THE expression "one person's trash is another person's treasure" was apt when Tully resident Debbie Watt rang the North Queensland Register office recently with the news she had found something she thought might be of great interest to the paper.
Debbie works for the house demolishing company, Silkwood Sands, and had uncovered some pages of the Register dated November 12, 1928, underneath lino flooring in a house slated for demolition.
So what was the big news in the pages of the very paper you're now reading nearly a century ago?
A wool sale in Brisbane had 14, 373 bales on offer, with practically every sheep district of Queensland represented.
The sale was met with strong competition and prices were up from the previous sale, with some especially spirited bidding from buyers representing Germany and Japan.
Fencing droppers, were a new invention in fencing and the ad exclaimed the benefits "self-fastening, no ties or clips required".
Fly-Tox was the next great thing in household bug sprays.
You could also pick up a "handsome eight-pieced dining room suite" for 31 from F Trittons Furniture Store in Brisbane.
The Register would like to thank Debbie for going to the trouble of personally delivering the pages to the office.
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