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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
2
Readable sections describe a Thursday market with cattle sheep and dairy stock, noting yarding totals, buyer activity, and prices. Specific sales list fat cows, steers, ewes with lambs, lambs, crossbreds, and dairy cows, plus a clearing sale at a separate yard with varied livestock and household goods. Prices reflect local market rates and indicate dry weather affecting turnout and demand.
Public notices from New South Wales and Colac yards announce cattle sheep and fat cattle sales. Detailed listings include Prime Comeback Wethers Fat Ewes Creesbred Ewes and Springing Cows and Heifers with prices and breeds. A Defence horses buyer will inspect Colac yard horses Saturday at 10 am with ages 4 to 10 years and 143 to 16 hands.
A dense Colac page itemizes cattle sales including dairy cows heifers and fat stock, various sheep and pigs, horses and ponies, plus multiple real estate offerings. Advertisements list auctioneers Johnstone Colac Campbell Sons and others with sale dates, addresses, and near-term possession notes.
The text records an auction sale of cattle at Bell by Auction with notes on prize winners and pedigrees from the Highland Society shows. It also references funeral notices, pastural sales, and a meeting of the Colac Patriotic Fund executive committee, alongside weather and World War era commentary.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions deposed senate, prince, and prayers, plus a line referencing an ointment named brin ointment with a price of 1/6. The readable bits point to a miscellaneous historic medical or promotional fragment with unclear context.
Market notes show Westers District Factories ee Co listing King Butter quality across grades. Entries indicate price ranges from good to prime per pound and rated semi matured to matured with tonnage figures. The fragmentary text references production and grade distinctions without clear dates or places.
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