Wool market steadies as prices ease and demand reshapes
The year sees wool values easing with Sydney catalogues yielding satisfactory results. Copper, tin, lead and cotton rise in English currency while wool's pace shifts. spinners resist price cuts and England drives the strongest improvement. Brisbane auction dates shift to March and May with 55,000 bales planned each sale.
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Sydney
Cotten
Euurope
England
Germany
Forthcomier
Brisbane
Asx Jt
Meat Export Merger Rumors Roil Australian Meat Trade
The Ages reports on the proposed merger of Weddell & Co and Anglis Pty Ltd as Australian meat exporters consider options amid speculation. The piece notes fears of reduced operators, but argues consolidation could boost efficiency and demand for Australian meat, while stressing producers may bear eventual costs.
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Weddell & Co
Anglis, Pty
Amiiz Meal Company
Orpcaanissat
Australia
Frar
Atte
Ottawa
Willie Factor
Pre War Espionage in Britain by German Spies
British counter espionage details a 1910 German Imperial visit guarded by Scotland Yard. A German official, tracked to a barber shop used to relay mail from Berlin, was uncovered as British agents read correspondence. Germany’s spy network in England operated secretly as Britain monitored the entire web while preparing for war.
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Laden
Murual
Scottoed Yant
Royal
Imperial
Scotland Yard
M_ Krust
England
Berlin
Great Britain
M_ rust
Bertin
Britain
Emel
Orme
Boeheme
Enelath
France
War Math Riddle From 19th Century Note
A puzzling note cites the Zulu War starting in May and lasting one year, then the Boer War in 1902, and the Great War in 1914. It instructively adds separate digits to reach year dates, asking what happened next after a sequence of arithmetic prompts.
Squeaks Stop at Banquet Prank by Ventriloquist
Frederick McCabe, a ventriloquist, toured aboard a Fiver steamer where he befriended the engineer. A squeak in the engine prompted a prank, the engineer squirting oil on the back of McCabe’s joker, ending the squeaks. The tale closes with a Gim colony banquet in Los Angeles as Mae West quips humorously about love.
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Frederick McCabe
Aloo
Mctabe
Offean
McCabe
Lino Angeles
U.S.A
Mae Wrst
Mount Prices trek sparks youth patrols in Victoria
Duro notes a biking trip near Mount Prices involving Jo Davies and Victoria Scouts. The account mentions a defense of parity and a notable stake in a distinct event. Leaders demonstrated two methods as part of a communal effort amid unclear details.
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Jo Davies
Feo Fanz
Omar
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