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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
7
On the land sale day 15 714 sheep were offered across varied descriptions. Yarding included all types with fair quality. prime lots attracted the strongest competition and fetched 6d to 1s above late highs. Lambs were forward, dou breds common, the market eased 6d to 1s. Ointle yarding was lower with irregular competition and better quality than the previous week.
Crown lease of 5445 acres in Lincoln county parish Gamba six miles from Cobbora becomes available after July 21. Describes terrain as low stony ridges undulating gullies sandstone soils with ironbark gum oaktree pine scrub and wattle. River Talbragar frontage noted. Annual rent for first fifteen years 223 pounds 8 pence with survey fees £26 17s and fencing improvements £120 4s.
Hill Clark and Co Ltd report the new wool selling year will be held in Sydney on the 1st and 2nd of July. The catalogue will include several new clips. A potential rise in European money market tensions may affect wool values though the trade is healthy and demand should prevent a downturn.
Report from Winchcombe Carson dated 2at June outlines price trends for sheep skins wool kangaroo wallaby and rabbit skins with varied declines and firm prices. Highlights include grey kangaroo 5d red kangaroo 6d to 8s6d wallaby ranges and prime rabbit at 20d with broader ranges across hides tallow and hides prices varied with softer demand for inferior grades.
Obscure Ipswich style news item recounts old convict Henry Harrison of Wellingrove Inverell district a survivor of early transportation and long residence with Aborigines. It notes his age and family, burial at Wollingrove cemetery, and reflects local commerce and health ads. Mention of Whytes syrup, Acton speech by Sir Richard Finning on Home Rule, Old Orkney Whisky, Panama Exposition, and a fruit shop bargain.
The New South Wales country committee proposes a four district system to raise country cricket standards, foster turf wickets, and improve governance of players outside metropolitan centers. Inter-district matches will feed into combined teams and a metropolitan squad for Sydney play, with turf wickets prioritized in allocations.
A historic advertisement touts a medicine named ONNLIN'S ISH Moss claimed to cure bronchitis influenza whooping cough or croup for both young and old. It urges taking BONING TONS with bold certainty.
The Golden Jubilee of Sister Mary Gertrude Keehy a Mercy nun of Bathurst diocese was observed at St Michael and John Cathedral. Born in 1842 in Rathkealy County Limerick she joined Charleville Corks Mercy Convent at eighteen and served in Australia for about eight years before returning to lead Mercy education and administration in Bathurst for over two decades. Sister Mary Gertrude and Sister Stinisleus are the last surviving pioneer sisters who went to Bathurst in 1866 under Mother Ignatine Croke.
Princess Mary daughter of the King and Queen underwent confirmation at a private Buckingham Palace service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Attending were the Prince of Wales Queen Alexandra and several royals. Notable guests included the Earl of Rosebery and Lord Barger, with Mary in a white gown and veil worn by the Queen at her own confirmation.
A short notice notes Bonnington's remedies offer relief from winter ailments including coughs colds bronchitis influents and asthma for both adults and children with equal effect claimed.
A distorted poem style item claims England wives join the Homemakers Union to press for fair wages and better home life. A mass of chaotic verses describes pots and pans rising in protest, with implied threats of wage wars and domestic upheaval across towns and borders.
Lieutenant Trygger Gren of Norway relayed details of Captain Scott and companions Wilson and Bowers. The group found the tent peaceful despite death lingering there. They documented the scene, laid bodies side by side, offered burial rites, and marked the site with a snow and ice cairn and crossed shin memorial.
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