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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1928
Page
4
Fragmented report lists irregular prices and trading terms for sheepskins and wool by area and date. Mentions payments per wool type, hides, and assorted per unit rates, with damaged text hindering full clarity of figures and participants.
A fragmentary list of stock and mining quotation figures from the Sydney Stock Exchange, including percentages, prices, and company names such as Amalgamated Wireless, Goodyear, Taplon Rubber, General Industeton, and Tongkah Harbour, with regional mentions and dated entries.
Monday market notes show Tasmanian supplies delayed until Thursday with 36 000 sacks on the wharves and most available butter and cheese readings mixed. Prices list butter eggs lard honey brown Spanish and other staples with per ton and per bushel quotes and several currency-like figures.
Daily market report lists broad price ranges for apples pears oranges grapes and bananas with many items sold by half bushel or dozen units. Vegetables include peas onions cabbages carrots lettuce potatoes and more with varied per unit and per case prices.
Fragmentary market notes list miscellaneous cereals and vegetables with quoted prices in pounds and shillings. Items include wheaten chat and potatoes alongside various beans and seed stocks.
Prices reported by Witechcombe Curzon Ltd for wool sales include Thomas O Roote Walgett 26d Percy Tevun Cobar 24d Cecil Morden Mrowne 23d T V Baan Enngoni 21d O Rooth Miron Goodoogs 24d High anxiety over a reporter’s notice leads to a mysterious escape tale featuring Captain M Lowentsigia the Belgian missionary amid a chaotic scene with revolving cannons and a partially closed gatling.
Markets opened tepid with limited bid activity as grain futures showed minor shifts. Nearby Wheat quoted around 12 9 per bushel amid fluctuating options and small-volume trading, while futures for October and December noted modest adjustments and selective bids, with occasional price points cited for Hag tote and Welk deliveries.
At Homebush on Monday a yarding of 21 006 lambs showed medium quality with Cambs evident. Prime light weights led demand while ewe and wether rates eased slightly. cattle yarding of 2 024 head included Queensland stock with firmer prices for good and prime quality. Lamb and sheep values ranged across several shillings per 100 pounds with fluctuations in weight classes and cattle prices improving modestly.
Fragmentary market listing with prices and items such as Behnapuer 14, 7/3, 40/ to Sa/-, Dream 28/- 19 40/-, mullet V / 19 22/8, blaskilah 16/- to 10/, and Bi- to 20/ ner box.
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