Wool Auction Report from Goldabrough Mort and Co
Goldabrough Mort and Co report final sale of a 4767 bale wool series drawn from Walcha Central West Southern Tablelands and Par Western districts. Prices showed 5 percent dearer for best fleece and skirtings, 0.5 percent dearer for others. top price 17d for 14 bales of Sup Co WTA from TA F India Congi New England brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldabrough, Mort and Co. Ltd
Walcha
West
Tablelands
Par
Breadalbane
Queanbeyan
Sup Co
India
New England
T. A. Field Ltd
Woolbrook
A. Field
Fongi
San Co
G. & R Crawford Walcha
J. .A. Geddes
Tower Manilla
Capt Bryant recalls African hunts and near misses
Captain Bryant, a former refinery manager with five years in service, recounts perilous moments in African wilds. He describes lion sightings at Mta Rika on the Lugenda River, a fragile sleep in a ruined shack, and dangerous river crossings with native troops on the Zambezi and Lugenda, including boats under fire and hippos and crocodiles in northern rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
TN Africa
Lugenda
Germany
Tion
Serengiti Wains
Kenya “Colony
Taganyike
Vance
Lugandi
Chindiv
Zambesi
After Baby Came Mother Ponders Weight and Health
A fragmented ad style piece describes a new mother lamenting weight gain after childbirth and considering remedies to restore her figure. It mentions internal organs functioning, gentle care, and a product Kruschen Saltain advertised at 2/9 per bottle available in stores.
William Caxton Father of English Printing
William Caxton, famed as father of English printing, produced about ninety three books and translated many works into vernacular English. He worked with Colard Mansion to print the first English book in 1474, established a Westminster press, and published Chaucer and Le Morte d'Arthur, shaping early English literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Catto
Gutenberg
Mains
Axton
Ie Seg
Caxton
Prynces
William Caxton
Weald
Kent
Cauxton
Causton
Roberts Large
London
Cologne
Bartholomew
Arages
Colard
Mansion
Logne
Chesa
Pee
Burgundy
England
Almoury of
Westminster
Abbey
Bignee
S.C
Sancta Colonia
Heanley
Catherine
John
Abingdon
Sixtus IV
John Velener
Louvain
Earl Givers
British Museum
Salisburi
Westmonestre
Wynken de Worde
Caxton's Death Date and Old World Traditions in Modern Sydney
The passage recalls Caxton's likely death in 1491 and notes printing prefaces in England, the lack of pagination in Caxton's works, and a stone head of Caxton over Sydney's Herald office. The piece shifts to the Herald building’s sculpture by Matthew Wills and mentions a Sydney Port Adelaide regatta where the New South Wales crew faces possible forfeiture due to financing issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Caxton
Ome Richard Atkyns
Oxford
Herald
Sydney
Matthew Wills
Enrish
John Fairfax
New South Wales
Port Adebe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rome
Gartar Heavener
Limary
Tilak de Lad
Safe Sound Selling
Grinell
Pyrmont
PrieSon-Rapeeny
AML. & F. Go
Utd
Astralia
Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd
Benjamin N. Fryer
Bruges
Low Countries
Flanders
Mercers” Company
Philip
Raoul le Fevre
Troy
Coorey
Patons
Salbot Coorey
Horrocksex Genuine
Nia
Murray
Plamie
Buits
Ia al Cam
Aisae
Fride
Toby
Pualing's Vacuum Cleaners
Iog
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