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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1930
Page
3
Australian credit in New York shows a steady downward trend with weak demand for wool and banking liquidity. Boston credit lines offer cautious relief as exporters expect Australians to cut imports while seeking to sustain some purchases of wool.
Growers and brokers from Australia plan a joint Melbourne meeting Tuesday to discuss the wool marketing remit. Sir Graham Waddell and Mr K H Tout prepare to attend, stressing unity to safeguard Commonwealth wool interests against rival groups.
A Canberra court hearing sparked dispute as defendant claimed labeling him a returned soldier could prejudice his case. The defense argued newspapers should not identify veterans in trial coverage while noting readers’ sympathy for soldiers.
The coroner sent Matthew McKensie for trial on murder charges in the death of Albert Warner aged 45. An inquest found Warner died from poison after a confrontation on the night of 21. Warner was found injured and admitted to hospital. McKensie admitted to the hospital earlier.
A large wool offering of 402 bales was offered at the Bolen in-day and 602 sold while 642 were privately disposed. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers report a firm market at opening rates for best descriptions with strong demand for high quality lines. Dusty and faulty lots faced irregular demand with grease wool selling at sixpence per pound.
At the Homebush saleyards a large line of 44 000 sheep and lambs showed improved demand with buyers active. Prime sheep price levels firm while other grades held. Cattle yarded around 2 800 with prime descriptions firmer though lower classes unchanged. New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency notes 45 000 plain sheep offered. prime sheep firmer, others steady. about 2 900 cattle yarded with overall plain quality.
Woedgers and Calthorpe Ltd report a Bombala cattle sale held Tuesday with most yarding cleared except about 1100 yearling heifers and some cows. Demand was keen for the better lines but prices showed a downward trend amid dry conditions in Gippland.
A party of ninety South African farmers visiting for the Empire Farmers conference will land in Canberra from Harden New South Wales next Thursday afternoon. They will be welcomed at Parliament House in King's Hall, tour Parliament Hone and the Federal Capital Territory, and meet Federal Ministry members and wives informally at Hotel Canberra.
The Hon. Wehard Bethell aged 44 son and heir of Lord West bury was found dead in his bed at the Heath Club Dover Atrevt London. He was secretary to Mr. Howard Carter who led the Tutankhamen excavation in Egypt and linked deaths surround the tombs with curses. Bethella daughter was named Nefertori after Tutankhamun’s queen.
The article explains the Victoria Cross fabrication linking each medal to Crimean War guns, the metal sourced from the War Office larder, and the bronze from Cromwellian sources. It notes eligibility expanding from white troops to Indian soldiers in 1911, to women or civilians in 1920, and mentions a unique foreign VC awarded to Mr. T. Dinteson of Copenhagen.
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