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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 13, 1920
Page
4
After the Great War in 1918 the Walkaway Hall committee funded a new build by a debt of over £250. A bazaar on October 20 raised funds with stalls across Greenough Walkaway and the Ugly Man's effort, totaling over £200 from half a day’s work and lottery-like votes.
Palgety and Co dated November report notes seasonable rains in Kimberleys. overlanding near completion and Kimberley cattle season almost finished as small consignments arrive from Roebourne and Caronvo n. At Copleys Siding 750 cattle booked, owner withdrew 250. Market dull, opening values aligned with last week. prices for heavy bullocks ranged to £17 17s 6d, midweights to £15 10s, best beef to £16 to £17 17s 6d. Sheep firmer by 1s to 3s per head, lambs firmer. Prices per 100 lb vary with quality from 45s to 40s, medium quality 27s 6d.
Fat stock figures show cromsbred wethers at 17 to 18 shillings with some higher, merino wethers local at 18 to 19 shillings, good lines around 14 to 15 shillings, and merino ewes mainly 12 to 16 shillings. Best suckers in wool range 39 to 20 shillings, with shorn stock 16 to 18 shillings and light ends 11 to 12 shillings.
Lord Dudley IL a 26 hand square-guited trotter earned First Prize ax Coaching Stallion and First ax Trotting Stallion at the recent show. He also took second place in the principal Trotting Handicap amid strong competition.
Fat cattle values lack improvement for weeks as fat market remains heavy. Sheep and lambs sale shows 5000 Gascoyne store wethers, off shear yarding with some quality gains, keen inquiry, and firm closing prices. Pigs total 725 with easier opening and selective demand for good quality stock across the yard.
Market at Kwinana yarded 481 cattle and many pens were withdrawn. 285 cattle sold. Quality mixed with milk cows selling well while medium stock easier. Horse prices steady with good young stock strong. aged and light sorts weak. Midland Junction yarded 10 721 sheep and 5126 lambs. overall quality indicated.
Dalgety and Co report a Walkaway sale of about 1197 sheep on Mr W Mc Donald's account. The woolly sale saw 781 wethers fetch 19 shillings 6 pence and hoggets sell to 13 shillings 6 pence amid light attendance and limited ale sales.
Elder Smith and Co. held a special sale at Yalgoo for A C Gillam of Gabyon station Warars. They offered Gabyon station ewes from two teeth to aged. Good attendance enabled sale of 3900 sheep at prices 1 year 7 sh 3d, 2 year 8 5d, 4 year 7 3d, ewes by age 13 6d, aged ewes in low condition 6 9d.
A croquet club delegation led by Mrs Baker Mrs Stokes and Mrs Day told the Municipal Council the lawn’s condition worsened after top dressing and water shortages. Officials planned to pump water from Green’s well to the croquet tank while the works well supply was addressed. A General Purposes Committee inquiry and a future fix were ordered. The meeting closed with a light exchange about marriage.
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