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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
2
A Melbourne paper notes the 1914 drought left Victoria with sheep losses around 3,000,000 and warns that high prices tempt farmers to sell breeding stock. It argues future dairy profits depend on quality breeding and careful culling, urging self-breeding with proven sires to avoid paying for inferior stock.
The excerpt laments early science and medicine as primitive at birth, noting the lack of anaesthetics and oxygen storage. It contrasts these limits with the claim that there were no Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, implying skepticism about early remedies.
At Beverley a Local Committee under the Repatriation scheme formed a four member sub committee to study Avondale Estate use for returned soldiers. The group met at Freemason's Hotel on the 15th and faced police court scrutiny over alleged liquor presence after 9 pm. witnesses testified no liquor was served after 9 and the charges were dismissed. The licensee’s charge was withdrawn.
War savings certificates issued nationwide exceed £4500000. Tasmania leads per head with 419s, while South and West Australia tie at 16s per head. Queensland stands at 1 1s 8d, Victoria 185 1d, and New South Wales 3s red. Tasmania attributes the lead to its Education Department efforts. Victoria reports over 1000 schools in war savings groups, with plans for near universal participation among its 2200 schools.
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