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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1915
Page
5
Trade attendance was fair as Gippsland and King Island cattle moved through a market kept steady early but easing in heavy weights. Best bullocks ranged £18 10s to £20 15s with extras to £24 10s, cows from £9 10s to £15 with highs to £17 12s, calves and feed-demand cattle noted with generally unchanged rates overall.
Cattle yarding totals small at seven shillings per head with cows dominating and a few heifers and steer. Trade remained fairly active with prices steady to slightly firmer than last week across prime cows bulls calves and sheep as graziers and buyers filled the pens in an open market.
A Tuesday sale in our yard drew heavy yarding of sheep and cattle with strong demand from local and outside buyers. Prime light weight cows sold from 13 15s to 14 6d, good cows to 19 15s, store cattle to 8 12s, dairy cattle including milking cows to 14 2s 6d, and springing heifers to 16 10s. Sheep fetched keen prices with ewes and lambs also selling well as all lots found buyers at auction.
The Colac P. and A. Beviety annual show concluded with large attendance. Winners included Miss K. Wylie and D. Kers in fast tours, M. Grath in pony events, and Miss J. M'Grath in specials. Specials recognized ponies and turnout, with champions for male and female ponies noted. Educational displays from Colac Agricultural High School and Colac District Schools covered trees, crops, grains, forage, roots, and vegetables, with prizes awarded to top entries.
Complete vehicle including electric light. P C Hancox agent for Colac and Birregurra. Apply Tarrent Motors Pty Ltd 104-112 Ruse St Melbourne.
A deputation from the Goalburn Valley Industries Cooperative and officials led by Mr Pace Raeney pressed Mr F G Tudor over Imperial Government meat profits. Tudor argued any profit would be small and warned against shipping meat abroad to raise prices in Australia, predicting a meat shortage and long price recovery after the war.
Begs to announce that he has started business. The store will remain open until 6 38 during summer. Customers can collect trading stamps with purchases and receive bonus stamps in books. The window displays Crockery and Cutlery and a free premium offer.
A fragmented OCR list of towns, locations, roads, and geographic terms across several regions. It reads as a collection of place names such as Hamilton Hiwkendale Healestille Hexham Hornham io Inverleigh Johanna Kawarrey Koralt Lara Laverton Faw Lal Lal etc, with stray terms like Road, Pennyroyal, Port Fairy, Portland, Queenscliff, Otway, and Rokewood Jnct. The text lacks coherent narrative or events.
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