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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1949
Page
4
The Thewlay sale at Midland Junction saw firm prices for 152 mixed bullocks steers cows heifers and calves from the lower Murchison plus other good quality stock. Quotations ranged from 11/10 to 24/10 for medium to good weight bullocks and from 62/6 to 30 shillings per hundred for cows with rough stock lower.
Wethers were keenly sought though prices eased 1 to 2 per bend amid strong trade, with grazing wethers firm. Cattle and sheep prices fluctuated. best heavyweight lambs 38 to 43s, ewes 16 to 28s, cattle steers 14 to 19 pounds, cows 10 to 18 pounds, near steady overall.
Mtr. H. E. Braine, manager, reported a state wheat harvest estimate of 35,108,250 bushels for the season, compared with 4,304,820 bushels last year. The Ger alten zone production figures showed Bulk 4,492,154 bushels and lagged 7,500 bushels, with prior season figures in parentheses.
Race meeting at Caulfield includes Forrest Hurdle over two miles sixty five yards with horses such as Bell Tower, Minanalaes, Kenloof, Shot By, Mareula, Worrowing and others. Kingston Plate over five and a half furlongs features Fur Felt, Patron, Namki, Syrian Sun and more. One mile Astley with Noble Pr and Cromides listed. Deakin and Mitchell Handicaps with various runners. Starting times shown for Perth schedule at 11.1% a.m. 12 25 pm and subsequent intervals.
The record lists Saturday acceptor start times including 1:45 PM and 5:15 PM with several coded entries such as 2.2 and 4.40. It appears as a fragment from a meeting schedule with unclear context and multiple time codes.
Double Strand Pearl Necklets uncased priced 39/6 45 50 shillings. Cased Zennette £6 19/6 and £7. Treble Strand Pearl Necklets 59/6 with large Diamente Side Fastener £5 19/6, Cased £6 15/. Four Strand Pearl Necklet of Seed Pearls £2 17/6.
In a wartime postwar discussion Mayor J. McAlwer reports only one company housing unit completed and occupied since November 1947 while eighteen houses have been finished since the war’s end. Officials urge practical steps and criticise housing conditions amid ongoing construction delays.
A garbled OCR note references a daytime Capitol display in Washington. It mentions sanity, overstates, and a Maser AE phrase, but the readable fragment shows no clear event date, participants, or organization. Further readable details are unavailable.
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