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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1939
Page
2
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a stain on white linen and plain cold water. The garbled text references iodine and a store named Colden with possible poetical wording. No clear names, dates, or places are recoverable.
A report indicates rail freight rates will climb by at least 10 percent across most goods, with general increases ranging up to 100 percent. Wheat grain wood fresh fruit and several minerals are excluded from the rise. Restrictions and specifics remain partially unclear as the document is incomplete.
Local volunteers from Jam Tan makers group collect a few pots of jam to aid the town hospital. OU Lien and literary contributors participate in the drive and will be featured at a community event.
An Australian piece extols autumn planting to brighten yards with vivid Larkspur varieties and Antirrhinum blends. It notes rust resistant and early flowering varieties, including Giant Imperial Larkspur and Salmon Queen, promising rich pinks yellows and crimsons for long season color in beds and borders.
The 195th wool sale series opened in Sydney January 10 and closed yesterday with buyers preparing for auctions in the Brine centre. Demand remained strong across regions, with Yorkshire Continent especially France and Germany active, Japan and local interests supporting. rain relief improves pasture in West Far West Riverina, aiding upcoming winter yields. Catalogues were limited due to draw, next sales scheduled for May 1 and 7 focusing on wools from the ster shearing area.
Advertises a winter flower seed mix with 12 varieties including Lupin Anemone and Delphinium. Mentions price 2 shillings 6 pence per packet plus 12 packets per yard and free postage. Claims a 112 year old firm guarantee to replace seeds.
Property notice from P. L. C. Shepherd and Son Ltd Farm with garden deeds dated 1837. Portal address and telegram reference show official filing details for Bon 30089, Sydney.
New tin buckets and unsalted fat smeared items are described as prepped for use. Lawrence and Hodgkin’s is noted as the source where farmers compare Diamond arrows and prices before buying elsewhere.
A chaotic OCR summary shows mixed wool prices and demand across regions. German action and Japanese support are noted amid overall slow exports and rising import duties. Australian sales set for late March with 5 000 bale catalogs and a two week break for buyers.
Two soldiers named Patrick Ryan and Harry Ryan were buried side by side in a Roman Catholic cemetery last week. One was 37 and the other 69, and they were not related. Father Ryan led the funeral service. A United Nations? guard attended. Returned soldiers conducted one service over both graves.
The report covers a February sale listing 4 011 bales of wool from New England Upper Hunter Mudgee Yass Queanbeyan and Binal districts plus Mondro and inner Western Seas lots. Market conditions remained firm with irregular value patterns on dusty and burr lines. Demand stayed strongest for Yorkshire Continental superfine lines while discovery of uneven quality skirting affected pricing and buyer discrimination.
Victorian garages may install slot petrol pumps to comply with new government rules closing garages at night. Developed by a Sydney manufacturing firm the pump allows motorists to fill slightly more than a gallon and triggers a bell alarm if disturbed.
A historic note describes rubbing candle tallow on a table to lift ink and spreading it over an ink-stained page. It then instructs washing the tablecloth and notes the ink marks will disappear.
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