goen Bros Warrior. Describes choice onion seed with labeling such as 7 quality 14 and season tag. Reads as a partial inventory line with unclear branding.
Local petition with strong support urges the Minister of Education to authorize evening continuation classes in Colac. The plan would offer a commercial course with English, business studies, shorthand, and civics, ending in a proficiency certificate after passing at least three subjects.
Reports on proposed amalgamation of Warrnambool district butter factories with Grasmere Framlingham and Garvoe votes split with Warrnambool, Koralt rejecting. Practice Court reviewed a £3 dispute involving Charles Buchanan jun and Yates. Memorial events for the late Archdeacon Peacock mark church activities. Butter shipments to UK, South Africa, and Asia continue. Colac Turf Club sets 1914 schedule and special trains. Local court remands a sheep theft case. AWM and IC H activities cover meetings, sales, and WCTU plans.
The Colac Moapi tal committee hosted a farewell for Dr Hope on the eve of his departure. President Mr F Parkes praised his 13 years of dedicated service to the hospital and introduced an illuminated address of appreciation. The gathering and patients remembered his care, while Rev Murphy and Mr Hantock lauded his contribution and the hospital’s loss.
The body of Rose Treves a 43 year old widowed woman was found this morning in a waterhole on her father’s Leopold Queen's Cliff Road farm eight miles from Geelong. She left a note to her parents stating her intention to take her own life by drowning and where the body would be found.
A Colac reader criticizes the Colac Shire Council for delaying enforcement of the move-on clause. He notes youths lingering in doorways and morning cigarette remnants and asks when action will be taken. The letter is dated Colac 29 April 1912.
Handicaps listed for the Gellibrand Sports to be held May 3 1913 include Underhand Chop and Box Bid events with entrants such as H. W. Hitt T. A. Hayes J. H. M. Ardle Thos Goss G. O Donnell A. Nolan W. Mulhare W. Belfrage and A. Anderson. Handicapped standings show performances and marks including 38 inch girth and various box scores. foot race participants include Marky A V Wilson H Oo Ace N G Reid Powell Race Mi Frith Be aat W Jonas and others.
London reports on a proposed joint Tourist Bureau at Victoria offices and growing interest in Mount Kosciusko and Mount Buffalo for winter sports. Percy Hunter of the New South Wales Immigration Bureau predicts a surge of sporting tourists after next winter’s Swiss events.
Mr Peter M'Bride, newly appointed Victorian Agent General in London, spoke on public questions in Victoria. He forecast improvement in gold mining, especially in alluvial fields at Ararat, and discussed the Wonthaggi coal mine with a projected 240000 profit for 1913 if no miners strike occurs. He praised Egypt’s irrigation system and plans a Manchester visit with Premier Watt.
An Albanian delegate says Basad Pasha’s self‑proclaimed King of Albania is unlikely to be accepted by Albanians. He claims the move stems from a Montenegro Serbia Young Turk intrigue and notes the Albanian people prefer a European prince for their king.
Horace Rice A B Jones and N Doust arrive by the Ventura to begin the Davis Cup preliminaries against the United States in lawn tennis. They practice briefly and proceed to New York, declining to discuss Norman Brookes’s absence.
In London Noel Waugh Franklin, a siffrag supporter jailed in March for eight months after defending a protest, has been released. He faced forcible feeding while in custody as authorities described the tense incident surrounding his hunger strike. The report also notes the steamer Virginian’s perilous voyage near Newfoundland as the Titanic disaster area is described.
Scutari Montenegro denounces the request as cruel and unjust. The protest demands equal treatment with other Allies and seeks prompt evacuation of the ball to the international fleet command.
A bomb exploded in a crowded cafe in Hanoi Annam killing Major Abatuis and Mongrent and wounding eleven others including six Europeans and five natives. The bomber escaped as police arrest several suspects and uncover more bombs linked to alleged Chinese revolutionary planners.
Monday in Washington Mr Thomas U Bisson a member of the House urged that agitation over the Cali ornis issue could lead to war. He warned that the last drop of blood might be spilled if the proposed toposed legislation triggered a military response.
Queensland shows timber display at the Bus Exhibition in London drawing inquiries about timber for offices and steamers.
A masked burglar appeared at Balaclava Road North Ryde to confront Mrs Lovell demanding where the money lay. He threatened to blow her brains out if she did not comply and fled with about £30 when the home was checked. The incident spurred neighbours to search the scrub area as the man persisted into the morning.
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