MAITLAND AND SYDNEY STOCK SALES REPORTS
Sydney yarding shows improved cattle quality yet dull demand with prices down. Maitland fat cattle yarding measures 925 head including prime heavy bullocks, lightweight stock scarce, buyers active, best heavy bullocks to 48 11, prime to 25s per 100lb, pigs medium quality with bacon pigs firm at last rates, calves moderate supply with best heavy calves 25 to 35/6. London meanwhile records 26 air raids in World War I with 22 bombs dropped, 624 killed and 1264 injured.
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Ebush Stour
Sydney
Maitland
London
Advertising has made Australian goods popular in Britain
Mr A B Hyland told Melbourne Rotary Club of an eight year plan to popularise Australian produce in England. He recounted surveys, shop openings selling only Australian goods, free picture shows, and widespread demonstrations. By 1934 Australian butter, dried fruit, and canned fruit all surged, despite strong overseas competition, with farmers exporters and packers driving quality improvements.
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England
A. B. Hyland
Great Britain
Rotary Club
Melbourne
Hyland
London
Glasgow
Australia
Britain
Price Of Gold Reaches Record In London And Australia
Gold soared to a record high in London on Saturday at fstg7a/11 per fine ounce surpassing Friday’s peak. Australian consignments realized 8/17/4 Australian per fine ounce, said to be the highest price ever paid in Australia. Lost treasures: over £3,000,000 of precious objects disappeared during the transfer of China’s state treasure from Peking to Shanghai in 1933, police seek museum director and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Australia
Peking
Shanghai
Marseilles
Why Send Your Orders Away
A promotional notice from 1. COOTE, JEWELLER, GLOUCESTER urging customers to compare city prices. It claims trials will prove supplier sufficiency and catalogs are kept on hand with guaranteed satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coote
Hide and Skin Buyer Ad for Gloucester Market
H. Smith acting for Waterson Easton and Co advertises as Gloucester hide and skin buyer. Offers best prices and invites sellers to contact the firm for assessment and payment terms.
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Waterson, Easton & CO
Gloucester
Border gold rush sparks survey around Galashiels and Melrose
Reports of strong alluvial gold traces in moors near Galashiels and Melrose prompt Edinburgh capital to fund a full-area survey. Nuggets reportedly panned from the Yarrow River, with one man declaring gold valued over £200 in three years. Local miners, led by Leadhills tradition, believe the borders host a vast lode with ancient roots.
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Scotiana
Galashiels
Melrose
Edinburgh
Yarrow
Scotland
Borders
Lendhills
North Sea
Leadhills
Leadhill
Leadhilly
Tragedy in Indian jungle fatal shooting during hunt
Mrs. Withers wife of Lieutenant H C Withers Royal Engineers was shot dead by her brother during a hunting party near Bareilly in Washipur India. The 80 year old had been in India only a month. Lieutenant Withers son of Lt Col Withers and a Macleod family member.
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Bareilly
Washipur
Withers
H. C. Withers
Royal Engineers
MacLeod
Blackheath
Army
Amazing tests on sheep reveal life after electric shock
For seven years Bell Telephone Laboratory and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre scientists have electrocuted sheep and revived them with counter electric shocks. Repeated death and revival occur without harm to the animals as experiments explore organ responses to shock. Human application is impractical due to time and on scene equipment needs.
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Bell Telephone Laboratory
America
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre
Nurse Grace Brett Dies After Rose Thorn Injury
Grace Brett a 36 year old nurse at Earlwood died February 12 from septicaemia after being pricked by a rose thorn in her own garden. The City Coroner recorded accidental injury as the cause of death. A London cinema section now features a dog nursery with cubicles, attendants, and daily clean straw.
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Grace Brett
Earlwood
London Picture House
Hts
Manchester Bargains Sale Offers Many Fabric and Cloth Deals
A humorous catalogue style list details discounted fabric items and household textiles. Items include 29in art sp un silk in multiple colors with sale, 28in check ta ffea and dress linens, 38in uh fabric Tobralco, checks, and ginghams with sale prices. Home fabrics, towels, table cloths, and boys and men’s jackets show marked reductions, with notable prices and color options.
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Tasma and Stromberg Carlson
the City Radio
A. G. Turner
W. Batger
Church Street
Advocate
THE
Gloucester Advocate
Barrington ST
H. Smith
Hide & Skin Buyer
Ottish Border Area
Jungle
Man
Saxe
Manchester
Dickie
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