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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
5
A moderate yarding of fat cattle and a steady to higher trend marked the Ballarat sale. Buyers showed strong demand for prime bulls and heifers with heavy cows selling well. store sheep and wethers also moved at improved rates amid good quality offerings from local and metropolitan sellers.
Report from Coghlan Bouse Pry notes strong bidding and steady to higher rates for fattening pigs, with one top lot at £7 9s 7d and many buyers seeking suitable stock. Prices varied by class and weight, with exporters and feeders showing demand while overall yarding remained brisk but components varied by quality and fit for fattening.
A promotional note from W. Cook & Sunt Storekeepers touts a natural method to clear pimples by eliminating body wastes and poisons. It claims rapid restoration of clear skin and compares results to a heat procedure.
The excerpt recounts early explorers and settlers in western Victoria, detailing crossing the Wimmera and Murray rivers, routes toward Mount Arapiles and Hindmarsh, and the progression of pastoral expansion. It mentions figures such as Tar anit, Mitchell, and Charnside, with references to stations, river surveys, and early overlanding into the Grampians region.
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