Melbourne share market chaos and terse notes
Spec wire reports Melbourne trading activity with scattered figures and shorthand names. Amalgamated holdings, various tickers, percentages, and fractions appear in a fragmented ledger style update.
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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
5
Spec wire reports Melbourne trading activity with scattered figures and shorthand names. Amalgamated holdings, various tickers, percentages, and fractions appear in a fragmented ledger style update.
Fragmented market wire text lists prices and quantities for produce as of the reporting period. The garbled data mentions wheat, corn, and other commodities with per ton figures and supplier names obscured.
Senator Mallon protests censorship of a statement about a factory. He says the instruction was not about political criticism and that the minister indicated no intent to suppress opinions. The episode centers on misinformed guidance and the appropriate limits of censorship.
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise mercery goods and footgear with a shop address and agents. It mentions Bealy, Palloring Mercery and Hoota, and a dyeing and cleaning service by FE H. Lawrence. The text lacks coherent context but implies a local tradesman directory entry.
Mr Pang may be consulted by letter. Telephone 124, Ararat. Next Visit Friday, June 4.
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