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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1936
Page
8
Notices warn that trespassers on Nilgari after a date will be prosecuted without regard to persons and a reward is offered for information leading to conviction concerning sheep theft. The text also gives an odd instruction about hanging pictures to form a cross in the wire.
The article surveys flowering bulbs such as Agapanthus Calla Nerine and Tigridia with notes on planting depth grouping and watering. It praises Gladioli Spider lilies and Nerines for vibrant colors and discusses true lilies and flowering shrubs like Rhus Succedanea Currants maples and prunus Scented foliage trees for autumn color. It also outlines spring prep for vegetables including Asparagus beds rhubarb and manures and mulching for sprouts.
In Port Moresby Tarugania native Tugugama was charged with murdering his uncle Pancho Uric after a pig hunt. Evidence showed Unio slept near a pig net and, hearing snoring, Tugugama, mistaking the sound for a pig, speared him. Tugugama was found not guilty and discharged.
Advertises a fruit tree deal offering 7 trees for 10 shillings with free carriage, selecting from apples almonds apricots figs nectarines peaches plums prunes Japanese plums persimmon and quince. Extra trees at 7 for 10 shillings, substitutions allowed with small extra charges. Railway towns prepaid rail delivery, others may pay on request.
P. L. C. Shepherd & Son Ltd promotes its farm and garden seeds continuing since 1827. The notice provides postal Box 36088 in Sydney and telegram address SHEPHERD, Sydney.
President R C Braithwaite, adopted by the Grafton Chamber of Commerce, warns Australia is underpopulated with birthrates down to zero and many war losses, calling for rural men to have homes. He criticizes wasted Crown lands, over-seas trade focus, and urges boosting local markets for farmers' sons. The piece ends with symbolic lines about prosperity and warning.
The engineer notes £2000 allocated for Frogmore Road works to form and sheet gravel to four inches depth from Gunnary junction to Frogmore township. It details maintenance on Yoss, Young, Narrawa, Rye Park roads and others, praises the trailer grader, estimates culverts and causeways costs totaling £1000, lists bridges Langs Creek and Jerringomar nearly complete, and seeks council approval to purchase the trailer grader with scanner attachment and potential bridge openings.
The Young Hospital Ball attracts many from surrounding centres and dance lovers, offering superb supper arrangements. It will be held on Thursday next, July 2, at the Town Hall, which provides ample space for over 600 guests in the supper room and is famed for hospitality.
The notice warns all persons found hunting, shooting timber, or trespassing on Springfield without authority will be prosecuted. Printed and published by Emily Maud Burns and Osman Warner Burns, sole proprietors, at their Linotype Printing Works in Marsden, in the State of New.
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