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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1909
Page
2
Commercial report from Geelong shows moderate buyers at Newmarket with 282 head by call and 700 by road. Prices ranged low for inferior sheep while prime crossbreds and Merino ewes sold well. Fat lambs and cattle also quoted. overall market steady to firm with competition keen.
A late 19th or early 20th century racing and breeding bulletin lists participants, horses, riders, and entries for tracks and stalls. It details weights, penalties, and entry deadlines, with notes on harness and saddle events, breed associations, and admission procedures. The fragment mentions Victorian breeders, race events, and various horse names, riders, and classes.
Two far seeing people invite readers to visit Enterprise House for a sale of groceries crockery glassware wines and spirits with exceptionally low prices. The store promises up to date bargains across all departments and urges shoppers to come today to maximize value and supply their larder with many economies. W St Stephens invites you to inspect the extensive stock and enticing prices during the sale.
W Stephens offers the largest assortment of Wines Ales Spirits and Cordials at special stocktaking sale prices. Colonial wines Muscat Sherry Port Claret are aged in wood before bottling.
A fragmented advertisement touts ales bottled by stewards at Ballarat Brewery and stored in cool cellars for months. It lists various wines, spirits, and household goods with prices, emphasizing quality and purity of bottled products.
Readable fragments list various tins and bottles with prices including 20 lb fine table salt 8 lb sago tomato sauce herrings with options 4d to 64 8d per dozen preserved fruit and dried prunes several labeled goods such as Worcestershire sauce mug peul safety matation and brouse dried prunes with scattered quantities and old currency notation.
A garbled newspaper ad advertises a stock taking sale at a large store. It touts floral decor items, glassware, crockery, and cookware with low prices for dozens of items. It emphasizes bulk bargains on bacon, milk jugs, utensils, wire, and ammunition styled shooting supplies.
A Colac Court sits this month with cases including Baséer Bydenbaam and Co. Chas Stein goods sold for £600 and the M’Grath v M’Grath for £49 10. Parish land allotments near Barongerook and Wyolupsta are listed with grants refused or approved. A fire at Bailey Bros Irrewilline destroyed hay and grass. a wagon wheel causing a spark is blamed. Public meetings plan Easter events and a hospital committee is noted. A wedding case reports Esther Napier and Ernest Wilkinsom wed in a public hall due to building delays. The Colac Cheese and Butter Factory finances and crop yields are summarized with production and prices. An open-air concert and local entertainment notes feature Ad. Crea and others. A risky Apollo Boy Mail coach accident injures several passengers. Police inquiries follow a child death at Colme station.
The Melbourne parliament opened with the Governor’s speech urging new revenue sources and borrowing powers for railway and works programs. Bills include factories and shops acts amendments, post voting, fertiliser, and rail projects. Notices of railway extensions and board appointments were given amid calls for unemployment relief.
A London Times dispatch reports rising tension between the United States and Japan as California debates anti Japanese legislation. Bills seek school segregation and exclusion of Japanese from municipalities and business entities. Written notes hint at national legislative friction and possible international strain.
In Melbourne a judge fined John Moore ten pounds for imposition and Alice Fischett ten shillings for a similar charge. The piece also notes a possible Dockyard interview, a solicitors action for damages, Vancouver service talks, and Victoria butter exports totaling 136 tons for the week ending February 4.
The Ballarat Courier urges construction of the Beene Newtown line to boost mining timber and settler prosperity. It argues rail access would cut freight costs, aid Berringa to Maryborough traffic, and stimulate local industry while supporting government settlement policies. A Ballarat council delegation and a deputation to the Premier are planned to push the project.
The State Chief Justice presided in Moonee over Cobden divorce proceedings. Wm Geo Parker, a carriage painter, sought divorce from his wife cart ya aged 41 on grounds of alleged infidelity. Evidence showed repeated separations since 1904 with wife living with another man, custody awarded to Parker, and a decree granted with costs against the co respondent.
The report notes public interest sparked by a play An English Man's Home by Major De Mourier aimed at wartime unpreparedness. Viscount Behar appeals for 11,060 more London volunteers to join the territorial army and fund drives, with donors pledging funds and firms offering three weeks' holiday to enlist.
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