Fresh Air and Milk Supply in Mother and Baby Care
An article from the Society for the Promotion of the Hearth of Women and Children discusses milk flow as a natural response to infant suckling and the use of supplementary feeding to stabilize supply. It emphasizes proper timing after birth, regular feeding, maternal health, and the critical role of fresh air for the baby, comparing care practices to open air exposure for other animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Promotion of the Hearth of Women and Children
Europe
Hansen
Hne
Erices
Tropics
Telephone inventor Dr Bell visits Invercargill on tour
Per Press Association Dr Graham Bell arrived in Invercargill by the Moana with Mr Bell and Mr and Mrs E Baldwin as the party tours Australia and New Zealand. He plans to visit Queenstown Dunedin Christchurch Wellington Rotorua Auckland and sail from Sydney October 5 for the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per Press Association
Invercargill
Cr Graham Bell
Bluff
Moana
Mr. Bell
E. Baldwin
Baldwin
America
Australia
New Zealand
Queenstown
Idunedin
Christchurch
Wellington
Rotorda
Auckland
Sydney
Philippines
Tiight
Hell
Tasmania
Melbourne
Postal Commission
de Long
Scott
Bell
Jeanette
Melville
D. Long
Palmerston North Engine-Drivers Oppose Direct Representation
A Palmerston North Engine-drivers branch meeting resolved opposition to the direct representative scheme of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. The branch pledged loyalty to the New Zealand Locomotive Engine Drivers’ Association and backed steps to secure legal recognition for the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston North
Engine-drivers’ Association
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
New Zealand
Firemen’s and Cleaners’ Association
Potato Seed Selection Aims for Twenty Five Tubers Per Hill
E H H Grubb recalls a visit by Professor E R Bennett who chose seed tubers for uniform size and none with defects. Each hill was hand harvested and only hills with twenty uniform tubers passed. From these, about two hundred pounds were planted the following spring in a remarkable yield effort toward twenty five perfect tubers per hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. HH. Grubb
Colorado
E. R. Bennett
State Agricultural College
Sunspot Theory Says No Justification for Drought Fears
Australian Federal Meteorologist H A Hunt warns against pessimistic drought forecasts based on sunspot cycles. He notes cycles occur about every eleven years and cites 1900–1904 and 1889–1894 as periods of above average rainfall, urging reliance on retrospective records over future projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Hunt
Australia
New South Wales
Angora Goat Industry Expands in Queensland in 1909
Queensland goat numbers jumped from 7 in 1908 to 8228 in 1909 as owners with scrub land trial goats. Mohair yield rose to 65471b in 1909 from 51021b in 1908, while skins output increased from 980 to 1847. The goats clear scrub land and produce mohair in demand abroad and at good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Tobacco as Sheep Fodder and Worm Remedy Explored
A U S farmer reports feeding tobacco stems with salt to sheep to curb intestinal worms, noting rapid consumption and worm reduction. Other breeders claim tobacco in troughs and tobacco-salt mixtures improved health, with warnings to adjust salt and notes on bark and leaf eating. The writer suggests New Zealand could benefit from trials given worm losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
George Aitken
Vermont
United States
American
New Zealand
Wool Balls in Lambs Cause and Cure
The article warns that wool balls form in lambs from licking dirty udders and ingesting loose wool. It stresses early detection and swift treatment with castor oil as the only reliable remedy, noting bicarbonate of soda is ineffective and failures lead to nearly hopeless cases for cure.
Rooke's Eucalyptus Gil advertised for cold relief
An old advertisement promises chest and back rubbing with Rooke's Eucalyptus Gil and a few drops on the pillow to relieve a cold. It ends with the line Ask for Australia's best ROOKE'S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rooke
Australia
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Tarakina
Tengariro
Rnabine
Roapebu
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Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., “Limited
Dondon
Monte Video
Iffe
Plymouth
Business Notices
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, ‘Ltd
Nicoll Bros
Islington
Turnip
Islington M Turnip
Nigoll Bros
Young’s
East and
Burnet Streets
Ashburton
Tate
Zealand
Moen H. Lathsodt
Aggage & & Express
Eneral
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Purniture Rae
Dundas St. Christorcroe
Liseat
Agen A
Cox
Keen
Oxford
Hyazia
Natura
Milton
Llewellyn
Wen
Gepgirl
Jones and Sons
the Reliable Jewellers
High Street
Hereford Street
Government Insurance Department
J. H. Richardson
Ballantyne
Mlustrated Journal of Fashion
J. Ballantyne & CO
Henry Patents
Hughes
Kozie Tea
Manchester Bros
Colman
Jia
Zealandia
Barningham & Gco., Ltd
George Street
Dunedin
Knox Church
Baker Bros
Cass Street
Wakanui Road
Cass and
Cameron Streeta
Robinson
Ashburton County
the International Harvester Co
West Street
McCormick” and “ Deering
Friedlander Bros, L
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T. H. Andrill
General House Furnishers and Importers
Tancred Street
BuIlDing Society
Per- A.sona
Robinson's Patent Courts
Ra Blue _keepa
Raven Tea
Proprietors
Royds Bros. & Kirk, Ltd
Christchurch & Invercargill
Woods
H.C. Barrett
Sewing Machine Co
East Street
Pearl
Bordier
Victoria
National Mortgage and Agency Co. of
N.Z
Lmip
Grain and Seed Merchants
West Strest Ashburton
Beath
Boot Palace
Albert H. Sparrow
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