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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1925
Page
4
Yarded 414 cattle and 5 616 sheep with 1910 lambs and 766 pigeons and 249 calves at foot. Prices cited for beef vary from 42/6 to 50 per 100 weight. cows and heifers reach up to 57/6. Horses and farm stock noted with fluctuating figures and quality remarks.
A fragment references the Institute active for 31 years and the Braille Society. It notes an appeal for funds and calls on workers and members of the community to support ongoing blind assistance work. The text is garbled but conveys a push to sustain the organization and its mission.
A garbled text fragment from a cattle market listing shows pricing ranges for different weights and grades, with references to dealers and companies such as Dalgety Limited, Mort & Co, and other unclear entities. The legible items include per head prices and weight categories, but many words are corrupted.
Market quotes list various beef and mutton prices and weights. Beef best medium weight and fair quality, mutton best wether, pork weights and prices noted. Prices shown as bids and reads vary by lot and shop, reflecting early market conditions.
A clearing sale at Bowes offered in factory prices horses belonging to a droving plant and light sort in poor condition. The sheep included a pen of well woolled forward to fat wethers with a price of 35/9. A total of 15 horses, 4 cattle and machinery were also on offer with items passing in.
Prom sale at their Northam ton Yanks on Wemnenluy afternoon July 22. Only a small yarding but good quality with mostly young sheep. Attendance light but competition better. one line of wethers at 20/1 bid declared. Prices realized include hoggets 31/8 31/3 wether 20/0 24/4 mixed sex young sheep 35/6 aged ewes 27/-. They sold 371 sheep and 3 horses.
Kider Smith and Co report verdarted market activity at Sabines on June 17 with 43 cattle wanted at two dormer and 30 cattle sold at price 13 per eevee. Onttie mentions medium quality dairy cows in trade.
Notes report the Mainkund Walker party building a three headed mill as they construct and dewater the mine. The team has relieved pumping strain after applying a solid cement tone to treat the site.
The Minister for Mines stated he is reviewing exemptions for Temsen and related areas. He said he has asked for further information from a company about exemption requests and reported that only about 1,000 samples were examined. He referenced five areas covered on a recent trip and two leases taken during the tour.
In Central Queensland the Clermont district reports a likely oil shale discovery during water boring at Hillview ten miles from the town. Shale struck at depth of feet yielded crude oil when retorted and burned freely. Minister for Mines says analysis shows oil from shale, best deposit yet found in the area, with Boma shale giving 40 to 50 gallons per ton.
Mir George Buchanas reports from Australia that many small ports remain unfinished along the coast and that the nation must decide which ports will define its maritime future. He cites Rio de Janeiro and Sydney Harbour as benchmarks and urges coordinated development rather than ad hoc expansion.
The council pursued a plan to make real schooling mandatory for blind children as with sighted children. The Braille Society notes its ongoing work, including support for homes for the blind and the higher cost of producing Braille materials. A significant funding gap remained last year, totaling nearly £4,000.
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