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Newspaper
Saint Arnaud Mercury
Location
Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
3
H. T. Edwards gives highest prices for skins hides and all farm produce. F. E. Davies lists top prices for wool hides skins horse hair and tallow. The page also notes commercial items and prices such as potatoes oats bacon cheese and Bran, reflecting a local market column.
Rep prices for Wont Hides Stine Horsehair Lallow and oo are requested. Call operations at regular intervals with farmers. Shop operations Thursdays and Saturdays to be scheduled.
Yardings today included 466 store sheep and 6 cattle with few prime cows unsold due to heat. Competition strong for good stock in small lots while aged sheep attracted little attention. lambs and other consignments sold on a count with buyers deterred by conditions. Sale noted at Around sale January 10 with Mr KO Dowell, Neat St. and reports from Simpson and Co. regarding yarding and prices.
A fragmented notice from Bealiba area about a stock sale by Mere M Weettiie and Co representing local vendors. The text mentions dates and entities in unclear terms, with references to Sarelind berg, Poste Te WIEN Gane, and local names such as Mr loon Voter. The legibility of specifics is limited, but the item reads as a public sale notice with expected procedural details.
In a detailed market report buyers showed brisk interest and varied demand across cattle sheep and wool. Prime and high quality lots sold well while middling to good specimens faced tighter competition and price adjustments. Trading included quotes for wheat and hay with regional pricing and consignments noted for Canada New Zealand and India.
Fragmentary text discusses a supposed cure or treatment involving a balm called Ecain Balm and a claimed entral by ne Tie treatment, with unclear context and missing readable details. No verifiable entities or outcomes are available.
Cable reports from London and other capitals describe armistice expectations between Germany and Russia, with awards including Victoria Crosses and notes on Russian and Turkish fronts. Dispatches cover Jerusalem, Petrograd civil war, and Haig’s anticipated role, highlighting widespread war weariness and manpower mobilization.
An old advertisement extols Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery as an early treatment for colds. It urges readers to keep a bottle at hand, take a dose at the first signs, and notes Lorimer’s as the obtainable retailer.
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