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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
2
The article discusses choosing hedge plants with color and durability, highlighting Oleanders Madam Martin Mrs Reeding and Grandiflora for massed hedges. It covers planting two to three feet apart, frequent trimming, and selecting rooted plants from nurserymen to save time.
The article discusses lifting and dividing permanent plants with offsets, reconditioning soil, and top dressing with lime. It highlights Dielytra spectabilis, the true Bleeding Heart, preferring sheltered spots, rich humus soil, and early morning sun. It notes improved colors in Perennial Asters and describes Scabiona and Columbaria varieties.
The South Western Shows Agrat ion lists dates across multiple towns. August events include Hillston Wyalong Coota Jun dra Lake Cargellico Ungarle Weet Wyalong and Grenfell Cowra Bribares with late August dates. September covers Weet Wyalong Ungarle Ravellan Hillton Temora Athlethean Ariah Park and Cootamundra with varied days. July Sheep Show runs July 3 4 6 at various locations Conowinilra and Cowra dates in September are listed.
Readers are invited to request the Rose Collection catalogue with 14s per dozen roses priced 1/3 each plus carriage. A selection can include 3 reds 2 pinks 2 whites and 2 yellows in bush dwarf varieties. Free freight or postage in some cases with railway prepaid delivery.
Postal address for P. L. C. Shepherd and Son Ltd provided as Box 36085 GPO Sydney in the historical notice.
The article notes NSW shearing season totals over six and a half million sheep in about 20 weeks yielding roughly 14 million pounds monthly. It mentions an award raising wages by 0 percent and a lambing outlook improving, alongside a stray health remedy advertisement for a children's cough cure.
A tribute highlights John Quinn a leading sheep dog judge in Sydney with 25 years of service. He is famed for Coil a dog that set a perfect 100 point score and six minutes twelve seconds run. A testimonial fund opens with A W Skidmore assisting as honorary treasurer at Endravour House Sydney.
In Tullawan near Gulgeng a group of 21 local residents organized a working bee to erect trucking yards. The Railway Commissioners supplied all materials plans and specifications. The project took two days to complete.
Sydney reports two wool trade conferences by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers and the Australian Woolgrowers Council. Australia forecasts 2,810,000 bales offered this season with 1,000,000 bales before Christmas, depending on weather and carryover. Bradford tops firming and private wool inquiries rise in Brisbane and Sydney, with Japanese interest noted.
In a recent interview Bishop of Wagena Dr J W Dwyer clarified misinterpretations about his comments at the foundation ceremony for a new Catholic Church in Bowna. He said health concerns in the past two to three years led him to seek permission to resign, but his health has improved and he has no intention to resign.
Parkes Post notes a Parkes lawn sunk over a mining shaft and Warwick may face collapse as a tennis court dropped into a subterranean lake. Authorities investigate a buried lake fed by an underground river endangering the town’s foundations.
F T Fisk notes radio has moved from hobby to common entertainment in Australia with many households owning sets. He predicts future television but urges quick adoption of wireless receivers now, citing market growth, program variety, and low license costs. Sir Hamilton Harty conducts on national stations and broadcasts remain affordable.
An advertisement credits Emily Maud Burns and Osman Warner Burns as sole proprietors of a Linotype printing works located on Marsden Street Burrowa New South Wales. The notice promotes the printing business and its publication house.
Employers must replace current wages tax remittance books with new ones for use from July 1. New remittance books will be mailed directly to employers with 10 or more staff, while employer schedules must be collected from post offices. The update will be distributed through New South Wales post offices and the Taxation Department.
The incident on Friday afternoon October 8 at the Grant Pastoral Company Braganza property saw three sheep skins left to dry on a fence. A youth stole the skins as workers watched, rode off on a push cycle, and hid the skins behind a stump before escaping as Mr. Dudley Grant and his team gave chase on foot.
Miss Elen Barrett holed out in two strokes twice at the Bathurst links, a record 59 in Bathurst. She made a one at the 13th and again at its hole. New regulation bans riding bicycles without a red rear disc.
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