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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1913
Page
2
Fat cattle drawn for mostly cows and some bulls with medium to prime quality in yarding. Bullocks to 10 pounds 11 shillings 6 pence and calves to 14 shillings. Sheep and lambs drawn for with crossbred wethers to 18 shillings 7 pence and fat lambs to 15 shillings 6 pence.
At the Melbourne sheep market today prices for Frime crossbred wethers ranged from 16/3 to 11/1, best to 18/6. Prime cross bred ewes 13/6 to 15/9 with good 12/ to 1d. Merino ewes 14/ to 14/. Lambs active demand. Flour 4/10 per ton, Bran 2/ per ton, Maize 2/19 to 4/11 per bushel. Butter up to 1/ per lb, Cheese 6d to 10d, Kars 1 per dozen.
A brief sporting note from the Easter Monday schedule notes activities on Monday March 2. The fragment references a game or event labeled Easter Monday with no clear teams or outcomes present in the readable text.
The Colac meeting discussed Danish and Australian butter on the London market, noting Danish mainly sells in northern England while Australian goes to London. A Colac County Court session adjourned with judges and lawyers debating damages, while local notices cover insolvency, harvest services, and a large set of community events and meetings.
The Colac Dairying Company held its half yearly meeting in which directors reported a year 1913 turnover of £249,240 4/9 and milk receipts of £214,835/11/2 after bonuses, with a profit of £1,561/5/5 for the period. Shareholders debated profit distribution, expansion plans for a second cheese factory, motor lorry cartage, and potential creamery closures amid market fluctuations.
Shareholders urge actions to secure representation at the Western district conference, review Sir George Reid's report, and discuss co operative butter marketing. The London committee’s report is criticized for second hand information and home market conditions are deemed unsatisfactory. A motion to pursue reform and watch dairying interests fails after a judicial inquiry request.
News from Enutaso London reports Captain Scott and his party perished in the Antarctic after reaching the South Pole on January 14 1912. Mrs Scott wife of Captain Scott has left for New Zealand and is aboard the steamer Aorangi en route to Wellington awaiting word of her husband. Efforts to communicate with Mrs Scott are being pursued by wireless telegraphy.
The Beeace Handicap handtray lists horses with weights for Saturday's Beene races. Entries include Fry 9.5 Miss Alva 6.7 Alim Foo 8.3 Mirren 19 Brahma 7.4 Tauren 7 Doctor 7.0 Nymphie 6.12 Wunderlea 6.10 Lady Mana etc. THOS DARCY, Husilicaryer
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