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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
4
The article notes vast poultry production value totaling £60,124,623 in 1900, with Kansas seeing egg and poultry gains rising £200,000 yearly. It explains farm-to-consumer price flows, detailing how a dozen eggs yields 7d to the farmer, 1d profit to wholesalers, 24d retailer take, and handling charges of 4m per dozen.
In Omaha a college club explores lucerne or alfalfa as a staple. They dry and grind lucerne leaves and tops to make a meal to mix with corn meal mush, yielding a brown bread with a sweet taste. Experiments show lucerne bread can replace wheat, with faster baking and potential lower cost once mill equipment improves.
An old farmer observes two young men playing chess and interrupts with a humorous definition of golf. He jokes that the object is to move pieces and avoid surprises, inviting them to his farm to learn by walking and slipping stealthily to avoid losing. The exchange blends rural humor with the idea of golf as a game of skill and amusement.
A rustic clothed man shambled through Grixton carrying a sealed packet marked five pounds. A passerby asked its contents and the man read the address but could not. The receiver thought the parcel theirs and paid half a crown for help. The parcel contained only newsprint and a white label reading Bald.
Descriptive fragment lists Cochran J F Mt Cotterill and Murphy Brook Mt Cotterill as part of a desoie party ln. likely a note about exchange services or a switchboard arrangement at Rockbank with names and place identifiers. Further readable details are limited in the fragment.
Long roster of soldiers and sailors serving the King and Empire in the Great War. Names and family associations span multiple towns with numerous casualties. The piece ends with a patriotic verse and requests for safe return for all servicemen.
A long list of names appears for the Boll of Honor unveiled at Melton State School, marking old pupils who served. The roll includes J Minna, Jas McPherson, John McPherson, T J Lang, Horace Lang, William Dodemaide, William Whiteside, Frederick Coburn, Charles Moulsdale, B Pratt, D Pratt, Skinner, Norton, Norman Lang, Ohan, O Callaghan, William Black, Wilson, Carew, McNulty, Wade Cannon, Neal, Ryan, Williams, Chalmer, Kinnersly, Tyler, Spring, Gordon Wilson, Collins, Wade, Rid dell, Field, Keating.
R Ll Wynne states all business will be conducted in the store to save on delivery costs. Prices will be fair and low with high quality goods. The wagon leaves for Melwon Railway Station every Monday Wednesday and Friday, with agencies including The Crown Co and The Northern Assurance Co Ltd.
Commonwealth Government promotes War Savings Certificates offering deposits that buy £1 to £1000 with repayments in three years. Prices reflect ~4.4 percent compound interest on purchase, payable to bearer and exempt from wealth levy and stamp duties. Interest annually 3 percent if refunded. holders can have safe custody at Commonwealth Bank or deliver to a bank. Applies via Commonwealth Bank, other banks, State Savings Banks, or post offices. Citizens urged to save to aid the country.
An Australian newspaper item praises old age as a natural, dignified stage and notes common ailments. It asserts Cham berlain's Tablets improve digestion, liver function, and bowels after supper, replacing despondency with cheer. Sold by local chemists in Bacchus Marsh Werribee Rockbank Melton.
E. RB Haynes Pty Ltd at 651 Flindera Street conducts all sales in person. Central phone 970 lists Canterbury 961 after office hours. L Scott acts as agent at Bacchus Marsh.
Coghlan Boase Co Ballarat auctioneers and stock agents announce the engagement of Geo A Bence. Sale days Fat cattle and sheep Wednesday pigs every Wednesday horses every Friday store and dairy cattle every Sunday. All stock consigned receive personal attention. Phone 331. Tattarsall’s Bazaar Ballarat.
A fragmented exhortation urges men to consider their obligations to dependents and families before choosing duty or personal advancement. It questions whether reluctance should mean cannot, will not, or merely choosing, and challenges voluntary service over personal ambition.
An editorial urges immediate Australian enlistment as battles rage. It argues no time for casualty statistics or arithmetic, stresses manpower shortages and the need to sustain Allied strength, and calls on every fit Australian to enlist without delay to hasten victory.
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