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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1915
Page
2
A busy auction in the region drew a very large attendance with brisk bidding. Catalog included cattle, sheep, horses, poultry, fruits and vegetables, furniture, and farm gear. Prices ranged with cattle and sheep selling strongly, livestock and produce moving quickly despite shipping and market pressures.
Fragmentary market listing shows Tuesday to Wednesday sales with prices and items described. The jumbled text mentions weights, quantities, and various goods, including weights around 40 to 128, and prices in shillings and pounds, with notes on weights and terms.
Fat cattle appeared typical with many indifferent bullocks and cows showing a slight drop from last market. The fair attendance included both local and distant buyers, with bullocks down about 10 per head and cows only marginally lower. Fat calves were penned with dull demand and few top sorts attracting higher prices.
The article notes Murray Street Tea Rooms and the Blue Boat Sheds inform friends they have taken over the hotel. Patrons will receive attention with edited city services. A timetable mentions departures to Forrest with morning arrivals and a Morseback Trophy potato race as part of the program.
A long report covers local matters including improvements and releases at Apoupurhies. It notes an outbreak cleaned, hospital matters, and a well attended meeting at Chuwbers with officers elected and committees appointed. It also mentions water rates, school reopenings, inoculation rules for cattle, and upcoming athletic and social events.
A meeting of about forty growers at the torcrevice Dubie Hui discussed approaching the Department of Agriculture to reduce the standard onion gauge from 11⁄2 inches to 1½ inches with a 1/16 inch temper allowance. A resolution to lobby the minister was carried unanimously.
The Colac Dairying Company’s half year to December 31 reports severe drought reducing milk supplies and raising supplier payments. Turnover reached £262,708 with a profit of £2410 197 on £15,206 11 turnover. Bonuses for suppliers are adjusted, and terms threaten forfeiture for those who discontinue supplying.
London reports German authorities ordered all Englishmen in Belgium sent to Germany with some escaping to Holland. In Petrograd, Russians north east of Tumbinnen resume the offensive, advancing toward Tilsit and driving Germans back by bayonet in renewed fighting.
A World War I style release states the enemy blew up trenches in Trece y Qe Val but could not seize them. Our forces re-occupied and repaired defenses west of Crayonne where enemy had cut off two companies. The enemy abandoned corpses and prisoners taken belong to four regiments.
Fragmentary reports describe Halil Pasha, commander of Turkish forces, executed by military authorities for blunders near the Suez Canal. Other dispatches note Turkish attacks, British defenses, and aerial activity over Ismailia and Bor Muha with ships engaging east of Por Sanlu.
A Burst issued communique reports German forces east of Ypres at Veneta Gronshy Ge Tie Rassex repelling an assault on Monday with about 2 0100 men. The French attack near Perthes le Hurlus in Rheims is noted, and German forces claim destruction of pontoon bridges built by the enemy at St Mihiel southeast of Verdun amid broader wartime misrepresentation statements from German foreign ministry sources.
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