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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1948
Page
1
At Midland Junction fat stock sale on Tuesday buyers reported price stability with 641 cattle yarded. Medium to heavy bullocks in good condition dominated, with several pens of quality steers and lightweight bullocks. Prices ranged from 7 to 18 guineas for different weights and qualities, with cows and heifers well represented though plain cows were scarcer.
At Midland Junction fat stock sale smaller sheep numbers held steady with prices unchanged despite lighter lamb and cattle supplies. A total of 6,157 lambs yarded, quality similar to last week, while 170 cattle and numerous vealers and young stock were penned with mixed quality and quotes across weight ranges.
Goldsbrough Mort & Co reports its monthly market at Narngulu held Wednesday with about 5000 sheep yarded and 32400 sold under the hammer. Buyers attended from Moora Three Springs Yaninooka Dongara Perenjori Murals Muffewx and Geraldton districts. Wethers ranged heavy weight early shorn 41 to 45 shillings per head with young and Merino kinds noting varied prices and keen bidding throughout the sale.
Wickepin and Yealering become first WA towns to implement a forty four hour week. Farmers in the districts favor longer week lay trading with shops opening on Saturday mornings.
A blaze gutted a workshop at Stine SANS mills Molsoake near Molsoake yesterday afternoon. Firefighters fought multiple fires across Leach-West this week, with about £2000 in damage. Authorities report a rolling fire hazard from dried timber and stubble, threatening summer stock and farm operations. Fire control teams traced the blaze to a locomotive and shed area, with losses estimated at £700 for equipment and a mill engine. The buildings were insured and production at the Sawmills was not expected to halt. Fire crews in the Minjurra district have battled sporadic fires since Saturday.
A prewar radiant heating boom spreads across the United States with 20000 houses built without radiators gaining comfort through radiant panels. Hot water or air heats walls and ceilings, emitting heat waves to objects rather than room air, promising less dust and draughts. The system is praised as a major health advance with widespread installations in homes, stores, churches, and even cars, driven by cost despite high initial outlays.
Research chemists convert apple, pear and peach peels into a waste kin from primes to produce vitamin B sources for cattle feed.
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