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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
3
Fragmented report on dry weather impact across markets, including London wheat, maize, and Sydney trade notes. Mentions pricing, auctions, and crop conditions with scattered references to Tasmanian and Queenland crops and interstate price trends.
Fragmentary auction notice references Gunnedar region and a sale including items like bands and locality terms. Mentions bidders, seating, and water-related wells and springs. Content is garbled with unclear names and dates, hard to interpret concrete goods or times.
Reading of Hunter quotations shows higher rates for torcene, Sydney brands of loading and seating items, and wheat, maize, and oats with prices per ton or bushel. Numerous entries list origins such as Sydney and Adelaide, with duties paid and shipping terms noted, reflecting inflationary movement across agricultural and staple goods.
Vernon Ransford scored 129 for Victoria against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground, delivering a strong display with 68 not out in an overlong report. The paper mixes cricketing action with a long, dense list of dairy, produce, and general auction notices from Sydney, including farm produce, poultry, and vegetables auctions at Redfern and Railway, with multiple firm names and contact lines.
F A Tarrant, the Victorian professional, had a fine run with Middlesex County Club in England and is scoring well for Victoria this season. He made 206 in the present match against New South Wales.
Taras consignments at Sydney Goods Shed moved largely lucerne and straw with varied pricing. Prime cuts and mid quality lucerne sold, while wheats and oats saw modest activity. Listed buyers included HM auttec and Co Dent Percy a Rack, along with several firms and traders. sale details noted private sale of consignments and multiple named participants.
Walter Brooks a wharf laborer living in Shepherd Street city broke his left leg early this morning and was taken to Sydney Hospital by Civil Ambulance. He was injured unloading cargo on board the Orestes at Miller's Point Central Wharf when his leg jammed between a sling and a stanchion. A correspondent complains of stray cattle at Pymble and urges preventive action to protect gardens from damage.
Suburban readers seek affordable methods to boost laying as many keepers worry about costs. Singer's Egg Producer, sold in packets at 1s and 1s 6d, promises renewed hen vigor with a scientific egg-producing nutrient. Available from Anthony Hordern and Sons, Lasestter and Coy, and through agents Bonnington and Co at 179 Har Hinstroot Pyrmont.
Four youths Revival Ballowly George McBurney Frederick McBurner and Michael Mehan faced summons in the Water Police Court over loitering on Harbor Trust wharves. Constable Rites testified he warned them off after observing their presence and refusals to comply.
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