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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
6
Auction advertisement listing wethers aged two to four years, shorn weight ranges and classifications, with buyers and agents Johnston & Fletcher Tamworth. Funeral notice for a resident of Tamworth invites friends to attend funeral at St Nichols Church and West Tamworth location, with details from Callcott & Co.
Market notes from Sydney show dairy and poultry demand firm while butter remains scarce. Cheese appears scarce, bacon plentiful, and new NZ imports of 6000 bags influence prices. table sorts sold out with limited onions and turnips left. Prices quoted include maize 5/4 to 6/9 a bushel and onions 7 1 to 9 a ton, with various produce values listed.
Produce values continued firm at the Sydney beady yard today. Straw chaff of medium and often inferior quality sold to the legal limit of 8/6. Potatoes in moderate arrival with high figures. wheaten straw char med dum 4/2. owten char good hay 8/6. good grain 6/6. wheaten hay damaged 4/1. potatoes 9/. medium 7/ to 7/4. No local sales.
Singleton Wednesday fat stock sale at Shires saleyards saw heavy supply and keen demand for prime cattle. Prices reached top rates with fat bullocks £18, steers £19, cows £10 10, heifers £100, vealers firm amid strong competition.
Garvin and Cousens Limited advertises positions with unclear qualifications. The garbled text mentions candidates like Guaman and Wiehe and references wages, terms, and how to apply, but the meaning is obscured by transcription errors.
A garbled report references sheep types including ram sows and wethers in Tamworth with prices and quantities mentioned. It notes November timing and regional activity with several unclear terms but suggests price and supply movements in the livestock market.
Frank Wyndham at Amworth markets sells cattle and sheep including cows and calves, springers, merino wethers, and lambs. Prices shown include 7516 for cattle, 54 for helpers, 211 lambs worth 202, and calves averaging around 24/7. Strong demand drives weekly turnover at Central Markets with steady exchange of stock.
The Patriotic Fund Committee hosted a grand patriotic ball at the Theatre Royal with a full gallery and a comfortable floor. The venue was decorated by the Mayor with Allied flags, and guests enjoyed a tango orchestra, soft drinks, and a generous supper prepared by local donors.
Wathan Cohen and Co Ltd Tamworth present multiple lots of wethers to be sold with details on breed age and condition. English and Irish consignments include high quality lines from various stations and farms with delivery and pricing terms. The sale supports the Tamworth District Patriotic Fund with broad community participation and a staged auction program led by Inglis and Stewart.
An old ad claims Pink Pills restore blood production and cure anemia by strengthening the system. It asserts quick relief from weakness, headaches, and heart palpitations with no dosage risk, and offers a mail order remedy from Dr Williams Medicine Co Sydney Wood.
Fragmented OCR text depicts chaotic combat scenes with trenches and artillery, mentioning Turks and heavy fire, missile bursts, and soldiers under cover. Details are garbled but convey a wartime battle with charges, retreats, and violent exchanges across a line. The passage references endurance, firing lines, and a prolonged engagement affecting multiple troops.
Fragmented hospital note details a private letter about a soldier named Lambert. The text references injuries, illness, and possible discharge or medical treatment, with mentions of dates and unnamed places. The overall sense is wartime correspondence describing status and care.
A fragmented report details a Roll of Honor with a wounded volunteer named Sydney and other evacuees. The text describes injuries, locations, and stormy conditions affecting a community, mentioning nerves, gardens, and local responders as neighbors assist and observe the wounded.
A death in Tamworth is investigated after the body was found at a residence near Merl and Bileh streets. Police and medical staff determined natural causes and the funeral is planned for this afternoon at the West Tamworth cemetery with the service held in the local churchyard.
A brief death notice from Tamworth records the passing of a town resident, with references to relatives and a public school event nearby. The item mentions a son and a chronic chest complaint, and oddly cites a medicine advertisement alongside the obituary content.
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