Wool Outlook Report Highlights Stable Prices Ahead
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports February 28 wool market stable with limited downward risk. Belgian buyers active. large export to Belgium with re exports and processing at Verviers centers. Bradford tops firm. UK internal trade improved. rearmament recruitment boosts steel and shipyards. Auctions Brisbane Mar 6–16. Sydney Mar 20 reopens. next catalogs March 20 and 27.
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Belgium
Antwerp
Verviers
Yorkshire News
Tops
Bradford
Conlomera
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Belfast
West Riding
Yorkshire
Brisbane
Sydney
Halt-major road ahead solidarity with France asserted
London Sunday Plain Talk for Aggressor reports Lord Halifax in the House of Lords reaffirming the Prime Minister’s statement that any threat to vital French interests requires Britain's immediate cooperation. He stressed unanimous public support, denied any wartime mood, and warned Britain’s resources and resolve remain strong if a test of strength arises.
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London
France
Lord Halifax
House of Lords
Britain
Italy
Lord Halrfax
Hallan
England
Merino Sheep Hold Sway In Large Show At Goulburn
A large crowd watched 170 Merino sheep entries judged by W. T. Fahey and F. McClung at the Goulburn show. Merryville Pty. Ltd. dominated open classes with 14 firsts nine seconds and four championships. Noted breeders Walter Merriman Starr and Son and others competed, highlighting strong and balanced wool classes.
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Messrs
W. T. Fahey
Boorowa
F. McClung
Gunnedah
Walter Merriman
Merryville Pty. Ltd
Yass, Starr and Son
Dalton
Fahey
McClung
Goulburn Penny Post
Polo Matches Show Innovation Leading Players To Appear
Innovative polo demonstrations at the Sydney Show feature top Australian players. Northern side led by Douglas Munro with Frank Bragg, Gordon Munro. Southern squad led by J H Ashton with siblings. Town and Country Club to be represented by J D Mac Leod, Wallace Horsely, and R A Ashton.
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Sydney
Australia
Ashton Brothers
Frank Bragg
Munros
R.A.S
N.S.W. Polo Association
Gomes
Douglas Munro
Gordon Munro
J. H
Goulburn
London
Town and Country Club
J. D. MacLeod
Wallace Horsely
R. A. Ashton
Losing Battle Against Great Metropolis At Junee
Mr A B Bluett, secretary of Shirp and Municipal Association of NSW, told the Junee municipal council that country centres are stagnant while half the state's population lives within fifty miles of Sydney. He warned the trend could worsen, with two thirds of the population near the city, and urged councils to cooperate in providing comforts to check this drift.
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A. BR. Bluett
Junee
Bluett
Shirp and Municipal Association of
N.S.W
Sydney
Defence chief vows 63,000,600 defence plan by June 1941
At a Balmain civic reception last week Minister for Defence Mr Street stated he would complete the Government Defence programme worth £63,000,600 by June 1941 despite remarks by Morts Dock managing director and Employers' Federation vice president Mr Silk that finishing the programme in two and a half years was impossible.
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Sydney
Balmain
Silk
Morts Dock and Engineering Coy
Employers’ Federation of N.S.W
Street
Level Crossings To Be Safer Across the State
Premier Mr Stevens announced in the Legislative Assembly that the Government will set aside £50,000 each year to speed safety improvements at dangerous level crossings on railways state wide. He made the statement in reply to a question about a recent fatality at East Street Parkes.
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Stevens
Legislative Assembly
Elliott
U.C.P
Ashburnam
East Street
Parkes
District Stock at Homebush Cattle Sale Report
Cattle offerings at Homebush on Thursday February 23 totaled 279 head. Best quality lines were unchanged while other grades eased. Merryville Pry Ltd Burrown secured to £0/8/-, averaging £8/14/3 for 48 steers sold by Winehcombe Carson Ltd.
