How to Make It Attractive Bulb Planting Guide
Garden notes advise bulb planting in spring with bone dust or manure in lower soil layers. Babinnay from South Africa gain popularity. Lachenalia and Nerine bulbs offer vivid color and hardy growth. Plant spacing, depth, and sun exposure key. protect Nerines from deep burial. water lightly during rest and resume as spikes appear. Also covers broad beans, strawberries, celery, pumpkins, vines, and brassicas with care tips and pest prevention.
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South Africa
Double Nasturtiums Provide Bright Garden Color
Double nasturtiums offer large sweet scented blooms on long stems for garden use. Golden Gleam yields golden flowers, Scarlet Gleam shows intense color, Gleam Hybrid Mix features mixed shades including salmon, yellow, orange, and maroon. Packets priced separately or set of three at one third off with post free delivery.
Care of Lambing Ewes During Gestation and Lambing Periods
Careful management of ewes during gestation and lambing determines lamb viability and ewe welfare. Crutching before autumn lambing prevents blowfly, aids nourishment for newborns, and requires calm handling. provide quiet paddocks, ample shelter, and clean water, with salt as needed. For toxaemia prevention, ensure balanced diet and consult local stock inspector or district veterinary officer.
Shepherd and Son Seeds Historical Farming Brand Ad
P L C Shepherd and Son Ltd promote Farm and Gardens Seeds tracing back to 1827. Company lists postal address Box 36085 GPO Sydney and telegrams to SHEPHERD Sydney.
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G.P.O
Sydney
Shepherd, Sydney
Three Men Fatally Gassed In Dundas Mine Tragedy
In Kalgoorlie on Friday three men were fatally gassed in the Western mine at Dundas. Victims were Thos Gomm aged 38 Alfred Robins aged 30 and William Fraser aged 35. Reginald Walker who tried to reach them was overcome but escaped with his life.
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Kalgoorlie
Dundas
Thos. Gomm
Alfred Robins
William Fraser
Reginald Walker
Child Welfare Bill raises school age and street work limit
The Child Welfare Bill proposed by Minister for Education Drummond moves the school leaving age to at least 15 years and raises the street trading employment limit to 15. It preserves factory fitness certificates for under 14s and contemplates strengthening attendance laws while considering expanded use of church homes and similar agencies for child welfare.
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Mr. Drummond
Legislative Assembly
Drummond
League of Nations Union
Fairbridge
Burnside
Reforming Approach for Young Offenders in Children’s Court
Mr Drummond defended the Children’s Court aim to shield youths from stigma of convicts and gaols. A bill would remove terms like conviction and imprisonment for minors and replace them with phrases such as guilty of offence and finding of guilty.
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Children's Court
Drummond
Oldest state farm association officer attends meeting
Mr G S Whiteman 91 year old secretary of the Young Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association for 30 years attended the monthly meeting after a three weeks illness. The president and members noted his recovery and he remarked this was the first time in 56 years he had to lay up.
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G. S. Whiteman
The
Farmers and Settlers' Association
Whiteman
Mr. Whiteman
Monks of St Bernard Hear Christmas Mass Broadcast
Monks at St Bernard on the Tibet frontier listened to the Christmas Midnight Mass from their mother-house on the Great St Bernard Pass as a Swiss radio station relayed the service for monks in the East. The Abbot delivered the sermon.
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St. Bernard
Tibet
St. Bernard Pass
Alps
Diggers Meet After 21 Years At Parkes Brickworks
A Parkes stranger Jock Parker is found at the bottom of a brick pit with fractures after a fall while returning to his camp. Admitted to Parkes district hospital he carries the A L badge, and old Digger pals identify him as a veteran from Gallipoli to 1918. Old stunts and memories of Gallipoli battles are revived as Parker recalls sites like Johnstone's Gully Line Pine Fleurdel and Polygon Wood.
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Parkes
Jock Parker
Baker's Brickworks
Parkes District
A.L
Bill Perkins
League
Parker
Srd
Bill Bryant
Bryant
Jack Parker
Cyril Pritchard
Gallipoli
Johnstone
Fleurdale
Posieres
Moquet Farm
Hill 60
Ypres
Somme
Hermes Bullecourt
Polygon Wood
Broodepeinde Ridge
Amiens
Spasecla
Bu~gowra
Warren Districta
Reunion of War Friends After Anzac Parade Accident
Three men from the same platoon in the same brigade, who formed a strong bond in four years of service overseas, are reunited after an accident at Parkes. One had attended the Anzac Day parade in Sydney without meeting them, but fate brought them together again.
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Goulburn
Sydney
Parkes
Minister backs dam despite past flood strain plan
The Minister said the dam could withstand a strain like the 1925 floods yet work would proceed rapidly. About 150 men would be employed and heavy plant may be sourced overseas. The Burrin g Jack Dam bill is expected as one of the first during the parliamentary session that began last Wednesday.
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Wineheouihe
Carson Ltd
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Jinthome Howe
New
Cure Carter
Ryan's Bakery
Pudman Street
Boorowa, aeaOn Mom
Nilgari
Thomas McGrath
Boorowe
Little Range
Murrumburrah
E. J. Maloney
C. J. Stuart
Undertaker
Boorowa
Frederick Arnold
Monumental Mason
Redfers
Bia
Donohoe Brothers
Springfield
Ethel Spicer
W. Marion
Bathurst
Lew Otigw
Lieters
Joan
Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd
P. L. C. Shepherd & Son Ltd
Ealing
Tilloch & Co. Ply, Ltd
Kent
Liverpool Sts
Eddrew
E. W. Sams
Brial
Australia
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Commo-wealth
Court House
Pudman and
Marsden
Tom Crawford
Court House Hotel
Toohey's
Fellon
Major Reid
Berlinjeck Dam
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