Butter and Cheese Quotations From Commonwealth Prices Board
Quotations for butter set at 149 shillings 4 pence per cwt with an extra 4 and 8 per cwt. Cheese quotations fixed by the Commonwealth Prices Board for various sizes and ages. Market described as weak with some special orders and private sales noted amid mixed demand.
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Western District Factories Cooperative Produce
On, Ltd
King Street
Melbourne
Commonwealth Prices Board
Loans on Farms and Freeholds Offered by State Savings Bank
The notice outlines farm loans from £0 to £2,000 at 6 percent interest and a one per cent reduction for early repayment, plus loans on freeholds or Crown leases that could become freehold on balance payment. No mortgage deed charges. Forms available at branches or by mail from The State Savings Bank, Melbourne.
Terang Racing Programme 1917 Features Trotting and Athletic Events
A detailed Terang programme lists horse races including the Publican Purse and Flying Handicap with nominations due February 20 1917. It also covers trot events with weights and penalties, plus a Terang and Warrnambool meeting and a separate Gregory track athletics program with multiple hurdles and sprints for men and boys.
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A. G. Bendall
Warrnambool
Colac Herald
Memrae
Badal
Watson and Darcy
Harnes
Hores
Fontes
Vonves
Carrey
Poublican
Chub
J. Tales
H. Bond
Colac Racecourse Meeting Details and Events
Officials list and race conditions for the Brooke Picew annual meeting at Colac on Camberdown Road. Includes race distances, handicap rules, pony height, amateur riders, and train schedules from Melbourne to Colac with arrival and return times.
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Keys
Colac
Camperdown Road
Melbourne
Warrcambes
Colac Hospital reports inpatients and staff strain in 1916
The Colac hospital committee notes 538 inpatients treated in 1916 with a daily average of 21.1 and emphasizes the hospital’s goodwill. Staff shortages followed five center nurses leaving since July, two second year nurses resigning due to ill health, and a third year nurse on extended leave, prompting a proposal to hire a staff nurse for six months and review staffing later.
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Colse Hospital Committee
Colac
Fiee
Egbert Horst
Colac Hospital
Birregurra
Murroon
Cerin
Leacon
Miliary Hospital
Wiltshire
Erin
Burton Weny
Favant
British Capture Kut el Amara on the Tigris
In Parliament Bonar Law announced British forces have captured Kut el Amara and Sapne Yal on the Tigris, with Mesopotamian enemy positions secured. Despatches report early Saturday efforts at Shumran Peninsula and ongoing cavalry actions with heavy casualties as pursuit continues.
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Kut-el-Amara
The
Tigris
House of Commons
Bonar Law
House
Mesopotamia
Sapne-Yal
Maude
War Office
Shumran
Colac St Patrick's Sports Meet Amid Parade and Events
The Colac St Patrick's Sports program lists events for Saturday 17th March including races of 440 yards and teams of five with cash prizes and medals, underhand chop, sword dance, Irish jig acts, a grand concert at Victoria Hall, special train arrangements from Forrest, and entry fees with rules and committee notices.
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Ft P.wi
Boye Hace
Mint
Uhird
King
Pfiret
Mesers
E. Morgan
J. Doyle
A. Hudson
Birregurra Fost
Sheal Tosing
Bombing attacks target bivouacs and depots near Spincourt
Allied air squadrons bombed bivouacs and a munition depot near Spincourt and shelled positions at Husancy and railway stations in the region Nineembourg amid ongoing operations.
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Spincourt
Husancy
Nineembourg
British advance after German withdrawal across Somme front
Reuters reports British forces extend eleven mile front east of Gude court and south of Comumecuunt capturing Butte de Warlencourt and villages Warlecourt Eaucourt Mireument and reaching near Le Darque. German withdrawals begin after the Battle of the Marne with minor opposition as British pursue across former German positions.
Australians Raid Trench Lines in World War I Action
The report describes Allied forces in February advancing in trench raids. A small Fourth Division party reached enemy trenches but was driven back by mist and counterattack, with Major General Holt planning another assault. General Birdwood notes Australian morale and resilience amid harsh conditions and mud.
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Sapper E. Thompson
Australian Engineers
J A. Thompson
Murray Street
Volue
France
Max
arr-Riddell
Bir
H. V. Tax
Sapper
E. Thompson
Fisid Co
H. V. Coa
Elliott
Ameralian
C. Carr-Riddell
12Th Field Co
Lem
Australia
W. Holt
Wollian Birdwood
Mr. Quitors
Russian and Turkish positions clash near Lake Van
An official report describes Russian reconnaissance troops penetrating enemy trenches west of Jablonitea and dispersing Turkish forces on the western bank of Lake Van. The dispatch, issued by British Admiralty intercepted by Press wire, notes heavy fire and ongoing operations.
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Jablonitea
Duke
Lake van
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