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A serialized feature summary announces ongoing fiction by special arrangement with the publishers.
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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
5
A serialized feature summary announces ongoing fiction by special arrangement with the publishers.
A fragment from a serialized tale follows Marion and Amy at Chariton Park during a social gathering with Lord Pilgaton and Mortimer. The scene centers on romantic tension, social expectations, and a confession setup amid conversations about Mr Mortimer and the London connection.
In a genteel drawing room scene Lord Paignton shuns a tennis match citing attire while Bruce agrees to play though modestly. Mortimer teases and praises, Amy and Marian pair with Doreen for a lighthearted game as Brien pieces together comments on happiness and worldliness.
A list of commodity prices in Wagga includes butter 16 3d per pound, eggs 1 per dozen, bacon td to la per pound, potatoes 4 6d per cwt, onions per cwt,-chath 7s 1d per owt, grain Is tel per bushel, pollard tid per bushel, and wheat 42 6d per bushel.
A Melbourne sale featured stronger early demand with prime sheep firm, but later trade irregular as buyers pulled back and prices for inferior lots declined. Heavy and medium draught horses also sold well with total consignments from BL Hall, Freech, Barrington, and L Bagnell drawing attention to export ready stock.
Younghusband How and Co Pay Ltd report a fortnightly Albury sale yarding 800 sheep and 20 pigs. Fat cattle were scarce with mainly middling bullocks and some prime weights. Strong buyer turnout and rising prices marked brisk trade. Vealers few and inferior. fat sheep supply light with quality from useful to good.
Market reports show sheep prices very high with many lots up to 24 shillings for extra heavy ewes and best bred ewes around 16s to 18s. Lambs were scarce, lambs penned small, and merinos and inferior lines sold weakly. overall prices held strong vs prior market with notable gains across most categories.
A Melbourne and Gippsland buyer presence marked an Albury sale on 20 May with strong demand for lighter shipping horses. Many lots entered the yard but dry weather trimmed entries. top prices reached £29 for shipping horses and £22 for ponies while ordinary draughts and harness sold around £12 to £20.
Fragmented OCR text describes inland routes, relief efforts, and trade conditions. Mentions prices, weights, shipper duties, and supplier reports with many garbled names and places, suggesting a mid period trade update with commentary on quality and pricing.
A reminiscence on nerves and performance from earlier opera circles, praising a tonic as a cure for stage fright and related ailments. It cites testimonials by judges and professionals, noting improved mood, appetite, strength, and blood enrichment after using the tonic.
Unreliable figures from Melbourne unemployed groups claim between Lund and 00 men out of work, with listed names incomplete as only about half could be located at given addresses. Mentions conditions of health and cleanliness linked to a product called Fouruville Cocoa and its praised quality in Australia as a daily beverage.
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