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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1932
Page
12
A guidance note for Fordson tractor owners on prep and maintenance before harvest. It stresses proper overhauls, alignment, and part replacements via Motor Tractors Ltd, advising dealers for genuine Fordson components and ensuring reliable power and fuel efficiency.
Values at Homebush held steady for prime and good quality sheep and lambs on Monday with softer rates for other classes. Offered stock totalled 42 000. Cattle supplies stood at £360 with prices unchanged. Winchcombe Carson Ltd note hoof at the yards with mutton 1d to 19d per lb, hoggets 19d to 24d, suckers to Abe, and beef prices from 22/ to 32 per cwt for prime beef. yearling beef 27/ to 32. cow beef 24/ to 28.
A city office ad promotes letterheads account books and receipts at Advocate office prices. Handbikes are advertised at city rates to cater to local needs, with emphasis on affordable supplies for businesses and individuals.
A rough OCR summary of a wool auction held last Monday at Winchcombe. The district buyers include Charles O’Neil Murga Hodges Hodges Cookamidgera Simpson M Williamacz and T F Larkings Loom. Lots listed cover ewes wethers hoggets and broken wool with various bids and prices across multiple consignments.
The report notes wool prices in Australian currency have fallen between prewar and postwar averages, with costs and interest rising for wool production. It recommends freight reductions, cautious credit expansion, and a continuation of price supports via state action, while rejecting a broad government loan or bounty due to debt and cost concerns.
A summary from a wartime era report discusses costs of administration and discrimination among wool producers. It covers BAWRA and BAWRA's role, market operations, prices from 1921 to 1940s, a failed minimum reserve price, and proposals for a Commonwealth Wool Executive with state representation. It notes possible export controls and hints at future conclusions.
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