Market Report from Perth Open Markets
Telegraphed market notes from June 21st by Mr F W Lantzke in Stirling Street Perth show free apple supplies with choca lines scarce and demand rising. Orange market erratic due to poor weather and uneven supplies. Prime pears short, green vegetables plentiful and prices easy. Potatoes short, poultry demand higher due to butchers strike. Listings include apples Yates Chandlers and God varieties, oranges Navels Lemont Passion fruit, cabbage awede s pumpkin and other produce with varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Lantzke
Stirling-street
Perth
Yates
Romes
God
S. Sd
Slaughtermen strike tests WA pig and cattle trade
Elder, Shenton and Co reports a slaughtermen strike as Western Australia’s pig and cattle markets shift. Pigs rise in state numbers from 68,000 to 90,000 year over year with strong yardings and high inquiries while breeders push for prime parks or baconets. Cattle fetch steady to firmer prices. dairy cows remain scarce but sell well. Midland Junction and Copley’s Siding entries show large yardings and mixed demand, with assets sold amid strike uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilus
Western Australia
Midland Junction
South Australia
Prine Murchison
Piga
Butuhera
Valuea
W. Trigwell
Donnybrook
W. Kuhl
Upper Blarkwood
George Stephens
Bridgetown
Castle and Wringe
Kirrup
Wethers
Perth
Slaughtermen's Strike Impacts Livestock Markets And Prices
C H Fielding Ltd notes the rock trail is the slaughtermen's strike, vendors will not be beaten, and a pool may form. At Copley's Siding 320 cattle were offered with firm prices, but quality poor. Midland saw 3,276 sheep and lambs and 692 pigs, prices steady or firmer, heavy pigs weaker, best beef 1d- gd per lb. Whisky ad ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley's Siding
Minderoo
Derby
Kwinana
Wyndhai
C. H. Fiehling, Ltd
Copley’s
Midland
Night of terror warning and a coughing remedy
A distressed warning describes a child in danger during a croup attack and urges use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a certain relief. The ad notes availability from H. Lake in Bridge and urges keeping the remedy on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lake
Bridge
Prisoners of War Care and Postal Rules Outlined
The Red Cross and Prisoners of War Committee detail official guidance for POW letters and parcels, including addresses, care of London offices, and rules on correspondence limits. Parcels to POWs in Germany are organized by Red Cross commissioners in London with strict mail and contents controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Red Cross
London
Prisoners of War Io Committee
Red Cross Information Bureau
General Post Office
Mount Pleasant
E.C
A. G. Thowax
Australian Imperial Force
Loulou
Australia
Post Office
Commitsionera Aa
Treasury
Red Crown
J. M. O'Sullivan
Western Australia
Benalla
O'Sullivan
Victoria
Perth
Prisoner recounts wartime privations and Red Cross aid
The account describes food scarcity behind the firing line at Cam-Drat and Munster, with limited supplies and reliance on Red Cross parcels. Prisoners note tobacco, beer, but no bread, and claim overall fair treatment, camaraderie among POWs, and money wirelessed by Australians for purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam- Drat
Munster
Red Crow
Osa
Aalnted
Chamberlain Tablets Promise Joyful Health Affect
A historical notice describes Chamberlain tablets as a pleasant purgative for stomach and liver, claiming they improve body and mind, with sales credited to H. Make in Bridge Town. The fragment suggests a therapeutic claim and local distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Make
Bridge Town
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. W. Lantzee
Elder, Shenton and CO
Coupetition Ato
Rapriniklingenf Jetagiera
Murchivon
Mir
Eusterm
Murchison
C. H, Fielding
Munro
Crawford's
Freemasons
Advis
British Red Grass Society
Switzerland
FOY & Cibson Pty.,, Ltd
T.D.C
O.S
FOY & Gibson Pty., Ltd
Gustence Perth
Tt Tas
West
Associated Fruitgrowers
Rob Street
Mrs
H. P. Tozer
Hampton
Mks. Tozer
Chamberlain
Producers’ Markets Ltd
C. W. Harper
Guildford
Thos. Price
Tawarta
ALOM
Loaring
Heideker
FLJ
Becher
Furway
Fremantle
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