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Newspaper

Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

May 10, 1940

Page

5

Industrial and retail news from Canberra 1936

Juxtaposed notices show used car sale in Austin 7 with repairs and prices, and Canberra business updates. Major Monaro Queanbeyan shops add radio department and motor accessories while a furniture store opens at Civic Centre. Cusack’s furniture lorries replace rail shipments due to coal strike delivering to Canberra.

Q.E.N. Majors Lu Canberra Cusack

Canberra Football Preview With Acton Eastlake Clash

National Football prepares for men's fixtures with a Kingston Oval double bill featuring Acton and Eastlake exchanges. New faces join veteran swaps as the Red and Whites field a youthful side alongside Royal Australian Air Force entries at Northbourne Oval. Team lines include Acton Harris and Eastlake Sharpe, while Ainslie relies on power in the centre and wing spots.

Kingston Oval Acton Eastlake New South Wales Sydney Smart Manders Eastern Suburbs Ainslie Northbourne Oval Royal Auseatia Air Force Canberra Amalte Wilson Reeve Carnival South Australia Victoria Werton Essendon Fostee Jenson Perth D'Abillet Merrit Tasmanian C.gath South Melbourne Evans Haa Kennedy Dorman Ate Wether B. Martin

Queanbeyan Stock Sale Clears Sheep and Cattle

W J Gibbs and Co conducted a total clearance at Queanbeyan with bulls to £9.1s, calves to £8 14s, cows with calves to £7 10s, wethers to 19s, lambs 15s to 19s, hoggets 17/10, ewes 13s, yarding 50 cattle and 800 sheep. Upcoming sales: Woodgers and Calthorpe at Queanbeyan Yard. Canberra sale rescheduled to Monday May 20 due to clash with Goulburn sale.

Queanbeyan W. J. Gibbs and Co Woodgers and Calthorpe Ltd Quearabeyan Municipal Canberra Goulburn

Flemington Sheep and Cattle Prices Downgraded

At Flemington saleyard 18000 sheep and lambs were penned with lamb demand dull while overall inquiry remained weak. Cattle offerings 1800 head showed irregular bidding and a slight easing across classes with prices for wethers ewes lambs and bulls quoted across multiple ranges in pounds and shillings per hundred pounds.

Sydney Flemington

De Valera warns terrorists in Ireland broadcast

In Dublin on a Wednesday broadcast Mr. de Valera warned murderers and terrorists that government patience has ended. He said if the present law fails it will be strengthened and if needed the ultimate law the safety of the people will be invoked.

Dublin de Valera

Soviet replaces defence minister in Moscow report

The Tata news agency says the Commissar for Defence M. Timonhenko has been replaced by Marshal Senyeon. The report from Moscow notes a leadership shakeup in the defence ministry.

Soviet Moscow Tata Commissar For Defence M. Timoshenks Marshal Senyeon

Interior Department tenders and notices from Canberra

Offers due 2 pm Tuesday May 14 1940 for pine work at Mount Stromlo including crossing and logging and transport to Kingston with rates per tree and per 100 super feet. Also invitation for digging tree holes Kowen area with price per 100 holes. Monthly meeting notice for the Coaching Line and cabaret event details followed by an Australian prints offer notice.

Department of the Interior Canberra Mount Stromlo Kingston A.C.T Surveyor-General J. A. Carrodus Department, of the Interior Kowen Afforestation

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