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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
2
A Tum report dated 20th ApiTh Schute Bell and Co notes Tuesday lust sales around 2000 bales with brisk demand in Bristol and broader competition. European values remain stable as wool consumption soaks up supply amid a harsh winter, while synthetic materials lose ground. Strong interest in knitwear patterns and warmth drives prices higher.
Mechanics Institute Library offers excellent value with advance quarterly payments. The library opens 2 to 6 pm on Monday Thursday and Saturday and from 7 to 8 30 pm Wednesday and Saturday. About 1300 books to select from including Dolly Paper Magazines and works by well known poets. More members mean more books.
A vintage horticulture guide advises preparing for spring by sowing pansies and violas, laying straw between strawberry rows, and using nitrate timing to boost flavor. It covers strawberry varieties, planting patterns, and flower selections like violets, pansies, polyanthus, and primroses to brighten homes as winter eases.
Advert sees a roses catalogue offer with placeholders and pricing. Mentions choosing 10 roses in dwarf bush varieties with colors red pink white yellow. Indicates prepaid railway towns, asks for request by paper and outlines sample selection.
Woal Report Goldsbrough Mork and Con Ltd notes weekly wool sale activity in Brisbane with about fifty thousand bales submitted to the hammer. Competition is keen with Bradford Aspan and Germany leading purchases while France remains quiet. Prices align with March, seller friendly, and the buoyant sheeping market shows advance values. Japan’s potential curtailment worries Australian demand. hope for a bilateral concession to maintain trade. Sales resume Monday May 4 through Tuesday May 12, featuring crutchings Yoana wool and autumn shorn lots. The May 7 sale will present about 6,800 catalogued dates across a strong run.
P. LC Shepherd and Son Ltd based in Sydney advertises Ferm bnd Garden Seeds since 1827 with a mail box address and telegram contact in Sydney. The notice presents a concise business listing with historical branding and forwarding details.
The Brisbane market opens with firm values and wider competition from Japan, Germany, Bradford, and France. Bradford reports a moderate business level with prices slightly higher than last week. Byad-Top notes strong supply amid light manufacturing activity and potential shortages, while global factors and travel disruptions may affect future auctions. May sales schedule listed with bales at Brisbane, Byad-Top, and timing through April and May.
The April 30 poultry market notes strong demand and high prices for serviceable birds including turkeys, white and colored cockers, and leghorn hens. White leghorn hens fetch restocking value while duck and drake sales persist at factory levels. Prices quoted: geese to cockerels, turkeys hens to 21/6, turkeys gobblers to 40/. market remains brisk with scarce game birds and steady inquiries.
Six months to be served by Davald Riel and Bennett, 23, after pleading to three counts of unlawfully operating a motor lorry and a motor car. Bennett evaded arrest until reaching Melbourne. case investigated by Detective Bodel and Constable Noble following police reach from Goulburn.
The eight year old son of Mr and Mrs M J Dalton of Orange was found dead after a brawl involving two men at Lord's Place. Foul play suspected as police continue investigations with no arrests yet. The boy, known in West racing circles, leaves a widow and three children.
A large gathering celebrated the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs H Godde at their home Haxeleigh. Guests from Lavington and Boorows joined the couple for a sunrise party with a lavish repast and a grand wedding cake. Music, toasts, speeches, and gifts marked the occasion as attendees traveled about one hundred miles.
Readable fragment describes placing shore vegetables in boiling water for cooking and rose vegetables in simmering water. It also mentions cleaning uncolored feathers with a solution of oxalic and bot waist using a sponge.
The Gevormmest assented that there shall be a pre inquiry into the operations of chain stores. The Industrial Commission will investigate practices, wages, and effects of chain stores. The decision was made in the Legislative Assembly with the Minister for Labor present.
Approved statement for issue to press notes a form of application for wheat growers to claim assistance under the act will be available in days at police stations and Rural Bank branches statewide. Applications close by July 1st. Payments estimated at low shillings and per acre bonuses, with extra if hardship deemed. Commonwealth relief to the state totals 415,05284.
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