Market report from a busy livestock sale day
An 1890s market summary describes fat cattle and cows sold, with prices in shillings and pence. It notes lots of young stock, wethers and ewes, and regional demands, with values quoted for cows, bulls, and various classes. The report mentions traders and firms by name, and lists yard rates, sales, and late-rate quotations.
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le Laung
Oda
Poe
Baathortes
Geo
Beit- Ui
Lotene
J. Naeylop
Felyes
Consiati
Alteration of Standing Advertisements Policy
Colac Herald reminds advertisers that changes to standing advertisements must reach the office by 11 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday for next day publication and by Friday for Monday issues. Includes address references for MONUMENTAL WORKS and Gelliar and St Colac, along with Skene Street and Ormond notices.
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Colac Herald
Webs
GOX Monumental Works
Gelliar and
ST. Colac
Boo Paar TS
Ormond
Skene Street
YATES In loving remembrance of William Yates
In loving remembrance of our dear father William Yates who departed this life in Colac on September 4 1012 Dearest father thou has left us Released from sorrow sin and pain By angels hands to Heaven conveyed to rest for ever Free inserted by his loving daughter and son in law Cis and Joe Hoye.
Forest settlement plan eyed by Beech Forest group
The Beech Forest Progress Association backs smaller land blocks and treaty assignment to settlers to improve forest settlement. They cite Swiss methods, planned clearing, dairy and root crops, and a potential railway and butter factory as catalysts for prosperity.
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Auitarion
Snd
Colac
Switzerland
Colac election and local notices from the district
The Colac Water Works Trust election is set for March with all commissioners due to retire. Local groups report generous donations from the Earack Hace Club and note excellent seasonal prospects. Agricultural shows prize results cite Colac High School first, while cheese exporters seek farmer support. A departmental inquiry into Western district fare overcharging is pending. A fiery political clash involves Mr M Grath and Prime Minister Cook over a resignation challenge. Tennis club plans season close with a small deficit and notices of meetings and sales dominate local notices.
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Colac Waterworks Trust
Sete
John Nyland
Earack Hace Club
Roads Key to Forest Settlement Success, Says Editorial
The editorial argues government spending on land purchases irrigation and expert instruction has not yielded progress. It stresses that without good roads for carting produce, closer settlement in forest areas will fail due to high transport costs and unprofitability. It warns authorities must fund main forest roads in any plan.
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Colne
Colac notes on lectures pensions and local events
The report covers a lecture at Victoria Hall on aboriginal work in WA and Queensland, loyalty lodge activities, sick benefits £17 11s 8d, two new candidates, and a planned Lyric Pictures program with The law and the outlaw. It notes the death of Mr Thomas Drewery and a Geelong railway accident, plus decorative timber cabinet displays and growing Victoria butter exports to the UK and other ports.
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Konto
Colaca Association
Queensland
Commonwealth
Sydenham
Victoria Hall
Dean Stephen
Melbourne
Colac
Hell
N.G
J. G. Pickard
Metropolis
Tas
Bruce
Lyric Pictures
Wells v. Meeghan
Onur Gerangamete
Thos. Drewery
Geelong
Gerangamte Hall
Duckworth
Murray Street
Victoria
United Kingdom
South Africa
My Binch
Pooing
Mae
Sonia
Colac Hospital
Australian Defence Policy Education and Prosecutions
In a letter to British newspapers Captain Fr. M. Collins Acting High Commissioner argues the number of prosecutions tied to universal training in the Commonwealth is not matched by education prosecutions in any state. He asks if critics would push for abolition of compulsory education.
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Heuter’s
London
FR. M. Collins
Great Britain
Commonwealth of Australia
Collins
Commonwealth
Calliope Named In Naval Programme For 1889
The new naval programme includes a light cruiser named Calliope in memory of HMS Calliope’s daring escape amid the Apia Samoa hurricane on March 15 1889. German and American ships were wrecked. many drowned. Captain Kans was praised by the Admiralty for seamanship.
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Reuter’s
London
Calliope
H.M.S. CalLiope
Apia
Samoa
H.M.&. Caliope
Apis
Kans
Admiralty
British Army Manoeuvres Open With Aircraft Aid
London reports the annual army manoeuvres opening in Buckinghamshire led by Field Marshal Sir John French. The exercise involves about 50 000 troops, mainly Territorials, testing mass movement, communications and transport with three squadrons of aircraft and an airship aiding the defence.
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Reuters
London
Mundas
Armieh Army
Buckinghamshire
Mo Askeleton
Australian airman injured in plane crash near London
The Australian airman Livine Pyckles suffered a fractured wing and other injuries in an aeroplane accident near London on Saturday. Mrs Stocks, who accompanied him, remains unconscious and is in grave condition despite partial improvement in Livine Pyckles's status.
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Hellerst
London
Mtuopatay
Livine
Pyckles
Stocks
Western and Murray District Bacon Co Opens New Factory
The Western and Murray Districts Bacon Co opened its new Melbourne factory on Tuesday. Minister Abraham and M B A U member J E Fenton attended as the £23,000 building was officially inaugurated. The plant, by W Lunkertes and J E Krouser, will process up to ZH pigs weekly, delivering a modern facility aimed at boosting Victoria's dairying and bacon export potential.
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Melbolene
Toe Nes
J. E. Fenton
M.bau
Gwlong Road
Ww. Lunkertes
Flinders Lane
J. E. Krouser
M. Marks
Graham
Australis
Denmark
Victoria
Mra Prosser
British Railway Strikes Delay Resumption of Services
Rail workers in Britain stage strikes affecting the restart of services. The stoppage disrupts schedules, with unions demanding concessions while railway management contemplates contingency plans and worker wage demands.
Britain and Canada Debated Dominions Policy Unity
Reuters dispatch from Vancouver reports British Prime Minister Herbert Samuel touring Canada arguing Dominions can decide policy. He says Britain should act with the Dominions and stresses unity to maintain peace, insisting Canadians see England as democratic at heart.
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Reuter’s
Vancouver
Mondus
Herbert Samuel
Canada
Samuel
Downing Street
Dominions
Great Britain
England
Enuli
Mexican Governor Assassination Reported
A Reuters wire from Washington reports General Cardenas, Lieutenant Governor of Michoacan, assassinated. The entry notes Cardenas was accused of killing ex president Madero in February and had been placed in command of federal troops in Michoacan by President Huerta.
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Reuter
Washington, Monda
General Cardenas
Michoacan
Eners Cardenas
Madero
Huerta
Trains Collide Head On in Long Island Disaster
A disastrous tramway accident on Long Island killed four people and severely injured dozens, as two electric cars collided head on at high speed. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as forty others were reported seriously hurt.
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Teouter’s
New York
Long Island
Twi
Steamer Hure Ah Believed Lost on Great Lakes
Ottawa dispatch reports believed loss of steamer Hure Ah on the Great Lakes. Rapid anxiety surrounds the vessel as authorities fear catastrophic outcome after contact with unknown peril. Rescue efforts are hampered by weather and poor visibility.
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Reuter
Ottawa
Great Lake
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