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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1933
Page
4
Wagga stock sale featured strong demand for drought horses and high prices for select draught animals while overall cattle trade showed a dull market with mixed results across weight classes. Buyers from Victoria and New South Wales competed with Melbourne and Sydney firms. quality prime cattle and horses drew the best bids, with store sheep and store cattle softer amid cautious bidding.
Wagga stock and station agents Mesars Whiticker and Wilke report a large monthly horse sale with 250 head yarded. Strong demand and high prices characterized the sale with many horses direct from breeders and station owners. Buyers’ attendance was notable amid excellent quality and numbers in New South Wales.
Dalgety and Co bids guide, prices for prime and medium cattle mixed quality. Prime yearlings and vealers rise. plains and light cattle uneven. prime bullocks and steers steady to firm. lambs and hoggets show varied gains with good skin values. Sheep penned 5,000 with wethers and old stock easing. From Quernshind yarding 400 head. demand strongest for prime suckers and light weight cattle.
Melbourne stock sales at Newmarket show prices easing with categories across sheep. Prime heavy wether and ewe ranges quoted from 12 to 34 shillings, best shorn, prime heavy and extra prime moving between 14 and 34 shillings, with secondary and medium classifications lower. Picts for sale noted.
The report notes price movements for cattle with Jsinbs and other grades, including prime heavy, medium, and wet categories. Bulls were sluggish Wednesday, with prices 40 to 50 lower at the elise. cows showed ample supply but dull demand, prime cows reaching 17 to 18, and various grades sold to around 12 to 19 pounds.
Canberra discussed a proposed path to new states in Riverina and New England. A. Reilllis, Riverina movement director of evidence, cited inquiries while noting only the State Government can decide. The Federal Attorney General outlined a constitutional procedure: commission report, Parliament terms, convention election, constitution referendum for self government.
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