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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1949
Page
6
Market at Midland Junction sold 735 cattle on Tuesday with steady values. Most offerings were bullocks and cows and a small mix of vealers. prices ranged from 24 to 30 guineas for heavy bullocks and up to about 28 guineas for medium weights, with cows fetching around 28 guineas and light weights lower.
Fat stock market at Midland Junction saw lamb values fall with best light weights easing 4d and heavyweights down 5d. Sheep quality was lower than last week, top ewes and wethers competed, cattle unchanged. Wethers 48d-50d heavy, ewes 42d-45d heavyweight, lambs seen 42d-47d for suckers and 28d-38d for lightweights. Cattle steers £20-£27, down £11-£14 for lower grades.
Professor Ba, dean of Rangoon University Faculty of Education, praises Britons as a virile, just, law respecting people with sympathy for the underdog and notes England remains a nation to reckon with in a BBC feature.
In a tense reading of Ambrose Demaine's will solicitor Graveson reveals legacies to Latimer and the housekeeper Benson while the bulk of the fortune sits in trust for a year. If Roger Demaine is cleared of crime, the money flows to charities. if not, Mrs. Demaine and Latimer face strict limits and future disputes erupt amid Latimer's defiant protests.
In a tense reading before a gathered group, Mrs Benson presents a copy of a will two weeks before Ambrose Demaine’s death. Lawyer Graceson questions its validity against the earlier document, revealing the real will naming Helen Benson as heiress while others react with shock and suspicion.
A fragmentary meditation on morning innocence as youth awaken, contrasted with a late morning weariness. The narrator notes a quiet gentleness and unguarded expression in a friend, then observes the strain and fatigue etched on older faces as life proceeds.
A playful look at literary works from John Paddy Carstalrs John Kennedy Franxe Dale and Major G F Mappin. The piece highlights humorous and dramatic novels with light commentary on themes of wealth love and morality. It mentions The Echo is the Cup The Golfing You and other titles along with brief character and plot notes.
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