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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1936
Page
6
The wool trade reports sales totaling about 3.4 million pounds with September 1985 figures indicating strong season momentum. Projections for the season aim to exceed 50 million pounds, with sales in Melbourne Sydney Perth Adelaide and other centers continuing through October.
In New South Wales a large rabbit skin sale yielded about £15,000 for a period from March to August. Best pelts sold at high rates with meat-heavy pelts at 7/6 to 8/ per th. middle pelts 5/6 to 6/6. tail pelts 3/ to 5. The trade was led by Frank Auckett of Paterson, with buyers from Gloucester to Mount George and a top single pelt value around £5 0s 6d. The episode highlights the rabbit pest as a potential mining-like opportunity for Australia.
The October issue of The Steering Wheel and Society examines aviation progress and its future in Australia. It highlights a model aeroplane, discusses British motor show highlights at Olympia and offers an American tariff view. It also includes a Q and A on farming, hunting, and a profile of the first archdeacon of New South Wales Thomas Hobbes Scott.
The article surveys wool markets with Japan buying and Britain and Australia negotiating terms. It notes uncertain supply, shifting demand, and the danger of exaggerated claims affecting prices. It discusses Australia Britain and Japan relations, trade barriers, and the need for self sufficiency in manufacturing while highlighting interlinked industrial relations across nations.
A 16 length Canadian artwork titled Substitute for Cork portrays a design featuring cork and poplar wood coated with cellulose. The piece is described as painted with a branched sculpture and a bridge motif, reflecting experimental material use and abstract form.
The Cairns market reported strong cattle selling last Thursday with quality bullocks and cows achieving higher bids. Multiple consignors including Dalgety & Co and Levine Quilpie posted varied prices from 21 to 33 shillings per hundredweight, with keen demand for heifers and fat cattle and a notable total sale exhibiting solid export trade potential.
Visitors to town are urged to inspect Coorey’s Bargains offering Lalit Milan vests and ladies’ slips. The ad lists ladies cotton singlets, men’s athletic singlets, towels, washed fabric items, ladies’ white blankets, pink and blue fabrics, table cloths, cakes, and soup products from local suppliers.
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