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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
6
A report notes May Mischief’s performance as a premier dairy bull, detailing milk yields and fat content and its sire line Aucheobrain Brown Ky. The record includes sale interest for 6,600, highlighting the bull as a top breed representative and world champion lineage with strong productive power and breed characteristics.
A war veteran recounts a perilous encounter on the front lines. He describes climbing to 12 000 feet, engaging seven Huns, and a damaged aircraft tangled in barbed wire. He and his gun crew fought to reach the trench under heavy fire before being rescued.
The Defence Minister received a cable from the Commandant ALP Headquarters London urging limits on parcels sent to front line troops. Items attractive to rats should not be mailed. Relatives are told comforts fund provides adequate rations, reducing need for edible parcels.
Fragmentary account outlines wartime shortages and public unrest. Mentions soldiers, cigarettes, and improvised routes near piers and ports with unclear names and dates.
A vintage health notice explains constipation as root of many illnesses and outlines natural bowel care. It praises Dr Moree's Indian Boot Pill as a non gagging remedy and advises taking one to four pills to restore bowel function.
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