Appeal for Help for Western Australia Children’s Home
A letter to the editor from Sister Madelein, Hon. Secretary of the Children’s Home Parkerville, appeals for urgent funds. She notes illness among children, rising living costs, and the need to maintain care and health for orphans and workers. Donations to the Parkerville home are gratefully accepted to keep the Children’s Home operating.
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Siviser
Eward Stove
Cml
Westrn
Australia
Parkerville
Madelinf
Children's Home
Black Letter Day In Post War Currency Change
A fragmentary item notes a “black letter day” phrasing from the Morning Post about currency reform dated September 1 1920. It references the abolition of the halfpenny and the introduction of a penny stamp and mentions shilling telegrams and changes in Rome Holland and international telegraph terms.
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Morning Post
Rome
Holland
Dalgett and Co Auction Sales Report Afloat
Dalgett and Co report mixed results from recent country auction sales including Mullens. Absent supply, demand for mutton rose keeping prices firm while overall values slipped slightly from the prior week. Pig offerings totaled 491, a larger yield than last week.
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Mullens
Cattle market report from Pier Street sale
Elder Beith and Co report cattle at Pier Street this week with strong demand for choice animals and firmer prices for medium sorts. Overall sales are slow with many store cattle remaining unsold as beef prices gain slightly.
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Elder
Beith Aad Co
Pier Strest
Pat Cattle Market Report
At Pat cattle market prices ranged across cattle types with choice quality weighty cows 15 to 16 pounds and beef cattle between 52s 6d per hundredweight and 48s for medium. Fair to good quality bulls and heifers showed prices from 9 to 20s, many lots moving at 10 to 15 pounds.
Fat stock market price report from Marion
Market notes show wethers priced from 2 shillings to 34 shillings 10 pence. God and other categories range 19 to 21 shillings. Medium stock listed 16 to 18 shillings 4 pence. Bevt merino ewes reported 1 shilling 9p to 20 shillings 3p.
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Marion Wethers
God
Merino Ewes
Dalgety and Ox report sale at Mullewa centre
Dalgety and Ox reported a December 15 sale at Mullewa centre where 3303 ewes on behalf of Meera Atkian Brox Ltd were offered, mostly from Mt Naryer station, with 930 Gascoyne store wethers and buyers from local pourers. Sheep were mainly straight off the shear, in good condition, selling to averages from 13/3 to 16/3 per head plus local ewes and wethers bidding up.
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Dalgety and
Meera
Atkian Brox Ltd
Margos
Fromt
Mt. Naryer Station
Veese
Gascoyne Store
Wes & Tait
A.C. Gillam
Gabyum
Aarden
Sharpe
Mallews
Tenching
Wengas Hille
Souther
Dietrieta
Pioneering aviators arrive as Western links advance
The article reports a 2160 mile flight from Melbourne to Perth completed in just over 19 hours, signaling future east west communication with relay stations. Lieut Briggs and Mr De Garis plan further pioneering work, eyeing Sydney and Kendemup, with De Garis’s land scheme framing optimistic Western growth.
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Perth
Molbourne ix
Melbourne
Nee
Australia
Fremantle
Australis
Lieut
Briggs
de Guris
Manning
Sydney
de Gario
Mme Chun
de Garis
Kendemup
Mle
de Garis Scceeds
Wers
Vacuum Oil Co
Freimantle
Sterco
Raibeay
Ebel
Tomagsimt
Dows
Bic
Seperme
Jeiges
Sheep Import Debate Reflects Wool Trade Tensions
A reader presses for import encouragement of top quality sheep, praising Australian breeds and breeders Tony Laner and Hawke while criticizing a rival Visitor for impracticable conditions. The letter cites Adelaide Melbourne Fremantown sales data and advocates boosting local wool production.
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Chillren's Hospital
Australis
Tony
Lanrer
Hawke
November rainfall shows light deficiency in coast and Midlands
Rainfall data for November reveals a light deficiency in the Coastal and Midlands districts. Datwallinu and other areas endured heavy thunderstorms, causing substantial registrations, with Datwallinu recording nearly four inches of rain.
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Datwallinu
The Steady Subscriber in Advance Payment
A playful ode to the loyal reader who pays ahead for the newspaper at year’s start. The piece jokes about the subscriber’s generosity and steady support, noting how the office relies on prepaid readers to fund timely delivery and cheer.
British Emigration Rush to Peru Consulate in London
British subjects flood the Peruvian Consul General in London with applications for emigration credentials. About fifteen hundred men and their families seek free transport and financial assistance pledged by the Peruvian government six works ago, as the first party of emigrants is offered.
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Peru
London
Cuigennia
Emigran
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