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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
4
A western reporter describes a fashionable dancer with a boastful compliment then reads a correction claiming a different comparison. He departs for his holidays three months early. A temperance lecturer poses a riddle about choosing water over beer on a platform.
The Royal Easter Show prize schedule reveals over £14,000 in prizes with expanded classes across cattle dairy and beef, horses, pigs, poultry, fruit, vegetables, wine and horticulture. Highlights include new hunting contests, Hereford and Shorthorn prizes, export-focused classes, and Commonwealth district competitions with substantial supporting cups and trophies.
Pitt Sor and Badgery Ltd report cattle yarded about 3 000 head with 155 Queenslanders. Week totals 6 090 across all descriptions. average quality fair. Sheep and lambs 51 814 penned, week 83 143. crossbred and Merino useful. Prime beef and mutton prices and weekly tone noted with brisk demand for good lambs and hoggets. January 5.
By Saturday close of business the £10,000,000 Commonwealth Loan opened with 25,265,570 in subscriptions. New South Wales led with £1,877,500 from 1,296 applicants, followed by Victoria with £1,067,700 from 1,967, Queensland recorded £401,040 from 895 applicants, while South Australia £271,060 from 22, Tasmania £71,470 from 244, Western Australia £65,310 from 184.
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