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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1941
Page
3
A stock of high quality exhibits showcased a broad range of farm items and livestock. Judges noted improved cattle quality since two years prior, with several champions named in milking Shorthorn, wheat, oats, and potato classes, plus prize hens and fodder collections.
The Sheep Show awards list honors multiple breeders and flocks. Cartwright family captures Dorset Horn Ram awards while L Reardon earns Grand Champion Romney Marsh Ram and Ewe titles. Murray and Cartwright also win Border Leicester and other classes. Merriville Pty Ltd goods dominate multiple wool categories with Ram and Ewe prizes across strong and medium wool divisions.
The article lists winners and exhibitors across sections including ram and ewe classes, Merino and wool events, fat sheep, open wool classes, utility breeds, and poultry. Notable names include H Curran, FR Douglas, V Hall, J Morrisson, G Southwell, and B C Davis with multiple first places and champions in Merino, Shorthorns, Hereford, and Leghorn categories at the fair.
British freighter Skeybanka bound from the Far West to Boston with cargo valued at a million dollars of rubber tin hemp sugar and burlap was sunk by an Axis warcraft in the Pacific. Marines presume a raider attacked though no details emerged. Before the war the Skeybanka sailed the English Australian run.
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