Fruit tree planting tips for Victorian growers
Fruitgrowers and home gardeners are urged to order fruit trees now for winter planting to avoid disappointment. Experts advise ordering at least twelve months ahead for commercial aims and recommend planting deciduous varieties in June or July while trees are dormant. Cross pollination is essential for apple pear plum cherry and almond trees, and only a subset of varieties are commercially viable. A free list of profitable rust tree varieties and pollination needs is available from the Superintendent of Horticulture in Melbourne.
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K. B. Higgins
Department of Agriculture
Treasury Gardens
Melbourne
Field Day for Tomato Growers at Scoresby Station
A tomato growers field day will be held at Scoresby Horticultural Station Burwood Road Lower Ferntree Gully on March 20 at 2 p.m. Officers of culture will speak and visitors can inspect trial plots testing tomato varieties for southern Victorian conditions. Tomato growers and others connected with the industry are invited.
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Scoresby Horticultural Station
Burwood Road
Lower Ferntree Gully
Department of Agriculture
Population of the British Empire Surges Past Six Hundred Million
A London Express Service article tracks Empire population growth through census drives and wartime disruption. It cites India at about 257 million, Nigeria at 28 million, and Britain at roughly 77.5 million under a broad claim that seven of eight Empire people are nonwhite.
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India
Commonwealth Relations Office
Kenya
Malaya
Nigeria
Ceylon
East Allnes
Southern Rhodesia
Britain
China
Idia
Australia
Canada
Antarctic Dependencies
Burma
Fire
Transjordan
Palestine
Elizabeth 1
Five Letters From Malaya Reveal Front Line Toll
Florence Mason recounts five letters from Malaya detailing the murder of two British rubber estate managers, Mr Carpenter and Mr Williams. The notes describe ambushes, warnings from a Malayan gang, and Williams's killing while on estate duty, underscoring the peril faced by civilians in a shooting war.
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Florence Mason
Malaya
London
Carpenter
Williams
Robinson
Malayan Wis
Wife Mania list lampoons domestic quirks by Chapman Pincher
A satirical column cites over 500 men describing their wives alleged quirks in a roundup of humorous ailments. The piece lampoons household life with a catalog of fanciful conditions and quips about wives and home duties.
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Chapman Pincher
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the State Assurance CO
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Naco & Cooper
E. L. Walker
PHONE
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