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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1936
Page
3
A Monday submission outlines the season’s first catalogue showing Sydney wool production. It notes 6,187 bales drawn from far western, central Riverina districts and western plains areas, with proportions from multiple regions.
Market reports show rabbit tins offered at Sydney galea with prices easing. Values fell on average 2d to 3d per lb as best sorts fetched 6d to 10d per item and various classes of pelts, damaged hides, and brown skins moved at markedly lower bids amid a mixed buyers group led by Yorkshire and Germany. A convent bazaar stalls and Mandurama PF and C. Association ball are scheduled. venue Carcoar School of Arts on November ith and 7th.
An overview of the fight against prickly pear across eastern Australia describes infestations from Victoria to the NSW border, the successive biological controls including cochineal and cactoblastis, and the eventual recovery of millions of acres. The article notes a government reward, resettlement gains, and a celebratory ball commemorating the battle against this nuisance.
A goods train and a motor lorry collided at a level crossing near Moendoor railway station on Tuesday afternoon. The lorry driver Thomas Miller, 19, of Mendooran, was fatally reckless on the line and escaped unharmed as the lorry was wrecked and the windscreen shattered. In Pretoria a supplementary agreement states Germany will pay for South African wool in goods rather than foreign currencies, securing needs from September to November with a new deal expected to cover fiber requirements.
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