Stock Markets Moderate Offering of Cattle at Midland Junction
At Midland Junction on Tuesday agents yarded 488 cattle with a larger share from the South West and some from the lower Midlands. The market showed firmer demand for top stock, with metropolitan buyers present and country bidders steady on last week’s rates. Major consignors included Rider, Smith and Co with 278 cattle, Dalgety and Co with 40, Goldsbrough, Mart and Co, and Westralian Farmers Ltd.
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Midland Junction
Midlands
Rider, Smith and Co
Wid
Dalgety and Co
Goldsbrough, Mart and Co
Westralian Farmers Ltd
West
Funeral rites mark Pius XI death across world
Reports from Perth describe the Pope Pius XI funeral with Roman rites led by Archbishop Premoiville at St Marys Cathedral. Observances spread from Vatican Basilica to distant posts as clergy and faithful mourned the late pope, praising his spiritual leadership and support for missions.
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Perth
Pius XI
Rowe
Americ
Vatican
St. Peter's
Port
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Propaganda Calles
Rome
Pensioners Urged To Use Mahomet’s Flat Camp Reserve
Health committee recommends reserving Mahomet’s Flat for coastal campers and pensioners, with a sanitary camp service and weekly charges for all campers. A caretaker, arranged by the health inspector, would collect contributions. private-site camps to be halted to move natives to the reserve. The Inspector’s orders to condemn unsuitable camps to be enforced.
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Mubowet
Fn Ie Municipal Council
Inet
Mahonet’s
Ndt
Mahomet's
Mahonet
Mahomet
Midiam Junction Sheep Auction Sees Higher Wages and Fewer Lambs
At Midiam Junction on Wednesday the sheep tally reached 4 702, 1 000 fewer than the previous sale. Quality matched last week with many ewes and wethers offered. buyers faced higher prices as weather limited forward sales. Lambs numbered 2 502, down 1 200, with heat lambs opening firmer and rising 2 8 to 3 dearer by closing. Cattle included cows, heifers, and bulls with price levels steady to higher. slips, stores, and weaners also ample and firm.
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Midiam Junction
Adios UA
Hale
Solemn Requiem Mass Held at St Marys Cathedral
In Sydney at St Marys Cathedral a Solemn Requiem Mass for the late Pope drew over 8,000 mourners inside the packed cathedral, with 5,000 more gathered outside on the buttresses to hear Archbishop Gilroy’s panegyric amplified for the crowd.
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Sydney
St. Mary's Cathedral
Outaide
Gilroy
Vatican Racial Question Speech Drafted by Pius XI
The text reports that Pope Pius XI prepared a strong speech condemning dictatorship views on the racial question. He planned to read it to Italian bishops on February 12 but, nearing death, locked the document in his desk with secret instructions for later distribution to the bishops.
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Rome
Pius XI
Geraldton Roman Catholic Mass for Pope Pius XI
Special services were held at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral Geraldton for the soul of Pope Pius XI. Bishop OCollins led the Solemn Requiem Mass with a clergy lineup and choir of Stella Maris Codexe. rain prevented several priests from attending from remote parishes.
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Pope Pius XI
Geraldton
O'Collins
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Monsignor Hawes
Father Bryan
Byrne
Yalgoo
Anthony
Tardun
Gallagher
Sharry
Wilma
Alford
Cue
Halpin
Mt. Magnet
Lynch
Three Springs
Albert
Twngarra
O'Mahony
Northampton
Mourmner Hawes
Greenough
Father Prendergast
St. John of God Hospital
Contour banks curb soil erosion at Nabawa station
At Chapman Research Station Nabawa farmers tested contour banks on a 4 slope paddock to slow runoff and divert water. By December 1988 heavy rain caused minimal soil wash as runoff was checked and guided to outlets, preventing topsoil loss despite stubble cover.
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Chapman
Nabawa
Chapman Research Station
N. Davenport
Under carriage jammed pilot survives Croydon landing
London report says a British Airways airliner at Croydon faced a jammed undercarriage during approach. Captain J Beott struggled two hours with dives and turns to position the gear. Passengers were warned of possible crash as the plane landed on one wing at ninety mph, rested upright, no injuries though aircraft damaged.
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London
British Airways
Croydon
J. Beott
Italian policy shifts after pope death and Minorca crisis
Rome reports Mussolini may alter a planned Turin speech as the pope’s death and Spain’s occupation of Minorca reshape home and foreign policy. In London, observers link the papal death to delays in Italy pursuing grievances against France.
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Rome
Nmwiciala
Mussolini
Turin
Minorca
London
Italy
France
Federal tax prospects for 1939 40 budget
Melbourne notes the Federal Cabinet likely to propose a significant increase in the 1939-40 budget to finance defence and national insurance, with no immediate addition to taxes in the current financial year unless a dramatic revenue collapse occurs before June.
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Melbourne
Defence
State and Federal Back Aid for Broome Pearlers
Premier J C Willcock said the state will cooperate with the commonwealth on a plan to aid the pearling industry. The government will match the commonwealth grant of 530 pounds to assist Broome pearlers.
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Perth
J. C. Willcock
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