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Fragmentary OCR notes list wholesale items and simple prices for dairy and leather goods. Items include hats, fresh dairy, petatess, skins, and sheep, with scattered symbols and unclear quantities.
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Newspaper
Saint Arnaud Mercury
Location
Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes list wholesale items and simple prices for dairy and leather goods. Items include hats, fresh dairy, petatess, skins, and sheep, with scattered symbols and unclear quantities.
The group Ro and the Corn announce top prices for Apaland Horveball Tallow and related goods with regular intervals. Shops open on Sundays and Saturdays for customers to access the rates and offerings.
Yardings numbered about 1900 store sheep and a small number of fat sheep and cattle. Demand was steadier than last week with keen interest in finer wool. rough stock remained in weak demand. Prices ranged with rams to 35/3 and ewes to around 29/8, crossbreds showed activity, and several firms including A. J. Simpson & Co and Dalgety & Co reported sales amid adverse feeder conditions reducing arrivals.
Messrss McKechnia and Coraport conducted their usual May stock sale at Logan on Tuesday May 23. Attendance was poor due to competing fairs. Vendors offered several lots with reserves above bidding, and prices varied. The sale included Leicester sheep and several aged animals. total sales were 441 sheep and 1 cow. Names of selling agents and purchasers include Messrs Cole Male Martin Trotman Sanderson Eves and Stewart.
Mess A J Simpson and Co report a May sale at Redbank yards with 22858 sheep sold and fair clearance. Cattle and fat stock sold well though the ewe and lamb trade was uneven. notable prices included lambs to merino and crossbred hoggets, while calves and ponies also changed hands. Vendors listed include D Slater Mountain Creek and several Redbank traders.
Messrs AL J Simpaon and On report an unreserved auction at Swanwater on May 20 under the late Ahara estate action. Bids were limited by cold weather. 452 cattle and assorted stock, sheep, horses, plough gear and farm implements sold to the highest bidder with prices ranging from £4 to £30 for items including merino rams, cross wethers, paddles, draught geldings and a water track.
Hard to parse OCR text notes a poetic line about weather and days, mentioning winter and delight. Contains garbled phrases and unclear references to names or events.
Local remedy promotes easing winter chilblains by applying a scented oil to the feet hands and scalp for several minutes daily. The advertisement claims long lasting comfort next day and notes relief from cracked and bleeding skin during cold months. It mentions a household routine by fireside and references the oil as a cure-all for winter ailments.
A large public sale at A J Simpson rooms St Arnaud offers the 4147 acre Pines estate near St Arnaud. Includes 22 sheep paddocks modern homestead stables wool shed and sheep yards with irrigation constraints and 19 inch rainfall. Near Avoca River with 800 yards to river and 1000 acres cultivable. Sale terms flexible with 4 percent commission to buyers brokers.
Public notice from Shire Office St Arnaud dated May 25, 1918 directs enforcement of tyre width regulations across the Schlea area starting Saturday January 1st 1918 and continuing thereafter. Local official Kara E H Golden issues guidance to motorists and retailers.
Public Notice states that on Ist June the North Western Road premises formerly occupied by Mr H R Cropden will open under Mr O Williams and Mr G Johnson. It promises civil treatment and attentive service to attract patrons and secure fair patronage.
Partial OCR reads a notice from J Malcolm & Co Pty Ltd advertising wood supply. Mentions foot bootle wood and a location on M'Mahon Street. Details are garbled but indicate a timber or firewood offer and supplier contact.
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