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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1939
Page
3
Improved supplies of sheep and lambs were yarded with 41 000 head offered and 5 020 cattle in pens. Trade showed satisfactory competition and no change from Monday's values with quotes: wethers 12s to 2gn, ewes 10s to 11s, lambs 26s to 40s, bulls £6 to £8, cows £4 to £10.
Fragmented OCR shows a public notice fragment mentioning a company in Mert Street Braiden Cap berta and federal capital notes. Readable parts point to a corporate filing or address with vague references to public notices and Australian locations.
The Royal Commission, led by the former Supreme Court judge, examines the welfare of New Zealand wool growers in Wellington. A questionnaire sent to growers seeks details on production costs and returns and invites cost-cutting and remedy suggestions from the industry.
Selections of motets, madrigals and folk songs from around the world form an varied and attractive concert program. The ensemble offers a rich palette of choral textures and global musical flavors across the afternoon performance.
In Sydney the Women’s Country Week Hockey Carnival advances to the semi finals with Newcastle No. 1 facing Newcastle No. 2. Canberra’s strong showing ends 2–0 to Newcastle No. 1 as Canberra’s Dénnlé Booth and EK. Houthwell are named reserves for the Canberra side.
Inmates at Verona prison farm smashed windows and tried to burn the main building on Thursday. Police formed a strong cordon and charged the area as the government ordered an immediate inquiry into discipline and management. The farm aims to train boys for rehabilitation.
Pooley Bridge stretched nine furlongs on the course at Melbourne this morning with the flags out 32 feet in 2.62. Dackard pulled up well after 12 furlongs on a private track at Dandenong and Grantley posted 210 for W furlongs on the steeple grass at Caulfield.
Dr. A. Watson Munro, founder of Crown Street Women’s Hospital, told parliament’s select committee there is a critical bed shortage forcing new mothers to use make shift accommodation. He urged a Court of Inquiry into high maternal mortality, separation of maternity from general hospitals, a midwives school, and funding for obstetric studies.
A report from the British Ministry of Transport discusses a proposed Melbourne scheme to illuminate main arteries from street lighting. Officials weigh using public lighting to reduce the need for motor car headlights at night.
Oracion won the Northumberland Plate in London as thirteen horses started. Winnebar finished second and Irish Stew third with bets at 7/1 for Ivan Stew, 9/1 for Oracion, and 100/6 for Winnebar. The winner beat the field by a length and a half with half a length separating second and third.
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