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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1938
Page
3
Garden notes select outstanding and useful perennials. Erigeron Giganteum and Quakeress brighten with long flowering into winter and cut well. Sea Holly Eryngium adds blue spikes. Helenium and Helianthus provide color and height in borders. Iris Germanica and Kaempferi iris offer lime-tolerant, dramatic blooms. care and fertilizer tips included. Next week, continuation of perennials column.
Amid new ideas and fads, home cooked scones remain popular. Aunt Mary’s Baking Powder promises fluffy centres with nutty crusts. Recipes from Aunt Mary’s Cookery Book promote using plain flour and offer a copy by sending 1/2 to Tillock & Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney.
A Warragul buyer for a mushroom cannery explains that local harvests boosted by over 30 tons this season have driven cash payments surpassing £700. He notes careful handling to prevent spoilage, with loaders working primarily at night. The industry provides notable regional benefit this year.
Ormond Plant Farm Pty Ltd advertises Delphiniums and hollyhock roots priced 9d to 1s each, Delphinium Cliveden Beauty pale blue 6d per cow, perennial asters in dwarf to tall varieties 12 per dozen, Geum Fire Opal 13d each, Geum Borisii 1s per 12 dozen, Heuchera Plume of Fire, Lady Trentall 1s 3d each, Tris Germanica Iris 12 varieties post free 15s, Melba strawberries rooted runners 4s per 100, post free shipping.
Dame Eadith Walker of Yarralla Concord died leaving an estate near £1,000,000 to be distributed under her father's will. Relatives with Walker blood seek claims, aided by Mitchell Library records, while Griffiths and Bourke case histories hint at broad, chaotic property disputes and large claimant lists.
Nothing's better for discouraging theatre fleas than a sprig of mint in each stocking top. If the yolk of an egg breaks when frying or poaching a sprinkling of salt on the broken part will prevent it from running into the pan. Sprinkle baked milk puddings with grated sponge cake and cocoanut, a thin layer of each. They will brown nicely and have a delicious toasted flavor.
Wool report from 4oldsbrough Mort and Co notes the final part of the Sydney selling season opening with around 8800 bales. New England wools show fine to superfine quality, while Southern table lands offer medium quality with soft handling. Most lots are topmaking with dust and burr issues. Buyers include Germany, France, Belgium, and Italy. Japan purchases little. Local mills back lower grades. Bradford quiet. Next week sees 4000 bales and Riverina clip. sales shift to Brisbane then recess until August 29.
In Sydney water supply plans, a ministerial proposal could save 1,000 million gallons for Woodstock area between Blayney and Cowra at an estimated £400,000. Water would be gravitated from 2,200 feet across a 70 square mile catchment to supply many country towns far away at lower cost than river intake. Public Works Department engineers are investigating the scheme.
The wool industry report notes a partial recovery in stock values due to lower feeding costs and improved rainfall in parts of NSW and Queensland. Demand remains weak abroad with Japan active but a broader US revival uncertain, while Continental buyers push higher volumes. Wool costs sit higher than cotton, and merino supplies are expected to shrink next season. The Sydney market closes June 9 with a final catalogue planned for June 7.
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