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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1928
Page
4
Market report from Sussex Street Sydney listing prices for many commodities and goods. Notable figures include vegetables and grains with per ton, per bushel, or per unit rates, including seeds, oats, chaff and poultry related items. Includes vendor names, tonnages, and prices in pounds shillings pence, reflecting early 20th century exchange.
Fish market Sydney notes weak demand and varied prices. Whiting and lobsters show mixed quotes while traders comment on supply and market conditions for the day.
Wool buyers gathered at Sydney for a regular sale totaling about 11 200 bales. Prices showed some improvement with top prime wool fetching higher rates than the previous season while skirts and rovings saw lesser gains amid quality variation.
Fragmentary OCR reads lists of sheep orders and dates such as August 23 and September 10, with scattered place names like Honea and Saukiae. The text appears to record market availability and scheduling details for shipments, though many words are garbled.
The page lists various Commonwealth Loans, government and private stocks, mining and silver lead firms, and assorted company names such as Anthony Murdern, David Jones, Dunlop Kubler, Sun Newspapers, and Wallmann. It includes numerous odd prices and dates, with references to New South Wales, Australia.
Market listings show prices for apples, pears, and various citrus and berries. Tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and potatoes priced per basket or per dozen, with weekly updates for fresh produce including Seville oranges and strawberries.
European wheat prices firming cautious trade in Sydney on Monday with light turnover. Futures quotes remained near prior levels with October at 2/0, November at 4/1 per hundredweight and options for Australian and Indian deliveries showing minimal movement.
Messy OCR notes a Cooma special sheep sale with prices and quotations. Buyers and vendors are listed, with yard prices around 476 pounds and various quotations from 28/ to 2T/. The report cites several names and firms involved in the sale and the Wool market context.
The Rydeney sale at Hamphurst today featured a strong overall offering of prime cattle and heavy bullocks. Early trade showed irregular demand with prices dipping 10s to 20s per head from Friday’s averages while consignments included 2820 cattle yarded and notable improvements in some lots.
Fragmented OCR text describes a drone and mechanical sounds near an airport. It mentions a drone used to start a tuned reed vibrato and an aircraft approaching, but details are unclear due to garbled wording. The passage references Avoplans and a reed turning a powerful light, with no coherent event or date.
A historical report notes repeated failures of antiseptics during a series of nine operations. It mentions teary herd disease and lockjaw following procedures, with doctors claiming germ theory clarified by experiments. Known remedies and claimed cures are referenced, highlighting early medical debate and transient optimism.
An elderly patient feared surgery for cataracts at an urban hospital. Dr Newfeld explained the procedure’s complexity, and after anesthesia via chloroform an instrument entered behind the ear to access the eye. The patient began steady recovery following the operation.
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