Calm Suez Passage Under British Control Amid Tense Egypt Scene
Aboard the Orcades, 28,000 tons, 1487 passengers, and 612 British crew travel through the Suez Canal amid Egyptian sniping and closures. The canal remains open and vital to Britain and the Commonwealth as British forces oversee port and convoy security. Port Said’s tourist trade is shuttered, shops closed, and Egyptian labor scarce, while Royal Navy and Royal Corps guard the route.
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Erskine
Suez Canal
Britain
Commonwealth
Middle East
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Australia
Tilbury
Bay of
Biscay
Gibraltar
Naples
Groucho
Port Said
Bumbert
Tesa
Simon Arzt
Royal Navy
Egypt
Suez
Canal Zone
Great Bitter Lake
Royal Armored Corps
Thames
London Express Service
Mycotic Dermatitis of Sheep and Treatment Methods
Mycotic dermatitis in sheep is a mild skin infection caused by a fungus, forming crusts that trap wool. It spreads after wet autumns, more i Kyr in young stock, and is contagious. Infected animals and contacts should be dipped in blue stone or zinc sulphate solutions, with repeated dips for severe cases. Prevention includes autumn dipping.
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Australia
C.M.F
S. A. Mountjoy
Victorian Department of Agriculture
Shire and CRB Works Report on Road Contracts
Shire engineer M J Ryan presents works report to Shire Council detailing CRB contracts with forming and gravelling completed on 1 mile north south road and 14 miles on Ryan's road, 60 chains on Katamatite East school road, 2 miles re-sheeted on Yarrawonga Katamatite road, sealing prep on Benalla Yarrawonga 1.3 miles and Tuneamah Peechelba 1.5 miles, plus general grading and maintenance. Maintenance includes pothole repair on Power Line Road, renewal of church bridge stringers, repair of a bridge west of Youanmite, and sealing of 0.5 mile Barr Street Tungamah and 30 chains Main Street St James by CRB plant. Also notes nuisance from elm suckers at Tungamah post office, with remedy proposals and planting Plane trees elsewhere to ease future root issues.
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CRB
South
Ryan's Road
Katamatite East School
Yarrawonga
O'Dwyer
Benalla-Yarrawonga
Tuneamah-Peechelba
Fitzgerald
Mills
Church
Youanmite
Barr Street
Tungamah
Main Street
St. James
Fire Danger On Grasslands Warning for farmers statewide
The Victorian Department of Agriculture warns of definite fire hazards as spring pasture dries, noting most fires are human-made. Landholders should maintain ploughed firebreaks, traps for debris, and ready spray gear. ensure tractors have spark arresters and extinguishers. Volunteer brigades are supported and periodic equipment checks urged.
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Victorian Department of Agriculture
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Longmuir Bros
Automotive & General Engineers
Tune-Lips
Fordson
Lincoln Arc
Foim
Mechanics Institute
Cobram
Capt
K. A. Evans
Cobram 218
B. W. Jones
Younghusband Limited
Shepparton
Numarkah
the State Assurance Co, Ltd
F. O. Wright
Office Cobram
Cobram Pig Sale
Young Husband Limited
Peter Duffield
Shire and
M. J. Ryan
W. W. Jones
Thorncroft
ROVER
Land Rover
Jupiter
Bradford
R. K. Starr
Todd & O'Brien
J. Stanyer
Barooga
District
S.P.C
Accor
Shepparton Fruit Preserving Co. Ltd
Archer ST
P.O
STAK
Tubular
Roden
Ben
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