02 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
1
B W Bennett announces a brickmaking venture on the Chapman River managed by Mr Hy Pridmore with lengthy experience. The firm offers pressed bricks in any quantity or design at current rates and promises prompt supply of well known bricks.
A fragment describes steamship lines by ports and approximate sailings, with notices from leading UK manufacturers and merchants. It advertises the London Directory Co and offers to mail current editions freight paid on a postal order. Agencies invited. trade cards or larger ads available. Irish Moss is also listed.
Fragmentary travel note describing a hotel near the railway station and passenger trains stopping for 16 minutes at Eradu. The OCR yields limited readable facts about local transit and lodging.
A transcribed interview with Mr Buckland and the Western Australian milling official outlines Western Australia’s export plans for flour and its freight considerations. They discuss shipping in 2000s bags of flour to Africa and London, a shift toward Far Eastern markets, and the impact of freight costs on pricing. They emphasize WA flour quality, mill costs, offal byproducts, and optimistic price prospects with higher crop yields.
Dalgety and Co Ltd report week ending September 27 in Melbourne and the UK, noting firm wheat markets, high prices for prime grades, and active yardings with trucks varying in value. Prime wheat in consignments from £3 12s 6d, up to £8 19s per ton for top lots. oats supply exceeds demand with few buyers, while oats of good quality fetch the top rates.
The report lists prices for various grains and cat eams, noting high rates for locals and continued demand for Tasmanian products. It cites Fremantle import terms, whole and crushed forms, and prices for white cat and garout products, with prices per ton and per unit in shillings and pence and references to market conditions.
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