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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
3
The Prime Minister appeals for immediate action urging a national referendum on conscription. He asks citizens to support the national cause, form a strong referendum committee, and mobilize broad public support to demonstrate vigor and resolve in Australia’s crisis.
The article discusses Australia’s fruit industry growth and government support. It notes increasing acreage from 1906 to 2010, export potential, and the need for adequate marketing facilities and cannery development. It criticizes the middleman for influencing production and urges official action to expand disposal channels and processing capacity.
A sparsely attended public meeting advocated support for conscription in the upcoming Commonwealth referendum. Local officials and residents discussed the need for unity and urged action despite flood-related attendance limits.
Fragmentary notice for an undertaker in Shipparton at High Street opposite the railway gates with funeral requisites and a hearse, noting Maude Street as another Shipparton address. The text is garbled but refers to funeral services and locations in the district.
A court at Monfield heard Polly Sessions with Judge M. Knight presiding. Ah Goon faced charges for working on Sunday, while the Wey PLA argued against ploughing. The defendant confessed, smiling, that “Me ho do ik any more all done now.” The judge noted the oddity of a man being allowed to garden or play golf, as long as he refrains from his ordinary calling.
A dog ownership dispute led to a court appearance on Wednesday in Shepparton where Robert Dudley, dog inspector, charged Bork Law with keeping an unregistered dog. Sutherland defended, the witness doubted ownership, and the court found the dog owner unknown but convicted on the basis of a stray dog continued possession with a registration fee and 447 costs.
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