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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
6
Keen competition marked Tuesdays sale of 304 cattle at Midland Junction with firm prices near last week’s highs for all good trade cattle. Yarding was mixed with few quality bullocks, steers, and cows. offerings mainly medium conditioned cows and poorer quality stock.
At Midian Junction fat stock sale on Wednesday lamb values fluctuated with a weaker opening but firming toward the close. Sheep yards totaled 9173 with wethers and ewes showing varied weights and prices while 494 lambs brought mixed bids, strongest weights reaching up to 45 shillings.
British distillers will receive an extra 200000 tons of barley for whisky over the next year, raising allocations to meet export demand. The higher output aims to restore capacity, with all increased production scheduled for overseas markets as spirits exports resume near prewar levels.
Attendance at the Geraldton Mission to Seamen annual meeting in Institute Hall rose with the bishop away. Rev Grey chaired. Rev Hutchison spoke on the Flying Angel mission and four freedoms, praising Western Australia for garments and shipboard aid. Executive officers were re-elected, the eleventh annual report noted stable finances with donations and canteen success. balance stood at £218 7s 8d.
A large local wedding took place at the Nanson Catholic Church on the twelfth of the month. Miss Shirley Lilian Barndon and Mr. Gordon James Clancy were married in a ceremony attended by district residents. The bride wore lace and a long veil, with her sister as bridesmaid and Hetty Murphy as flower girl. Best man was W. Bardon. A reception followed at Nanson Hall with toasts, gifts, and a three tier cake from the groom’s grandmother. The couple left for a honeymoon and planned to settle in Nannon.
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