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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1928
Page
4
Listings from a 1920s market page show prices for commodities in Sussex Street Sydney. Items include wax, cretaph products, skins, spices, and coastal trade goods with varied per unit prices. The fragmentary text notes regions like Australia and Delaware and references multiple vendors and tonnage prices.
Fragmented OCR from a Sydney market page shows apricots pears cherries and other produce with prices and weights. Numerous garbled phrases reference stalls, vendors, and assorted goods offered for sale in a municipal market setting.
Market notes from Sydney show weaker wheat prices amid Argentine selling pressure and uncertain demand. Traders gauge December and January futures while futures activity fluctuates in thin holiday conditions.
A Sydney wool sale totals 1 052 lots with strong demand for Merino and crossbred wools. Buyers included several major firms as volumes remained steady, with market activity described as resilient amid varied lot quality and shipment timings.
Fragmentary OCR entry notes trucks ordered by HNN and Memlay with scattered names and figures. The readable bits mention sites, people, and possible locations but lack clear actions or outcomes to confirm a full report.
The station outlines conventional newscasts and program blocks with channels detailing news, market updates, and music segments. Mentions hosts Wentwart and Roadie Rhoden with time slots, and a Southsy system schedule listing Cant martione Hut Shuster among others.
A garbled OCR page shows scattered items including weather, sports, obituaries, and local notices. Names like Charles Tone, Wadleveeos, and Huy appear amid disjointed references to venues, events, and a metropolitan orchestra, suggesting a busy but unreadable page segment.
A scrambled broadcast style note references Melbourne and market activity tied to a talk by Kelson. It mentions dampn and Norman 604, with fragmented names including Mian Woon and Moen. The text is garbled but signals a local news snippet about a market event and a speech.
Fragmented OCR shows scattered company names, percentages, and holdings across Australian firms including Commonwealth Loans, Colonial Brewery, J de Wilhison, and Mick Simmons. The noisy text references rates, investments, and securities with unclear dates and values, reflecting a volatile mid era stock page.
In Yarrowlumla Shire the triennial election concluded with several councillors returned. The clerk OManbon presided as returned officers announced results for multiple seats including names such as Akesilts and Heid i, with Ruling and others listed among those open for the new term.
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