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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
4
Yeoval on Saturday March 21 1926 announced prize money of eighty pounds. The notice lists contact details including phone and hon on the Bee line for entries and inquiries.
An extended list outlines sports fixtures for W D R A across March to July. It details dates and venues including Arentell LG, Wellington Garryowen B C, Nyngan St Patrick RC, Parkes Jr, Forbes J C, Koorawatha, Bubbo J C, Dubbo J C, Ardsley Gymkhani, Brewarrina P C, Wellington Park, Bugan Gare J C, Macquarie PRC, Girilambong, Nyngan PRG, Narromine J C, Bathurst Tuel Club, Cobar DLC, Cowra J C, Canowindra J C, and Warren 3 0 with various weekdays and month transitions. The schedule appears fragmentary and includes several typos or OCR errors.
The Wellington Post Office lists daily arrivals from Sydney at 6.40 am and Western towns at 7.10 pm with a weekly pattern for Arthurville Bodangora Baldry Finger Post Mt. Aubrey Yeoval and others. Departures for Sydney at 5.30 pm daily and for Western towns at 6 am daily, with Monday to Saturday variations for Arthurville Bodangora Goolma Lincoln Montefiores Spicers Creek and two mile areas.
A Wellington Intermediate High School pupil magazine recounts a tale of a ship named Arrow from Dover that encounters a gale and sinks after striking a reef during Queen Elizabeth I’s era. Survivors reach Cortugana island, where they meets locals and recover fourteen chests with glittering gems before returning to England to build a mansion named The San Phillipo.
Clouds and commotion mark the start of shearing at a sheep station. Fat woolly sheep are moved to the pens as men and dogs work swiftly with shears. Wool is sorted at tables, packed into baskets, then baled for dispatch to town.
Summary of handicaps listed: Trotting Club Handicap of £80, unhoppled. Progressive Handicap of £26. 3.40 class. Distance unspecified. Gaited Handicap of 420. Square Trotters on record with 3:50 dam Datenca.
Report from Behute Bell and Co notes pessimistic buyer sentiment since last auction and uneven demand. Prices show modest gains for top and standard wool yet remain unpayable for inferior lots, with buyers cautious amid a revived London series and foreign competition.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co Ltd reports rabbit skins selling about 70 lune with weaker prices than last week as buyers attended auctions. Fox skins show limited demand with only slight price gains of 3/ to 10 per dozen, while kangaroo wallaroo and wallaby skins meet good demand and goats remain firm though damaged skins ease. Catalogued stock 1712 bales featured New England prominence and Crombrod clips. London opening indicated competition and lower prices for nevis and reds, with overall decline from February levels and expectations of further weakening.
The report notes a 50 percent cut in wool offerings at Winchcombe and a 10 percent fall in value, with prices about 9 to 00 percent below pre-Christmas levels. Competition improves, France drives demand, and Australian buyers face cautious optimism as top wool prices edge toward stability ahead of sales listings for 2000 and 5200 bales in March.
Pitt Son and Badgers report for the fortnight notes market uncertainty on resale values after recent saleroom. Wet price ranges determined by valuations show all grades affected with superior to inferior impacted. Demand remained strong for certain staples on Continental accounts but prices fell from pre Xmas levels, with declines of 6 to 10 percent for many grades. Skirtings and Crombrede lines weakened. overall average drop around 6 percent, with owners facing disappointment as payments lag. Catalogue included 4,784 bales from Southern districts and New England, featuring select wools and some super clips, with highest offer reported at the sale.
The fragment discusses plant resilience to damage and mortality across seasons, noting irrigation effects and regrowth after winter. It mentions McGrath and Pana Foote with vague references to a location and an ornamental or forage context. It hints at perennial adaptability and timing for replanting or management in spring.
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