London Wool Sales Sell Well Amid Overseas Demand
A London wool sales report by Mr W P Devereux of the Australian Wool Growers Council notes firm prices and improving overseas markets. He says a large share of wool sold is for Continental accounts, mainly Germany, signaling underlying strength behind consuming nations. The report also mentions a tool band with flexible movement to reduce joint rattle.
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London
Australian Wool Growers” Council
W. P. Devereux
Germany
Cobb & Co History From Early Melbourne to Global Coaching
The Australasian notes Cobb & Co origins with Freeman Cobb born in Brewster Massachusetts in 1580 who travels to Melbourne with Adams Co. Then expands from four-horse stages to passenger services. Partners include John Murray Peck James Swanton and John S. Lamber. Cobb later sells to Thomas Davies, returns to America becomes a senator, then moves to South Africa for a larger coaching enterprise driving the first coach to the diamond fields in 1872. After his departure the business grows through Victoria New South Wales Queensland and to Gympie with 24,000 miles weekly and 6 909 horses, supported by mail subsidies reaching £95 000 yearly.
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Cobb & Co
Freeman Cobb
Brewster
Massachusets
Australia
George Mowten
Adams Co
San Francisco
Melbourne
Adams & Co
Cobb
Port Melbourne
John Murray Peck
James Swanton
John 8. Lamber
Concord
Newshire
Thomas Davies
Avery
America
South Africa
Victoria
Diamond Fields
Port Hlizabeth
James Rutherford
John Wagner
Walter Bradley
Lambing Flat
New South Wales
Gympie
Fim
Ecosches
F Orm
Western
Australis
Death Cause of Chicago Mayor A Carmak Described
Dr Karl A Meyer, attending physician, stated Mayor Anton Carmak died not directly from a bullet wound. He indicated the bullet was the indirect cause and that without the wound Carmak might have lived longer.
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Anton Carmak
Chicago
Karl A Meyer
Carmak
British Leander cruiser to replace HMAS Brisbane
The British Leander class cruiser, costing £1,687,900, tops 7,600 tons and is praised as near the postwar ideal with a single funnel, streamlined design, high speed and strong gunpower. Nine ships are authorized, expected ready by 1938, with costs likely exceeding the Leander’s.
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HMAS
Brisbane
Hector Bywater
Uars
Daily Telegraph
Mysterious Two Ton Dynamite Dump Found in Surrey
A two ton cache of dynamite and 600 cartridges was found buried in a Kingston Surrey sewer near Warren Drive by repair workmen. Scotland Yard and the Home Office probe who buried it and how it was procured, with Woolwich Arsenal and Nobel’s Ltd. contacted to trace its sale and age.
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Kensington
Surrey
The
Daily Mail
Scotland Yard
Home Office
Warren Drive
Kingston Byjars Road
Telworth Rive
Gant
Fancer
A. Crencher
Ballder
Woolwich Arsenal
Dry beer revival sparks bold citywide campaign
A New York led effort plans a sweeping dry campaign after reopening of bars and beer halls. Women will join the welcome of beer on equal terms with men, challenging old drinker norms. Hotel managers study speak-easy tactics as bars prepare education oriented operations. A chain tavern concept targets Manhattan near Grand Central, featuring a large mahogany horseshoe bar and swiveling seats aimed at attracting crowds.
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Legal E Actin Chochamaen
W.C T.0
United States
New York
New York City
Grand Central Railway Station
Explosive blast at Lavender distillery destroys Mitchem homes
A violent explosion at Bush Company's Lavender distillery in Mitchem Surrey last week blew up two tanks of methylated spirits, wrecking 24 nearby houses and damaging hundreds more. A borough official died at his home and about 20 people were injured as vapour dispersed into neighboring cottages igniting with a blinding flash and roaring flames.
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Mitchem
Surrey
Lavender
Bush Company
Bor
Liquidation of Bawra Ltd Completes Transfer to Australian Pastoral Research Trust
The liquidation of British-Australian Bawra Ltd completed last week with a final act transferring over £4,000 to Australian Pastoral Research Trust funds. Sir John Higgins and HR Murphy oversaw the process, delivering £8,194 9s 1d to the Trust chairman George L. Aiken. The move honors original Bawra members and underlines woolgrowers’ funds, not government subsidies, backing the Trust’s aims in wool and livestock research.
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Bawra) Ltd
Way
Bawra
Hemi
Australian Pastors Research Trust
Snd Rm
Central Wool Committee
John Higgins
Hquidatore
Hawra
HR. Murphy
George L. Aiken
Australiam = Pastoral Research Trust Ltd
Brisbane Wool Market Shows March Price Hardening
Early March prices in Brisbane held firm into mid month with a clear hardening trend. The Brisbane Series opened March 27 and the Australian Estates and Mortgage Co. Ltd notes Western wools carried seed and vegetable faults but were thinly grown with earth waste. gown wools appeared, opening attractive and easing the otherwise thin offering.
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Srd
Brisbane
Australian Estates & Mortgage Co. Ltd
Auction Prices For Hides And Skins Cite Varied Rates
Auction listings show hides with prices by finish and weight ranges, calves, yearlings and sheep skins described with per pound and per hundredweight terms. Firm demand exists for woolly and crossbred varieties, with notable spreads between light and heavy categories and bids in old currency terms.
Easter recess and upcoming produce sales schedule
The last produce sale before Easter is on 11 April with a value of £937. The first sale after Barter will be hides on 26 April, followed by sheepskin and tallow on 1 April and a marsepal skins sale on 24 April. Subsequent sales will be held as usual.
Girl Flyer Honoured By Hindenbers Cup Award
The Hindenbers Cup for the best sporting talent of the past year has been awarded to a well known outstanding female athlete. The accolade recognises her achievements and marks a notable moment in local sports history.
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Hoetanila Sraifun
P. i
Furore
Alfred Street
R P Watson & Co. Farm Produce Buyers
Gatton
By Bes
Henry Wesge Oaten
Clifford Love & CD. Ltd
Germs Soest
Srdesr
School of Arts Hotel
Charleville Times” Printery
Germax
Ben
Woolgrowers of Australia
Australian Pastoral Research Trust Ltd
Brisbane Wool Market
Alred Street
Charleville
Tree” Office
Fhooes
Hanlon
Nye
CORP
Warde Obe
DUCE
Tee Hartwood
Eee Gentera
James Hardie
Lia
William Docker
the Downs Timber Co
Permanenre
Neale Brand
Benbow
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