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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
6
A chaotic club gathering described as burying the hatchet. Details include a prize event with medals, refreshments, and a variety of demonstrations. The write up notes participants, judges, and a closing ceremony with remarks by officials.
Fragmented notice describes a land sale on George Street with bids and parcels. It states a price around £520 per acre and references payments to multiple parties including a jeweller and an estate executor. The document notes frontage, bounds, and a tentative sale date with probate context and local property markers.
The market reports a widespread potato shortage affecting wholesale orders and retail prices. Traders note dwindling supplies, with buyers seeking substitutes as merchants warn of limited imports from Australia and Argentina. Locally, grocers report uneven stock and rising costs, while farmers consider rail and freight constraints impacting deliveries nationwide.
A crowded Sydney market report shows mixed activity in grains and produce with fluctuating prices. Major buyers and firms such as A. Park Preset Limited and Wright and Co. are listed among agents, with references to wheat, oats, potatoes, and hay trades and notable price points across various lots.
Fragmentary list of names, places, and cargo terms from a ship or voyage notice. Contains numerous unreadable phrases and scattered proper nouns such as Woodtind, Mire WF, The cargo by the Unhit wonslet, and various individuals and roles. Context suggests a maritime shipping or passenger manifest with many misspellings.
Mr Peter M Glynn a long time Millthorpe District resident died suddenly at Tallwood from heart failure on Thursday night in his Téth year. An advertisement in Evening News notes the dissolution of the firm Thomas Davis Drummond and Company Sydney Newcastle, with Mr C S Drummond to continue practice at Equitable Buildings George street and Royal Chambers South Street Newcastle.
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