Wool Report from Sydney Auctions Shows Improved Tone
The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd reports continued wool auctions in Sydney with a stronger market than last week. Demand rose for better class spinners wools while fleece types lacking length remained less clear. catalogues featured well bred clips from several districts and drew competitive bidding from Yorkshire and American buyers, plus France, Germany, Japan, and local interests. Notable sales included L. B. Southwell Wall 224d and R. A. Wandh Walcha 184d among others.
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Yorkshire
Americsy
Bradford
Continent
France
Germany
Japan
New England
Yass
Boorewa
Cowra
Inverell
L. B. Southwell
Wall
KR. G. Missen
Bendemeer
R. A. R. Wandh
Walcha
M. A. Schroder
Tenterfield
Payment of Leading Cricketers Sparks NSW Protest
Officials in New South Wales Cricket Association raise concern over cricketers being paid retainers by Australian associations. Bradman receives £500 from South Australia and others get substantial sums from Queensland and elsewhere. The Board of Control pays players abroad. gate money often rivals Test earnings, prompting calls to loosen NSW conservatism to recognise services and curb talent drain.
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New South Wales Cricket Association
Bradman
South Australis
Brown
Queensland Association
Board of Control
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Nsw
Cricket Association
Hume Dam crisis stalls as concrete slabs break free
Water shortages have led to the collapse of the southern embankment cover at Hume Dam with 20 by 6 feet slabs sliding down the bank. Rainfall in the catchment has been minimal over 14 months, accelerating impoundment and raising fears the main wall could fail. A west Queensland grandmother becomes a great grandmother at 56 while her daughter also reaches grandmotherhood at the same age. A wave from the City of Pretoria struck 45 miles west of Albany, estimated 70 feet high and 1000 tons, damaging the vessel. NSW warns penalties for non safety wax matches, up to 50 pounds for repeat offences.
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Hume
Queensland
City of
Pretoria
Albany
New South Wales
New South Wales Road Safety Drive Seeks Safer Road Use
The Road Safety Council of New South Wales announces a new motor patrol by the state highways police to improve road behavior through engineering enforcement and education. Trucks are equipped with wireless gear and camping outfits as part of a threefold program to reduce accidents. The campaign urges citizen cooperation, emphasizes personal responsibility, and aims for a substantial reduction in road toll while acknowledging some accidents are inevitable.
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Uman
Bis
Aunt Mary's Baking Powder Praised by Housewife Readers
North to south, east to west, housewives laud Aunt Mary's Baking Powder as the kitchen’s friend. Comments claim decades of satisfaction and prizewinning results, urging readers to send 1/2d to Tillock and Co Pty for Aunt Mary's Cookery Book with recipes.
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Cairns
Victoria
Perth
Western Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
Sydney
Bourke
Four Corners
Austra
Aunt Mary
Tillock and Co Pty.Ltd
Wool sale report from Galdsbrough Mort and Co Ltd
Galdsbrough Mort and Co Ltd report a sale featuring 3808 bales of game spinners and related apparel fibres from the North. Prices rose modestly versus the previous sale with continental buyers led by France and Germany, Japanese competition stronger, and Bradford supporting wool suited to the market. Upcoming sales set for February 20 and March 2, with Brisbane and Sydney legs, and a top price of 164d achieved for two lots.
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Galdsbrough, Mort and Co Ltd
Continent
France
Germany
Bradford
Fem
Brisbane
Sydney
BR. F. Moses
Aberdeen
Ashford
BP. Waller
Glen Tunes
A. P. Anderson Stuart
MT Hall
Willow Tree
G. A. EB
McGosker
Taverell
Braeside Station
Seane
W. G. Mercer
Quirindi
Huge Black Snake Said to Be 14 Feet Long
Mr M O Hehir claims to have killed a giant black snake near Harden on Miss C Garry’s property Wylora Tlalong Creek after turkeys disappeared He poured boiling water down the hole and hauled out the snake tail by wire then continued until the full length reached 14 feet 6 inches He jokes it could be the great grandfather of all the smokes in Harden Binalong district.
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M. O’hehir
Harden
O’hehir
Harden-Binalong
Cause of Cancer Discovered by Dr William Doern at Mercy Hospital
Dr William Doern announces a cancer cause linked to a micro-organism after research started in 1932. The organism targets sex cells in animals and plants, with malignant tumours produced in over 100 animals. The report notes the discovery and its experimental basis.
Proud of It Who Driver Emphasizes Fleet Safety
Road Safety Council of New South Wales remarks on drivers’ pride in safe driving and the fleet’s collective safety record. It credits organization and each driver’s contribution, noting careful driving maintains employment and safety standards.
Old Man in Court Cited for Drunkenness
An elderly man appeared at Nougan Court charged with drunkenness after claiming he drank wine mixed with water and cannot recall events. He told the magistrate he had traveled abroad, then bought wine, mixed it, and forgot, insisting the water made him do so. He was admonished and discharged. In Sydney, Mr Bruce declared the British Empire would again be a dominant world force.
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Nougan Court
Sydney
M. Bruce
Mr Bruce
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Colon
James Hardie & Coy. Pty. Ltd
CNR
York and
Qarrack Sts
GPO
M. C. Mackenzie & Sons Pty, Ltd
Fe Pitt, Son & Potest
Pitt, Son & Badgery
Australian Fertilizers Ltd
Macquarie Place
Shirleys & Sulphide Fertilizers
Wool Report
Hume Dam
Stoddart & Hayward Pty. Ltd
The
Road Safety Council of
Commonwealth
Broadwater
Gratton
Andew Cormick
Andrew
Narromine Municipal Council
Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd
Carmonwealth Government
Anula Ianian Oil Co. Ltd
Melbourne
Adelaide
RTTE
Goulburn
Bank of New South Wales
Bank OF
Australasia
BBA
BNET
Beco Cas
R.U.R
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