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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 26, 1928
Page
6
A fragmentary OCR shows prices for various goods at a Sussex Street market. Listings include dairy and meat products, grains, produce, and staples with unit prices and ton or per unit measures, but many words are garbled. The readable items mention beef, lamb, bacon, onions, oats, and oats related commodities with prices in old currency formats amid scattered vendor names and locations.
Friday market notes list prices for many fruits and vegetables from Norfati Island and surrounding regions. Commodities include potatoes, beetroot, onions, apples, oranges, mandarins, tomatoes, cabbage, celery, and greens with assorted weights and price ranges in local currency. The report highlights some items marked inferior and notes variations in quality and availability.
Fragmented market notes indicate thin wheat trading in Sydney as weather whispers affect prices. Disjointed lines mention Australian rainfall, imports, and uncertain futures with unclear figures and participants.
An unreadable OCR fragment from a market report mentions various items and brands with scattered references. The garbled text lists names, prices, and acronyms, but no coherent events or clear entities are discernible. The passage lacks a definable incident or subject.
London metal prices report a list of mean quotations for various metals and commodities. Figures show values in pounds and pence, with several items including tin, copper, iron, lead, zinc, and related alloys. The text lists several price points and miscellaneous notes from the market barometer.
A local sale announcement for building materials in Queanbeyan describes items available from a starting time. The notice mentions water, woolwear related terms, and a batt ofayers, with uncertain details due to damaged text.
A fragmented report from the Sydney Stock Exchange highlights varied stock movements across sectors. It mentions investors' activity in mining, insurance, brewing, and industrials with several sharp price annotations and references to firms such as Australian Glass and Hind Yul, indicating a broad market snapshot amid unclear specifics.
A chaotic night at the Italian consulate in London sees a flag torn from the building amid protests. Police report confrontations between demonstrators and security, with several arrests and injuries among those present as tensions over political tensions spill into the street.
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