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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
3
The piece argues for a wool revival as Australia faces uncertain auctions and a looming decision on wool sales. It notes June National Wool Council meetings, shifting demand for merino and crossbred wool, price discrepancies, and the potential impact of wool shortages on manufacturers.
A brief note highlights a product named Great Peppermint Cure marketed for relief from coughs colds and flu with Wood linked as supplier or origin. The item reads as a traditional home remedy advertisement in a historic newspaper fragment.
The article discusses talent payables and petroleum supply demand, noting it is impossible to forecast values. It mentions auctions reopening and hints at theCommission of exhibits for ntabiliaa tion, though unclear how this will aid negotiations.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co reports smaller rabbit skin and fur stock than last week due to Monday holiday. Damaged, kitten and fire pelts steady to 8d per lb. Kangaroo, wallaby, and scrub wallaby hides see varied gains with demand rising for all descriptions. Kangaroo pastures restrictions noted in several districts through 1928.
Sehute Bell and Co report mixed prices for rabbit skins with first and second grades generally down 10 percent per pound except higher for some autumn and rack descriptions. Local sales show little activity while Sydney and nationwide markets reflect weak demand and cautious replenishment. Stakeholders await Sir John Higgins scheme to stabilize values as a Melbourne meeting plans a policy on resumption of wool sales.
Goldabrough Mort and Company notes little change in wool prices since the last report. Slightly firmer enquiry for local Hampshire wool and advances in sheepskins suggest potential demand improvement. Caution on market stabilization favors supply and demand, with auctions resuming with small offerings and buyers accepting lower values. Sale timing unknown, but expected to restart early next month.
The Secretary of Farmers and Graziers Co operative reports fat cattle at Homebush rose 30 to 40 shillings. Prospects for spring are excellent. Day sales show multiple bullocks and cows selling to £12 10s, £19 16s, and £12 2s with strong averages. notable consignors include Coventry, Carrigan, and North Western and North Coast clients.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports on sheep skins wool and pelts sold in Sydney. Prices ranged from full wool merinos to lamb skins, with most categories down 10 to 15 percent, several lines firm or improving, and country hides varying by grade amid general lower trade tone.
Sydney returns to tong hair as experts report three wai of guidance from seasoned barbers. The piece notes crowds of maidens and grandmothers seeking shorn looks dwindling to a trickle while stylists prepare surprises for full-grown tremex. Plaits swathes at the nape, Marcel side pins, and banding to conceal growing stages are proposed. The shingle option lingers as the main style, with bobs fading from popularity. The shingle wig fad emerges among flappers. Josph Thompson and Son, Undertakers, Malluhan Street advertise frocks and wear at Mrn Attwood's.
A detailed profile traces Lang from boyhood in New South Wales to a career as farm worker, auctioneer, and real estate broker. He enters Parliament in 1918 after defeating a Liberal stalwart, rising to Colonial Treasurer and then Opposition Leader. Known as a disciplined, strong-willed figure, Lang balances public rigor with a reserved, loyal personality and a family life centered on his Auburn home.
An OCR fragment describes a family with four daughters and two sons with roles in a business, Education Department, home care, and a bank in Grimth. It mentions motor car painting services by J. G. Carcyath and a street address in Mai in Strest opposite a location, all late and garbled.
Madame Crausaz of France a longtime Academie de Danse member and Paris dance teacher offers private lessons for adults and juveniles. Specialized instruction includes Tango Fox Trot Waltz Chicago Blues and more from Bend rodt's studio.
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