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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
7
A survey of wartime notes lists Rockefeller gifts to the foundation, profits of tobacco firms, price controls, and bureaucratic measures. it also covers aviation production advances, new weapons for soldiers, submarine nets, and early airship and shipbuilding experiments amid broader global upheaval.
Beekeepers prepare for winter with hive maintenance inside and out. Warned are damp, water leak risks, disease like dynentary, and the need for proper ventilation and reliable paints to seal wood and joints.
A historical list warns beekeepers on not handling bees without protection and avoiding overheating hives. It advises smoking bees lightly, handling brood carefully, avoiding crushed frames, not facing hives southward, keeping brood rooms clear, consulting experts, and avoiding nearby stables to reduce odors.
The Land notes workers should wash hands and face before hive manipulation. Do not handle hives immediately after exertion or smoking. give bees two to three minutes to calm as they gorge on honey and the fear tone dissipates.
Apiary instructor E A Earp of New Zealand advises beekeepers to provide each hive with one of two warm mats for winter. Mats should fit the brood area and be made from hacking or canvas. sugar bag or corn-sack mats work well. Wood mats are used where propolis is scarce, calico mats offer little warmth, and artificial shelter is essential to block cold winds. Brood rearing should continue late, avoid high evergreen trees as they block sun and create cold drafts, and use scrub as windbreaks where available.
The article stresses protecting valuable beekeeping combs from wax moths and mice. It advises storing combs in mouse proof rooms, using queen excluders, and stacking in tiers. Fumigation with bisulphide or carbon is effective but dangerous, moth balls can prevent moths, and prevention is emphasized.
An excerpt from Farm Bulletin Queensland outlines bluegrass as a winter favorite in New South Wales coastal districts, its strong yield in autumn to early spring, and its tendency to die in summer then rebound after rain. It describes soil preferences, pasture management, and its compatibility with clovers lucerne timothy and manure fertility.
The Tamworth district council of the Primary Producers Union pressed Sydney to urge the NSW Government to ban unsound stallions from stud use and to impose a tax for horse breeding improvement. The executive concluded a high tax would be ineffective and favored requiring a certificate of soundness from a qualified veterinary surgeon for stud use.
Before the war in France one million eight hundred thousand married couples had no children and 2 900 000 had only one child. This helps explain the manpower shortage the war created.
An article explains that Buick cars use a clutch brake to stop the clutch and connected gears from spinning during shifts. If grinding occurs, the clutch brake may need quick adjustment to prevent damage. It also notes where to find the clutch brake and mentions changes in post war Fiat agency appointments.
Practical notes describe making heat resistant cement mixtures and solvents for celluloid, sealing wax varnish for battery fittings, a recarbonizer solution for cylinders, and cleaning brass with nitric acid. The guidance warns to handle nitric acid with great care due to its dangers.
A snippet from Augusta notes a gathering at Mr Crawford of the Freemasons, with Mrs Frank Allnuit and family present. The item then delivers practical car maintenance guidance on clutch timing, shifting, gear use on bad roads, handling gear changes, and brake action, followed by do it yourself advice on ammonia stain removal, oil tight gaskets, iron cement, battery plate cleaning, a lubricant for car springs, and a heat resistant exhaust paint mixture.
The Fiat Company of Turin absorbs Ferriere Piemontesi, Officine Fili Diatta, and Industrie Metallurgiche Torina with combined capital in the millions of liras. Italy’s invasion spurs national unity and a surge of fundraising, including Turin’s rapid pledge of 7,000,000 liras for refugees.
An authentic case notes a 20 hp car that traveled over 262000 miles and used 15000 gallons of petrol and more than 200 tyres driven by twenty five drivers. It may still cover another 100000 miles, a distance equal to nine and a half times around the world.
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