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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
7
The notice discusses medium wools and price trends, faults in wools, and competition among brokers in the south. It announces a market sale from late November to early December and invites owners to forward details of stored wools for inclusion in a representative catalogue. The following sale is planned for the 19th to 11th of December.
Fenwick & Co salesman Brisbane report shows cattle and calf sales with totals of 858 head and 9019 sheep and lambs. Prices: beef realising 50 per 100s, calves 14 12 4, yearlings 3 2, vealers 10, small wallaby skins 1/6 to 5/ per do, large skins 14 7 to 18, swamp wallabies 1 to 8, coast 1 to 95, greens 75 to 0, various items noted with improved late rates.
The report cites clearance activity with best drys at 104 and roughs at 7 to 8. Farmers’ hides and calves sold well at late rates. Caliskins and yearlings moved to per head. Sheep and wool prices mixed with woollens firm and best wool sold around 9 per unit.
A drought plagued region reports extreme heat with little rain and empty tanks. A special train carried volunteers for frost protection from Irvinebank amid patriotic displays. Citizens gathered at the Commercial Hotel to bid farewell to Postmaster C. C. Beckett as officials note his departure to Cairns and Jundah.
Fragmentary report lists residents such as Mrs J Fox and Mrs J Horam with family heading to Cairns on Saturday. Mentions Mr Carbine visiting, P Morem from Irvinebank, and assorted stray phrases about housing and finances. Source text is garbled with many unreadable portions.
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