05 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1914
Page
1
A fragmented notice by land agent AE Hayes references wage security figures and stock terms including Plymouth Rocks. The readable items mention allowing wages and prices tied to poultry and farm constraints, with unclear figures and names.
A stream of interrupted reflections questions whether farmers and students advance through modern methods or remain held by tradition. The text contrasts experimental farming with old routines and ponders mentorship, literacy, and national progress amid shifting educational aims.
In Colac a note announces new business delivery service by post from Queensclift with strict timeliness. The item also mentions a renovated Laity property and various monetary claims and fees, including small and large sums, with a focus on debt and trust money in the era.
Murray Street near Victoria Hall public advertises confectioner E Whitworth with fruit and vegetables in stock. Orders promptly supplied and delivered locally.
An old advertisement details Royal Mail steamers from London via Adelaide to Fremantle and Colombo with routes to Napies Toulon Gibraltar and more. It lists consignments of goods including china earthenware glass and drapery with freight rates and commissions. It promotes passenger accommodations third class dining rooms and voyages to Fremantle Sydney or Melbourne with local agents in Colac and Melbourne.
Numerous Vine farms spread across Victoria including Colne district with dairy houses. One notably cheap farm of three acres well improved near a railway line at Seneck, priced at 18 per acre.
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