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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
6
In Grookhampton notes, batting details from first and second innings are listed with players like Dervin Lyon Padman and Bach showing multiple wickets. Reports note farmers busy harvesting hay with crop quality exceptionally good, some fields yielding up to three tons per acre.
Commercial market notes show brisk bidding in the December sale yard with 274 cattle yarded at Copley’s Siding and 8,740 sheep and lambs plus 286 pigs at North Fremantle. Prices varied by quality with prime port Hedland stock and local mullocks quoted, while fat cattle and prime ewes commanded firmer demand. Private sales listed include Bridgetown and Bylingup consignments and several individual buyers.
Edward Hack and Co advertise extensive summer stock from Melbourne and Perth wholesalers including Huttons Hams sausages biscuits ice cream and cordials. Goods packed in Perth and shipped via Bunbury with stock lines from Western Australia and Victoria plus brands like Huttons Schweppes Vin and J Dixon Co Melbourne.
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