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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
2
Chrysler service ad urges buyers to check price and service quality before purchase. Mentions two horse mower details and the guarantee. Local agent James Cranston advertises cars priced at £27 10s plus freight with service at Mr Miskle's garage by a competent mechanic.
A chaotic schedule lists draws and matches from Bookham Blakney Creek Yass Jesters Mantona Koorows and others with byes and venue notes at Boorowa Yass Tangmangaroe and Bookham. March dates include semi finals March 22 and finals March 20 and April 6 with club ad notes and radio ads interwoven.
Promoter offers made to measure suits by an experienced tailor in Boorewa. Ten factory slop made suits available with all the latest patterns to choose from.
Sam Munro operates Tailor Corner Farm located near Queen Street in Bogrowa. The entry notes his business and address details, highlighting a local tradesman serving the community.
The article guides creating natural rockeries using perennials rather than annuals, stressing rock orientation and foliage drapery. It highlights bluesNemophila for ground cover and flowering displays, plus care, sowing, and soil preferences for Schizanthus Wisetonensis the so called Poor Man's Orchid, with sowing in February March and pinch back for compact growth.
The Shire Clerk C W Kenny presents a monthly report noting the unimproved capital value of rateable lands at £600 256 and a general rate limit of 2d in the £ on UCV. A resolution is needed to strike the rate for 1936, and authorization to seal rate entries is sought. Weeds warnings and deadlines are issued, with emphasis on cutting Bathurst Burr and Stinkwort by 15 March. Emergency Relief Scheme protest to MLA Ardill has no reply as the scheme ends 11 December. bridge grant requests and plant sale ads are noted, along with unpaid rates.
A comical obituary notes Roman’s compliance with daily habits and medical checks, boasting eight hours sleep and multiple precautions. It lists 18 specialists, four health institutions, six gymnasiums, and Aumercue antiseptic maker as survivors, while noting a fatal lapse at a level crossing.
SOW NOW FOR WINTER FLOWERS. A 2/6 postal offer for the "GAY GARDEN SET" includes 12 packets of seeds such as Pansies Anemones Sweet Peas Delphiniums Primula Ranunculus Carnation Clarkia and more. Packets bear the firm’s 107 year guarantee to replace faulty seeds.
P. L. C. Shepherd and Son Ltd provides a postal address Box 36085 G.P.G. Sydney and Telegrams labeled SHEPHERD Sydney for correspondence and telegraphic inquiries.
Il persons found trespassing on Nilgari after this date will be prosecuted and a reward offered for information leading to conviction regarding a teleon from Nilgari peddocks. Thom as McGrath 22/12/33 Nilgerl Boorowa.
The speaker argues over practical hurdles in closer settlement raising questions on land availability terms suitable land and marketing produce. A committee member of the Country Party invites reader suggestions to refine policy and address land suitability and implementation.
Ald. Hutchingon of the Mur rump Mor council, replying to a toast on municipal progress, said landlocked large estates hinder growth. He noted the town’s central position on the Main Southern Railway offers great potential for wheat, sheep, and fruit production.
A New York Times cartoon shows a leaf labeled China being eaten by a caterpillar labeled Japan with hints of Manchukuo and millions of Chinese. The piece evokes Chinese strength, Japan's expansion, and public dialogue on wartime power shifts in Asia.
Ald. Hutchinson urges breaking up large holdings Beggan Beggan Curra wong and Tiverton to create small blocks for settlement. He cites Cunningham Plains near Harden where subdivision doubled residents and sheep. He argues Australia should force production like Italy and build local woollen mills.
The engineer Mr N E Dowden presents a 17 January 1936 monthly report detailing completion of forming and gravelling on Cowra Road and other works. The 1936 main roads program is trimmed due to funding but a supplementary plan may follow. Rebuilding, sheeting, culverts, and bridges are outlined for Yass Road Cowra Road Gunning Road Young Road Narrawa Road Reid’s Flat and Jerringomar bridges with progress notes on equipment and wages.
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