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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 07, 1914
Page
3
The Talbot Borough holds the Mopar council meeting with mayors and several doctors present. Correspondence covers cancer death data, audit fees, fire brigades board nominations, and hay prices. Finance and public works reports detail reservoir works, water supplies, and proposed excavations for storage.
Dr Beresford moved to grant both water requests if available, arguing it would prevent losses for gardeners especially in tomatoes. The secretary noted some had already been refused. The caretaker said full supply to Rocky Flat would take about a week.
Messrs Crawford Dowling and Seymour report a well attended fortnightly stock sale at Clunes with prices improving from late values. Cattle bullocks and cows traded to £7 7s and £5 7s 6d, sheep and lambs realigned with crossbred ewes and lambs selling across several shillings. Grain prices for bran oats barley and chaff and chaffing sheaves were listed, with wheat and maize values noted for milling and feeding purposes.
Messrs J. T. Lawless and Co. report dairy outputs at their Botter-Primy factory in Ballarat with prices for bacon sides lard honey and cheese. Product ranges include butter lump milk and various dairy items with listed per unit costs.
TALBOT ALLUVIALS LTD plans to limit development due to wartime moratorium affecting Great Britain. Operations shift to extracting wash and installing an 18 inch amp, with prospecting in wash dirt drives yielding generally good returns to date.
A list of upcoming meetings and events across Amherst Talbot and Loxton including lantern entertainment November 9, library committee December 30 and multiple monthly council and association meetings. Also notice of a public tender for earth excavation near M Kinstry’s dam due by 3 pm November 10 and addressed to Edward Chalmers for the managers.
An old advertisement touts a Boyproof Watch with a double back cover to hide movement and deter tampering. It highlights a double roller escapement, stem wind and set, and a one year guarantee, presenting it as durable and attractive for boys.
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