Market reports from Sydney and Maitland stock sales
Commercial stock reports from Winchcombe Carson and Pitt Son and Badgery detail cattle yardings and prices. Meat prices ranged with vealers to 88 per 100 lb and bullocks to £1 19s 6d, while Maitland sold about 1200 fat cattle with prime bullocks to £17 and cows to £11 18s, calve prices varied across classes. Pigs ranged with heavy hogs to 17.0 and store pigs strong. war-time price trends noted with wholesale prices rising since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebush
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd
Maitland
A H and P Association Committee Meeting Highlights
The A H and P Association committee held a Friday session with members including J G Wilson and J J Atkins. They welcomed Alan Ridgeway, formed a supplementary committee, discussed show rights and ground fencing, planned cattle drafts with 40 head, and congratulated recent newlyweds and returning attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messra
J. G. Wilson
J. J. Atkins
E. Weekes
J. H. Farley
Howell
Alan Ridgeway
W. R. Irwin
J. A. Atkins
H. Muddle
W. Easton
Ken Boorer
Don Shaw
A. ©. Parish
Arch. McRae
H. McSwan
W. J. Henderson
F. G. Farley
British advance threatens Eritrean capital after Kassala win
London reports a British push into Eritrea after driving Italians from Kassala, a key 10,000 resident border town. Cairo says Lulusian garrison fled into Eritrea, with RAF raids on Asmara and Asab and bombing near Hargeisa. Intense patrols claim heavy enemy casualties as Italian positions collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sunda
Eritrea
Cairo
Kassala
Sudan
Ksassala
Port Sudan
Blue Nile
Theown
Italy
Asmara
Asab
Hallan
Red Sea
Hargeisa
Kassata
87 German dive bombers destroyed in Mediterranean action
Britain reports heavy losses for Nazi dive bombers in the Mediterranean nine days after entering the area. At least 87 German planes have been destroyed, including 12 shot down by the British Fleet Air Arm after a convoy attack, 40 destroyed at Catania Sicily, and 10 shot down in each of three Malta raids. The German force has been forced to divert fighters to Sicily to protect the bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Meiterranean
Meet Air Arm
Catania Aetrirome
Malta
Sicily
Italians at Tobruk Nervous Amid Daily British Contacts
British patrols report daily contact with enemy near Tobruk. the garrison shows nervousness as shelling erupts with each movement. Forces gain full defence detail, while supplies of guns and ammunition arrive for a planned attack. Capture of Italian airfields is aiding landing facilities at Solum and Bardia for supply operations.
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London
Tobruk
Solum
Bardia
Church Services Schedule Across Gloucester Area
A list of religious services across Gloucester and nearby locales. Times include 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. for Church of England in Gloucester and Memorial and special services in Stratford Stroud District Baptist Church and Presbyterian renewal on February 1st. Additional gatherings noted in Waukivory Magrant Creek Paddock Creek and Blakfield with names of pastors and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Gloucester
H.C
Waukivory
Canon Williamson
Methodist
Upper Barrington
Magrant Creek
Jarrett
Stratford
L. Griffin
Garsonsville
Hy Lynn
Blakefield
Mt. George
Paddock Creek
B. Martens
Stroud District
Taree Soldier Henry Plunkett Killed in Action
Pte. Henry Elwyn Plunkett, son of J. B. Plunkett, of the Taree walway staff, is the first local boy reported killed in action in the current war. He enlisted last year and sailed for the Middle East on 28 September. Also noted, the Upper Wallamba River Dairy Society paid 1/1 for choicest butter and 1/- for second-grade butter for December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Elwyn Plunkett
J. B. Plunkett
Taree Walway
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