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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1928
Page
3
By Sydney Tuesday Quotations show apples at 4/6 to 9/10 with Granny Smiths 6/ to 10/ per bushel or half bushel for various varieties. Bananas 10/ to 20/ per half bushel, pumpkins 1/ to 2/ cheaper, beans 5/ to 14/ per bushel with several items sold at highlighted rates.
Market notes show steady demand for Butter and Cheese with price-cutting common. Tasmanian potatoes in better demand due to quality improvements while onions remain dull. Quoted prices cover butter, cheese, eggs, bacon, honey, wax, potatoes, oats, maize, peas, flour and other groceries with ton and per bushel figures.
Sydney market notes ample supplies at the fish markets with quotations on various seafood, including bednapper, jowiish, mathead, trawled options, garish, biwekiiah, meemeed, lobsters, and mullet priced per quantity with ranges from 8d to 60d. The report reflects steady demand and diverse offerings in the day’s trading.
Orders call for 29 100 sheep and lambs and 5 420 cattle to be penned. Sheep vans and cattle wagons are scheduled for future sales with dates listed as Monday July 18 and various Thursdays and Mondays in July and August.
Moderate penning of 1,100 hogs at the Sydney Abattoir Saleyards. Quality pigs were generally good and demand was firm. Prices realised topped the year, with lorkera bringing from £3 10s.
Wheat markets showed very quiet trading with no sales reported. Liverpool July at 14 1/2 pence, October 10 1/2, Chicago July 17 0 4 cents, September 13 2 9 cents. local grain prices softened to 4 shillings 8 pence for Hakhel and 4 shillings 8.3 pence for Waishel in bulk.
A severe heat wave covers the western United States with New York reporting 62 degrees at noon and rising. Authorities estimate 53 deaths nationwide from prostration and 164 drownings as people seek relief from the extreme temperatures.
A Stockholm report says Amundsen’s Italian expedition may be lost as polar searches stall. The Krassin broke and damaged its propeller and rudder, hindering rescue efforts. Tornburg notes it seems unlikely any more can be done if the crew perished. air access remains impossible.
A crowd waited hours as Roure opened the Slater appeal. Arthur Conan Doyle attended. The appeal, before five judges, featured new testimony from Mrs Adams, widow of Doctor Adams, who claimed Miss Gilchrist was killed by blows from a chair. Crown proof and witness conduct were challenged as miscarriages of justice.
Lord Chancellor Shinedin and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismiss the petition by Nelson for leave to appeal. Counsel Cripps argued Nelson aided Mow ormanisation propaganda and his exile violated law and justice.
Yesterday's sales list covered Commonwealth loans with yields from six to five percent, debentures and bank stocks, wool, and mining shares, along with a range of goods from groceries to household items. Notable entries include Commonwealth loans for 1982 and 1989, several taxable stock issues, and prominent brands like David Jones, Dunlop, and Agricultural firms, with prices quoted in pounds and shillings.
Copper standard spot at 62 pounds 16 shillings per ton, unchanged. Lead soft foreign spot at 20 pounds 8 shillings 9 pence per ton, fall. Electrolytic copper quoted 63 pounds 10 to 40 per ton, unchanged. Tin and silver figures show bid rises and falls across spot and 3 month terms with small shifts.
Poultry traders reported a generally firm day with hens showing steady demand. Prices varied by variety with Jewhorn and Jeghorn birds and coloured poultry largely unchanged. Muscovy and turkey lines ranged within narrow margins.
In Caletown the Labour Party conference moved to expel Creswell supporters, threatening to wreck the party. The National Council, long the governing body, was summoned at midnight to act on a plan to remove Creswell loyalists and leaders nationwide.
Wilkins heads the United States air party tomorrow leaving Curtis Field for Detroit. Sir George Viking and Lieut son accompany him in the plane used for the polar flight.
Report notes irregular assembly actions and mixed reactions to a Creswellite chairing the Hand Water Board at a £2000 salary without Cabinet consultation. The Nationalists welcome the dissolution of the current Beck, while many doubt the majority party can oust Creswell Crom Lee Hog amid looming general elections.
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