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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
4
Metropolitan Markets reports 637 cattle sold at Midland Junction with very good yarding quality and steady to firm prices. Good mediumweight bullocks bring 23 to 24/10 per head, lightweights 20 to 21/10, cows 10 to 18 with tops to 22/12/8, and medium conditioned cows 10/10 to 12.
Nominations of sheep and lambs ran 6000 head over supply at Midland Junction fat stock sale on Wednesday. Prices eased by 2 to 3 shillings per head as buyers sought heavy lots. Graders competed for right aged sheep with good skins and values showed little change. 10 shillings for plain and light stock. Lambs yarded 10,408 with best heavy weights fetching 40 to 48 shillings per head, odd pens higher.
Doreen Hutchinson of Victoria District Hospital told Detective A L M Wedd at the Geraldton CLB office that a lady's wristlet watch valued at £5 was stolen from her room's dressing table last week.
A reflective portrait of Lord Howe Island describing its political isolation from civilization three hundred miles off the coast, its tax simplicity, cooperative shares for children, and self sufficiency in palm seed fish and crops. The piece recounts early settlement by whalers, controlled animal introduction, and the island’s lush flora and unique birds alongside its simple transport and carefree life.
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