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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
5
JW Bird and Co report a good yarding of cattle with fair demand for stores. Springers and wilted types weaker. Prices listed: steers £4 12s to £5 5s, 12–18 months £2 3s, heifers to £3 5s, calves and milkers from £0 to £6 6d, springers £4 12s 6d to £5 5s. Pigs and sheep prices noted with sows 35s and slips 3d, lambs 7s 9d. Privately sold 139 steers and bullocks and some heifers at market.
December 16 report notes 3046 bales catalogued with a strong master buyers' presence. Prices for superior lots fell about five percent while skirtings sold steadily. prices for greasy wool ranged around 14d. High Plain Bombala secured 1134 for a lot, with auctions and private resales continuing.
Schute, Bell & Co of Sydney note prices in Brisbane remained well maintained after a quiet week. London closing sales suggest around 45,000 bales to be offered at the Sydney sale from the 16th to the 19th inst, with a buoyant market and strong demand for good to superior quality.
Ill Clark and Co report continued heavy supplies of sheep and lambs with lambs in strong demand and prime freezing sorts selling well. Cattle show the heaviest weekly supply in a while with prime heavy weights selling at last week’s values, but many others lower. Market advises fat owners to bring stock to Monday’s market.
Experiments at Cornell University farm show potato plots cultivated up to eight times yield higher than fewer cultivations. Level and loose ground outperform billing, with eight cultivations producing 384 and 357 bushels per acre, while five cultivations yield 349 325 and 288 bushels. Varieties varied in response, but data support that thorough cultivation improves potato growth.
Mrs A M Buckley of River Street Bulimba reports her son Frank survived repeated croup attacks due to Chamberlains Cough Remedy. She states he is now strong and healthy and notes the product is sold everywhere.
L. J. Ornstein the Australian long-distance champion challenged C. E. Hunt’s trotting stallion Brewongle Bob over five miles at Inverell racecourse on Saturday. Ornstein started ten minutes late and covered about a mile and three-quarters before Brewongle Bob caught him and won by more than five furlongs. The horse completed the distance in 14 minutes 45 seconds while Ornstein finished in 28 minutes 50 seconds.
Revenue a bay pony foaled near January 9 1908 is a stakes race prospect bred from Epinicion and dam Boney. Sire line includes Epigram Blair Athol and Phalti from Wandara, with Wanessra by Hinohmay and Robinson ancestry hinted. Government verification noted but unclear in text.
Reports say a local Bega district paper may shut down by year end. A circus opening in Bega drew a modest crowd and a tent unable to provide seating. Government failed on a Cooma to Kosciusko car service, subcontracted to Petersen and Gjerstrup and Balmain Brothers.
Time table shows mail departures and arrivals for Bownsta and nearby towns including Bibbentuke Bungardy Mails close times vary by day with departures to Nipelle Norn and other stops. Regular routes run on specific weekdays with changes on Sundays and holidays listed alongside local places such as Delegate Craigie Bowes Bungarby Rockton Platts Maharatta and Pam bula.
The timetable lists multiple train services for towns including Craigie Bombals Synney and Orowstone with varying days and times. Services operate Sundays excepted and run at 4 p m Ostrawone Tieton and other lines on different days with morning departures from Henan Orbos 10 a m to 1 p m ranges.
Fragmentary timetable notes show departures from Holt's Flat and Bibbenlake with arrival times. Entries reference Mats Cathcart Caracart and Bibbenluke routes. Times listed include 5.30 am departure, 10.15 am arrival, 8.15 am arrival, 2 pm Sunday, and 4.20 pm leaving times.
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