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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1920
Page
7
Fenwick and Co report 1500 sheep penned and 237 sold, with mutton at 10d per lb and cattle 48 to 52 per 100 lbs. MacTaggart Bros note 3950 sheep penned, market easier, best beef at 50s per 100 lbs, cows 44s, 66 bullocks averaging £13 7s 3d.
Charleville auctioneers Messrs McPhie & Co sold 2000 cattle on Saturday August 7 from Captain John Burns Warmouth with large attendance from Broken Hill Warren Darling Downs and Maranoa buyers. Prices were satisfactory though below peak two years ago. Sales included 200 young bullocks 2 to 4 years 216 cows 3 to 8 years and 84/ 138 steers 60 steer weaners and 60 heifer weaners with several quality lots cleared. A subsequent report dated 12th inst notes Southern Queensland demand rising with Wrights Agency yarding female cattle and prices improving a five year old heifer reaching £9 per head.
Fenwick & Co. reports brisk trading in hides, calfskins, yearlings, and sheepskins. Prices rose across categories with top hides at 26 5-8 per tb, merino wools firm amid competition, and tallow advancing under heavy demand. Sale totals: 7514 hides, 1923 skins, 4252 sheepskins, 117 casks of tallow.
An old advertisement extols Rexona shaving soap and the Rexona Tri Angular Shaving Stick. It promises a high standard of lather for an easy shave and notes the product is widely sold at a price of 1/6. The copy emphasizes beard preparation and razor friendliness.
An old scanned fragment promotes a dubious cattle health teletype scheme. It mentions inoculation risks, potential livestock deaths, and financial losses. The ad urges readers to telegraph orders for a so called remedy named Plorо from Donald Boss & Co. in Sydney.
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