04 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
1
A garbled timetable fragment notes Sina arriving at Thoweal from Bydney with daily service excluding Saturdays, reference to a Paper Train, and Saturday only timings. The text includes poor OCR artifacts such as A114 sum and 15165 pom with inconsistent day labels and times.
Fragmented verse about a feathered creature and earthly nature. Elements include a morning figure, coarse laughter, disdain for native birth, a dreary home, and a note about not owning worth for gold. The text names Tom Armspaun as a signature or related figure.
Customs officers at central post offices examine parcels moving between states for private not for sale use. They inform the post master general that if duties apply, they should not exceed a limited amount and in some cases no duty is charged.
The Farmers and Settlers Cooperative Association reports wheat remains firm with strong country buying and slight gains for top Western or Southern wheat. They sold 2000 bags at market rates, with prices reaching up to 114 pounds and 174 pence top. Heavy holidays affected business, but lucerne and oaten hay sold well. Prices quoted include extra prime green chaff 4/4, prime 4/8, good graht 3/6 to 3/8 per cwt, lucerne hay prime 3/8, oaten hay prime 4/9 to 5/8, straw to 3/2, bran and pollard erratic. onions 3/3, prime potatoes 3/10 to 3/15 per ton.
A protest letter laments economic paralysis and high costs delaying progress. Officials blame bad seasons while accusing tariffs rents and transport charges of crippling industry. The writer urges lower costs and better production to avert further declines in the coming year.
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