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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
2
Reports show strong demand for fat cattle and calves with a general easing tone. Prices ranged to premium levels for quality stock, while middling classes softened. crossbred wethers and ewes posted gains, and overall activity remained brisk across Fat Landa and fat cattle segments. The Tuesday quotations list grain and produce prices, noting slight advances in certain categories.
An erratic OCR text references a highly touted trotting stallion, racing events, and certificates in Vermont. It mentions a first win by Leonia and a Sanety victory, with scattered names like Leonpitha and Chivengien. Readers should note the garbled content limits definitive details.
Fragmentary notes describe winners in a laying competition at Burnie with names such as Brown, Cosh, Swift, Padman, and Swaft. Orders for nine chicks are offered. pickups at A Bartlett Maker Sturray Street or Pollock Street yards.
Auction notes describe potatoes onions cereals and all root crops with magnificent dairying land in Farme. Offers range from 10 pounds per ners, with tertia arranged, covering 100 to 300 acres.
Repair crews working along the Hirregurra to Apollo Bay telegraph line faced persistent winds and fallen trees slowing progress. The article also notes a series of local notices, funerals, and civic matters including council actions and upcoming meetings.
The correspondent reports on Louis Botha’s elevation to General in the Druich Army and calls him a loyal subject of Britain. It discusses debates in Westminster between Churchill and Lloyd George, tensions in Northern Ireland, by election strategies, Arab and Turkish concerns, and Australian advertising via the Commonwealth office as the Melbourne debate on a confidence motion influences political alignments.
Melbourne market report from Western District Factories Cooperative Produce Co Ltd shows butter steady with superfine Western district brands at 1/1 per Th, 1f to 1/04d per B, cheese ruling rates for new makes to 87d and occasional Od per Tb for special lines, eggs 1d per dozen.
Fragmentary OCR shows a basic note about Albanlam Riging and Sean facing a trial. Text is incomplete leaving key details and context unreadable.
A letter from a council meeting records the writer seeking permission to place piles at the north berth of the jetty so the Dorothy could dock in rough weather and load passengers. Despite promises, the writer did not receive formal instructions. piles remain on the beach awaiting action.
The Colac Harriers Club schedules a Saturday afternoon run over a broadile course at the show grounds offering a gold medal for first, gold sleeve links for second, and a double alarm clock for third. Handicaps are listed for each entrant including Hazeldine, Barramd, Wray, Morrison, Bassett, and several others. Also notes a Alexandra Park race where Myriad and Tinto dead heated then shared the stake. The Times criticizes Australian cricket tour results attributing changes to bad weather and hard wickets, noting few bowlers and batsmen above average and lack of a strong captain.
The Hope of Cole Tent held its initial fortnightly gathering with junior members visiting from Lee Dodhston. Deputy Ruler presided in absence. three members were initiated and two clearances accepted. A junior program followed with recitations, a dialogue, prizes awarded, and social refreshments concluding the evening.
In London on a Monday night Hughie Mehegan defeats Matt Wells over fourteen rounds to claim the lightweight championship of the British Empire. Wells leads early rounds with swift attacks but Mehegan’s body punches and superior stamina turn the bout by the ninth, Wells sustains a deep cut and is weakened, Mehegan finishes strong and Wells appears disqualified after the final bell.
Reuters reports a dangerous incident at the Rome keeperhalee Pris fort Zoological Gardens where a large reptile, approximately 2h fort length, attacked staff during feeding. Keepers struggled to restrain the creature as it bit an arm and attempted to lash out, with others pulling the snake away and freeing their comrade.
Paris reports Abdel Hafid Mourat Hafid to visit Paris aboard a vessel sailing from Morocco to France. He allegedly bought in list some items including cryptic phrases and injuries, with a note about a plan connected to the visit.
An international cricket and theatre briefing from London and New York describes Sir Ale Marlo Souths and plans for Australian cricket, while mentioning the Evening News accusing a theatre manager of inserting restrictions during a contract year. It also reports the socialist arrest of Willan Hood in New York tied to textile strikes with bloodshed.
London reports a bomb dropping competition at Hendon where Travers dropped bombs from 800 feet within 56 feet of the mark and won the altitude and height prizes. Pickles placed second with bombs within 1 foot of the mark.
In a nighttime incident on the Yarra a boat collided with a steamship near Port Philip. A man from the Kalomo drowned after the accident, and another crew member was rescued. Investigations proceed.
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