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Homebush
Merryville Pry, Ltd
Burrown
Winehcombe Carson Ltd
Thieves loot school melons in Mur Ringo garden raid
Despite a dry season, Mur Ringo Public School children produced several commendable watermelons in a school garden. On Friday morning they found the patch raided by thieves who took ripe and large green melons, while Gordon Patterson, injured in hospital, watched as fellow pupils sent a large melon to him but it too was stolen.
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Murringo
Gordon Patterson
Obituary: Mrs Jane Cooke of Koorawatha dies aged in hospital
Mrs Jane Cooke wife of E J Cooke of Koorawatha died after a fortnight in the local hospital. Born at Murringo she was daughter of the late A and Mrs Bristol. She leaves four children Dulcie Peace Merle and Steve and the funeral was at the Church of England cemetery plot in Koorawatha with Rev Genge officiating.
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Young
Jane Cook
E. J. Cooke
Koorawatha
Murringo
Bristol
Los
Dulcie
Peace
Merle
Steve
Church of England
Genge
Eliza Matilda Davis Dies at 79 in Yass District
Mrs Eliza Matilda Davis longtime Yass resident dies aged 79 at her son H H Daviss Rockview home She was the widow of Daniel Davis who died in 1921 and lived in the district all her life
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Yass
Eliza Matilda Davis
H. H. Davis
Rockview
Daniel Davia
Wool Report From Country Producers Co Ltd February Selling
The February 23 wool report notes no quotable changes from the prior week with only higher quotes on super lines. Demand from American interests remains strong but limited to top spinner types. Yorkshire remains a dominant market force aided by Continental buyers and Japanese, with Sydney sale plans resuming March 20 after a Brisbane break. Principal realizations include Supcom 224d and various prices across buyers like Maloney Crookwell ONeill and Green Bros. in a fluctuating market.
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Selling Co. Ltd
Yorkshire
Sydney
Brisbane
Supcom W
C. R. W. Maloney
Murringo
C. J. O'Neill
Crookwell
N. H. Croker
Laggan
C. J. H. Brown
Cowra
Sane
Lynch Charged Over Naylor Premises Use In Sydney Court
Percy Daniel Lynch faced charge in Central Court over use of Rufe Naylor Investments Ltd premises to obtain information on races. Rufe Naylor Investments, authorised at £100,000 capital, backs racing horses. The defence argued the company's object was legal and adjournment was granted to March 8 for prep.
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Sydney
Central Court
Percy Daniel Lynch
Rufe Naylor Investments Ltd
Elizabeth Stecet
Reces
R. Sproule
Naylor Company
Sproule
Miner Narrowly Escapes After Underground Fall
John Clout, a miner, was working 600 feet underground at Captain's Flat Mine last week when a fall of earth weighing about half a ton dropped nearby. He escaped death with a remarkable near miss.
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Captain's Flat
John Clout
Clout
Phases of the Moon March 1030 and wool market report
The excerpt notes lunar phases for March 1030 including full moon on the 6th last quarter on the 18th new moon on the 28th and first quarter on the 30th. It reports Suffolk Vale wool from James Barnes Pty Ltd Burrowa with wethers and ewes offered at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney wool nations, showing strong continental and Yorkshire mill competition.
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Jame Barnes Pty. Ltd
Burrowa
Winchcombe Carson
Sydney
Boorowa Bush Fire Brigade Directions for landholders
Notice from the Boorowa Bush Fire Brigade instructs landholders and others to inform the secretary of any outbreak and state its exact position and estimated area. It asks for brigade equipment to stand by and to display the notice near the telephone, signed by D. Bobbin of Office 117 Private 107.
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D. C. Hancock
Mareden St
General Motors Ltd
Sherwin-Williams
Borthwicks
Mapora
Plymer
Taylor's
Cummins
Flemington
the Farmers & Graziers
Coxsicn
the Farmers § Graziers Co-op
Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd
Australian Defence Programme
Aus
A. J. Adams
Ford Sales and Service
Manspay
Jane Cooke
Wool Report
Rufe Naylor, CO
Suffolk Vale Wool
Boorowa Bush
D. Bobbin
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