26 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 26, 1938
Page
1
Stock market report from Sydney noting 1,590 cattle yarded with firm demand. Bullocks sold from £6 to £17, cows £5 to £14, best beef 44/ per cwt, quality categories and ranges listed. Sheep throughput around 12,000 with prices from 6d to 1 shilling higher. Wethers ewes and lambs prices included with shorthand figures.
Commercial prices in Sydney show wholesale wheat at 2/04 per bushel, Hawker lots at 7d to 1s per bushel, Tas potatoes 1/0 to 16/5 per cwt, butter 1s 0d to 1s 1d, cheese 10d to 11d, honey 2d to 2d, maize 4/5 to 4/7, onions 15d, hay 7d to 9d, and wheat income quoted 4/6 to 6/6 overall.
A final German memorandum to Prime Minister Chamberlain demands Czech forces withdraw from Sudeten areas by October 1 and allow immediate German occupation. Chamberlain has forwarded the memo as Britain braces for possible escalation as troop movements grow visible across Europe.
The body of Norman Mc Donald, 71, missing since August 429, was found Saturday in dense bush west of Pennant Hills. He lay at the bottom of a 30 foot cliff with neck broken. clothing parts found at the top led authorities to believe thirst and slip while attempting to drink water caused the fall. memory loss may have contributed.
In Wellington New Zealand a fatal explosion occurred when a charge planted on a tree branch failed to detonate initially and exploded during the placement of a second charge. Victims were Donald Lindsay 24 and George Blasey 82.
Mrs Angelina Hampton aged 51 was run down and killed by a train while walking along the railway track at Coniston near Wollongong yesterday.
France reports partial mobilisation with reserves drafted, 4 a.m. in town halls, navy and air force prioritized for frontier duty while German frontiers receive reinforcements. Prague cuts telephonic links as Czech mobilisation meets German and Austro-Hungarian tension amid censorship and democratic backlash.
Berlin agency reports a memorandum handed to Chamberlain detailing plebiscite areas by percentages, German evacuation plans, and proposed Czech German population exchange with borders guaranteed by Poland Hungary. It notes a last bid for peace and warns of consequences if rejected. Tennis club championship events drew a large crowd in the afternoon.
Melbourne police report a 17 year old Seaford girl Phyliss Rose Corliss was bitten by a snake while walking near her home. She was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital where she died from the bite.
Ten people sustained injuries in a crash involving two motor cars and a motor cycle at a street intersection. A six month old baby escaped harm. Both cars were badly damaged and an ambulance took the injured to the hospital.
Beatrice Grant a Randwick teacher and daughter of Rev W J Grant was found dead in a gas filled bedroom at her home after attending a party on Saturday night. Neighbors reported a friend had given her gifts. police are investigating possible foul play.
Doctor Madgwick of Sydney University comments on the annual report showing the birth rate would allow Australia’s population to reach 7 750 000 by 1965 and then decline after that peak according to the Commonwealth statistician’s projection.
The Macter Bakers Association announced a 10 shilling per ton rise in flour price to £8 starting today. The security head stated that bread prices would remain unchanged despite the higher flour cost.
Iva Wyatt, vice president of the Eattern Suburbs District Rugby League, was killed in a Griffith area car crash yesterday. His son, a prominent footballer and surfer, was critically injured as the vehicle ran off the road, believed caused by a blowout.
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