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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
1
Late market notes show mixed prices for wheat onions potatoes and butter in Sydney. Demand cited for hams for Christening trade with firmer butter prices and moderate meat demand while rail deliveries affected price levels.
The report notes Prime Minister scrutiny over wool exports and imperial price baselines. It covers Australian, Mercantile, Tuam and Co and firming wool prices in Sydney and Melbourne, with limited official detail and upcoming announcements expected. It includes prices for hides, skins, and various meat and animal commodities, plus notes on government prohibitions and market responses amid labor strikes.
A rough report describes Friday sale at the Buon yards with strong yarding of steers and cattle. Buyers from various areas attended amid spirited competition. a Hereford bull sold for about £10 5. Prices showed a general uplift against prior readings.
A collage of classified ads and notices announces wanted help and goods. Readers seek a blacksmith, a general servant, a married couple for station work, saddles and harness, and a buyer for wheat. Listings describe furniture, showrooms, carpentry, and various sale items including clothing, and household goods with local businesses like Thacker's Piper's and Newman and Co. referenced. local events and promotions for winter gear, health remedies, and wartime era products appear alongside vehicle and farm equipment notices.
Harcourts Tamworth promotes Marshall Boots or Shoes as the ideal footwear with snappy looks and excellent wearing qualities. The ad urges customers to purchase for satisfactory wear and invites a call for more information. Architectural note follows.
Prices for cattle and sheep at Homebush Sydney in 1887. Cows ranged from £8 to £15 10s, best dairy stock 98/ per head, secondary 45s, inferior 12s. Sheep and goats noted with varying rates. details summarize market values and breed categories.
Sydney market report notes spot and three months delivery prices for copper and copper cathode metals. Copper cathode spot £150 and three months £6112/10. electrolytic copper £50 spot and £429/10 three months. lead £250/10 spot and £257/10 three months. zinc £1 1 B0/20 spot and £L L0 three months.
A fragmented line from an advert lists wine specialist terms and partial contact details. It mentions bottles, a phone number style string, and a person name BIRKBY with a West Ty location fragment, suggesting a local shop listing.
Church notices detail daily prayers and weekly services at Toll and Lauteree inns, morning and evening worship across multiple parishes including Tamworth St. Swithin’s and St. Nicholas Tamworth. It lists countless times for baptisms creeds and benedictions, mentions clergy names such as Rev C F Ewensong and Rev W A Mullins, and records Sunday December 3 schedules at Nundle and other villages.
Strong consumer appetite drives brisk orders across multiple sectors. Retailers report elevated pickup of seasonal items and related services, led by gifts, decorations, and seasonal apparel as shoppers prepare for holidays.
A fragmented notice urges readers to plan purchases and assess wardrobe needs as a sewing machine and casino related items are discussed. The indecipherable text hints at timing before fatigue or illness affects tasks and urges prompt action.
A garbled passage lists fabric colors and numbers, mentioning silks and various color names such as IVORY NAVY BLACK PINK. It reads like a catalog fragment with detached terms and inconsistent formatting, lacking coherent verbs or a complete item description.
An old seed catalog listing a wide range of flowers and vegetables for planting. It names many varieties such as Verbena, Morning Glory, Sunflower, Cucumber, Cabbage, Beans, Lettuce, Parsnips, and more. The notice is signed by A. Dransfield & Co., Seed Importers, Maitland.
Budge and Co advertise ready timber supplies for farmers and settlers with well cut and dressed limses doors sashes and mouldings offered. Large stock on hand including fir timber and related products.
Syndy December 8 lists multiple church activities at Pamworth Lwan West Tanweorth Hallsville and Gilleyv-11 acm with Reverends Mills Robson Rayment Walker Wheats varieties. Tuesday Woolemin events include 7:00 pm services led by Rev W Mills Robson and others in various halls and towns.
Tamworth meetings announced with 7.30 pm services led by Rev. TH Pith and Rev T Pitland and special events at 7.0 pm. Sunday schedule lists 11 am morning service and 9.00 am outreach, with Major Burgess of the Women’s Training College and Staff Captain Driscoll in attendance. Local notices invite women to attend and mention A B Palmer.
New England Grammar School Glen Innes advertises soldiers gifts and keepsakes. It promotes Baird’s Jewellery and Soldiers Gifts with pocket testaments diaries and waterproof items. The copy lists items for campaigners and soldiers on leave and mentions Herbo’s Pills as a great herbal remedy.
A customer from Randwick reports long term eczema on both feet eased after using the remedy Exserma sold by chemists and druggists. The testimonial notes rapid improvement within a week and urges others to try the product available through local outlets.
Beventh Way Adventists announce weekly events including a Young Men’s Meeting and a Bible study on December 2. A mission prayer meeting is listed, followed by a note about a bad accident and treatment with Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment healing wounds.
A serialized fiction scene follows Mr. Archer and a mysterious woman as tension builds in an Italian dining room. Archer awaits a masked visitor while diners speak a Neapolitan tongue and a suspenseful encounter looms, leading to a cliffhanger.
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