16 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
1
A detailed auction summary describes large cattle and sheep yards with high demand and firm prices. Vendors including O Sweeney and J F Parkinson report strong turnout and several sales across dairy stock, store cattle, fat lambs, and household goods, with buyers from nearby districts driving prices higher.
Keen for fat cattle and good cows with strong demand. Young cattle mix of lightweights and forward store cows sold from LIB to LIS with varied lots. Sheep market saw keen taste for prime sheep and extra prime ewes at 2 shillings 6 pence, with other stores and lambs moderate.
Announced events include HAC BR anniversary ball on August 27 and Colac Dairying Co July totals: butter 12d tons cheese 38% tons milk 17 041 gallons, monthly disbursement £23068. Shire Council meeting slated. HACE Society honors dead president’s family. Mails close dates, Lorne land sale near Derrinallum, and police court debt judgments. Education Department plans physical culture display December 7 with district schools. Wattleley committee raises funds with fish service and street kiosks.
The passage argues closer settlement is a vital need and proposes that the State Government can seize large estates for compulsory purchase to create farm communities. It suggests benefits including increased farmer numbers, expanded demand for products, revived country towns, and reduced urban drift by fostering industrial activity and breaking the dreariness of rural life.
A Colac letter argues moving pictures fail to teach abstract ideas in grades seven and eight. It contrasts concrete films like Washington’s Home with abstract terms such as free acceptance and economic arrangement, urging focus on literacy over visual aids for young students.
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