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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
7
A garbled historical OCR fragment mentions Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and various names such as Edward V Beower, Bernard Bhuw, and Minny e Barnacle. It includes scattered numbers and references to surgery, titles, and locations, but lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
The executive of the Queenaland branch of the AWM states Australia should supply by voluntary means the necessary resources for the war. It argues defense and production must be coordinated by government authority to ensure adequate ammunition and supplies, with focus on industry and labour for wartime needs.
Warner district notes a Warwick association turmoil as debenture holders resist cancellation. committee recommends contacting debentures and council to curb arrears while debating rodeo plans, pavilion use, and fundraising, amid war time constraints and financial strain on local groups.
Brisbane board discussions on fruit and vegetable prices amid wartime demand. Queensland growers seek fair contracts, with talks on debentures, rate relief, and postwar cattle and beet supply. The meeting adjourned for six weeks as officials seek interim guidance from Warwick City and local committees.
A scrambled financial ledger lists share prices, percentages, and company names such as Broken Hill, Dunlop, Goldsbrough Mort, and Commonwealth Bank. The fragment includes odd figures like 9 percent, 19D, and 106.80, with references to livestock breeders and meat exporters, reflecting a chaotic, early market report.
Market report shows varied prices and consignments across produce and trucks. Includes details on potatoes apples cherries wheat and lucerne, with buyer and seller notes. Shipping and truck lots listed for Killarney Massie and Warwick, noting assayed weights, bags and prices among agents.
Sydney markets report varied produce prices including yellow onions and white potatoes, with figures such as Browhells £2/10 and seed Artan Craeth at 8/1078 cn. The Egg Board violations are listed as Hen 1/8 and other dubious quality grades, while quantities and ton figures appear for carrots and turnips, indicating a chaotic load of agricultural data.
The Brisbane stock report notes strong yarding at the T500 gate with good quality mutton and lamb values. Prime light shorn lines from AU to 2 and heavy lines to 21 show varied prices, while heavy and medium cuts range broadly and ewes ease in price amid mixed sheep quality and fair opening trade for country buyers.
John Allman and McMahon and Co report calf and pig sales at their yards. Prices paid included 4d per pound up to 120 lb for baconers, with heavy baconers paying up to 14/20. Weaners and stores showed dull demand, 19 weeks old stock around 40 shillings per head. Prices for skins and cattle varied, with calves offered to 2d per lb.
A hide sold at a Brisbane sale this week brought 17d per pound or about £4 12s for the hide. The item was tied to a line mark by Mr 3.8 McGill of Rutland, North Coast Line, as part of a long-standing submission.
Brisbane reports the transfer of the Turmayille Shorthorn stud valued at £10,000 from Scone near Gcone to Cambooya on the Darling Downs. The stud, owned by H. C. Wales and J. G. Taylor, spans about 4000 acres and required two special trains from New South Wales and Queensland railways to move 203 animals.
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