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Newspaper
Ouyen Mail
Location
Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 10, 1915
Page
2
The page reports on Red Cross and patriotic fund appeals for soldiers, warning against fraudulent raffles and urging donations via official channels. It mentions recruiting committee contact points, local weather and harvest prospects, wartime political news on Referendums, and a brief railway station incident with a runaway youth, plus crop and frost notes for the season.
An October article argues cooperation is essential for farmers to secure a wheel market and proposes forming a local co operative flour mill. It stresses loyalty from shareholders, full wheat participation, and a public meeting on 20th to discuss establishing the mill and new governance to safeguard the venture.
After delay, sufficient Players attended at the Ouyen ground for captain and vice captain to choose teams. Park won the toss and sent Ritchie and Lush to bat against Featherby and Rogers. Ritchie top scored, Lush made a brief stand, Rogers bowled well, and Ritchie was dismissed last for 67 as Rose's team folded. Ritchie took 5 for 22 and Emmett 4 for 20 with notable fielding and bowling from Featherby and Rogers.
A comprehensive plan to fund market and export surplus wheat is agreed upon by state ministers and the Prime Minister. The scheme envisages state selling of wheat for farmers, bank advances on stored grain, and government control of London marketing with commissions to shippers and agents. Local millers may draw stock from government depots and pay at the London parity. The system aims to distribute profits fairly after season end, with details to follow.
Shire meeting approves estimates of receipts and expenditure for the forthcoming section. Donations totaling £160 are set, with £473 allocated to a proposed project. Financial plan includes total expenditure of £10,066.
A Boinka tragedy on May day involved a teenage boy who spoke happily with his father and a neighbor before a self inflicted wound. The youth, of scant years, used a weapon attached to a wire fence and died. an inquiry before Justice James Clark heard the testimony and returned a verdict.
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