Metropolitan MEMS and Railways Dilemma in Australia
The piece discusses a ministerial shift toward motor bus interests impacting rail and tram services, with criticism of policy, financial strains, and debates over government water and jury reforms. It notes Labour and Nationalist dynamics, a Royal Commission on agricultural water, and local electoral implications amid rising costs and public skepticism.
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Willevek
Hy Windently
Itra
Geraldton
Perth
Labor
Fm Anowhall
Egeren
Taylor
Walter
Néice
Collier
Latham
Inguin
Rapat
Wateets
I Nation
Lost Lode of Monte Carlo Gold Found at Cue
Gustav Carlson and his son Augustus strike a promising gold-bearing lode near Cue Western Australia after years of prospecting. Carlson, born in Sweden, endured rough seas and repeated setbacks, chasing the elusive “El Dorado” in the Cue district. The discovery followed a long drive and careful digging, with a quartz parcel revealing gold nodules and hinting at a major lode running from the old brewery area toward Day Dawn and the Pearling Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Carlton
Monte Carlo Bank
Cue
Carrie
Perth
Max
Sweden
Gustav Carlson
Gipps- Jana
Cup
Fingal
Geruni
Tor
Digger
Carlon
Lax
Manny
Carlson
Augustus
Ani
Caledonia
Tauo
Mine finds spark in valley near town amid ore myth
A derelict report notes a shaft reaching deep into a southwesterly vein where gold emerges. The passage hints at a lease quarter miles from town, nestled in a valley between ridges, with ore of blue white and yellow. The dialogue mentions Rhea Devon, Monte Carlo Bank, and family ties to Premont’s railway work as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhea Devon
Carlton
Waller
Premont
Sheep and Livestock Sale Listings at Local Yard
A historical market report notes steady bidding with total clearance in sheep, pigs, and cattle. Attendance from buyers was average, featuring prices for fat wethers, hoggets, aged ewes, Baronet porkers, and beef cattle, with totals showing 1,849 sheep, 18 cattle, 1 horse sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebter
Ainith & Cie Ei
Sole
Baronets
Subiaco Horse and Market Report
Hilder Smith & Co Ltd report yarding of 20 cattle and 28 horses at this week’s market. The market showed a slight improvement with a fair percentage of good sorts and prices firmer. Quotations list best young cows £13 to £15 10, medium £5 3 to £12, small low £4 to £7 5, dry cows £4 to £12. market for work horses steady with prices £12 40 to £16, delivery sorts £7 to £10, broken in £3 to £5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilder
Il Damon
Quotatone
Cattle Sale Totals Reported By Balgoty & Co and Lewis Ltd
A listing notes Balgoty & Ltd selling 214 cattle with prices ranging from £11 to £28 7/6 and Lewis Ltd selling 35 cattle. The figures show various weights and price bands, including fair weighty cows at £17 to £18 10 and fair medium cows around £1 5 6 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balgoty & Ltd
Eked Lewis, Ltd
Midland Junction saleyard sheep and cattle sale report
At Midland Junction yard, 5,132 sheep 4,768 lambs 12 pigs and 732 cattle sold. Attendance full, some consignments late. Merino wethers from Carnarvon fair, others from Midland and nearby lines. Prices weaker overall with small firming early, then decline about 1s 2d per head. Hoggets and pigs mixed quality. heavy cattle and stores also traded, with fat cows £21-£22 in good condition and lighter weights easing to £14-£15. Stores and bacon types held firm to slightly lower, porkers firmer than late rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Junction
Carnarvon
Keen
Yeinis
Australian Livestock Prices and Sales Report
Valuation figures for 24 year old steers and various livestock categories listed by multiple firms. Prices range from £3 to £9 plus, with entries for lambs, lambs, vealers, and pigs. Firms include Victorian Farmers Ltd and Dalgety & Co Ltd, noting totals of sheep, lambs, pigs, and cattle sold.
King Alfred Skids in Slang Fable from Merry Go Round
In a playful excerpt from F W Thoms new book Merry Go Round Putnam the author riffs on King Alfred in American slang. The tale paints Alf as a flashy monarch with riches and misadventures as he falls and rises, using brisk humor and vivid streetwise imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Thoms
Putnam
King Alfred
Cope
Husband
Bay
Alf
Alfie
Kinga
Don’t Neglect Treatment Prompts Military Aid and Rescue
Fragmentary OCR text references care, treatment, and rescue efforts involving a group or nation. It mentions tears, a Grit peparation, and Pilon and hundreds saved, suggesting a wartime or emergency context but lacking clear names or dates.
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Dalgety & Co., Ltd
Lesdas
Liter Advasem Uinkats
Aed Cay
Galse
Ith
Wolsey
Koorts
Ferrier
Yeemantle
Elder, Smith & Co., Limited
Burns Philp. & CO
Isaets Boe
P. & C. Steam Navigation Company, Limited, Lloyd's, London
Mangh
Queeneland Insurance Co, Ltd
Fim, Marina, Asckiunt
Live Australian Mutual, Providest Society
Lite
Inurance
Armitage
Bagot, Shakes & Lewis
Aving C
Western Australisa
Bogle Bros
Hupmobile
Ledue
MEMS
Osborne
D. McDonald
Monte Carlo
Peake Hill
New South Wales
Western Australia
Australia
Nabawa
Subiaco
Market
Ventralian Farmers, Ltd
Wallut
Bagot, Shakey & Lewis, Ltd
Elder, Smith & Go., Ltd
Sald
Dalgety, & Go, Ltd
West Australia
Commercial Union Buildings
St. Georg
Herman & CO
Agen
Alf Levy
J. Fitzpatrick & CO
Globe Brewery Limited
Lesally
Weges
Fiewwend
Commonwealth Iis Bank
Prinnion
Amd Tome Af
Ee SD
Lee Savi Bank Department
SSS Ser
Ee Searls
Kangaroo
Charles Hormann
Seveys
The
Westralian Farmers Limited
WFL
Wellington Street
Arceres
Gemidton Wardone
Commedions
Freemantle
WES
Moent Lyell
Weno
Wcrance
National al. Om
New Zealand
Binier
Gmurahce Company, Limited
Army and Navy
Ee Crooks Sy Brooker L
Ana
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