Tomato plants revive at Shepparton station
Local gardeners report tomato plants thriving after a cold snap near Shepparton. Officials credit improved irrigation and careful spacing for robust growth across community plots.
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1943
Page
2
Local gardeners report tomato plants thriving after a cold snap near Shepparton. Officials credit improved irrigation and careful spacing for robust growth across community plots.
ABC chief light music writer Cecil Fraser discovered Dick Bentley Marjorie Stedeford and Alice Smith in Melbourne while building the original ABC Dance Band. He details quick composition feats from five minutes to one hour and notes his role shaping Australian radio talent and music for ABC programs and broadcasts.
Door takings at C.W.O. ball Tocumwal reached £105 with prices 2/6 and 2/ for Services and 5/ and 2/6 for civilians, showing most attendees were Service members. Finley Red Cross ball yielded about £80, Mulwala Catholic ball £130, Cobram P.O.W. ball posted a profit of £112, signaling strong appeal of dancing among services and civilians.
A collection of remarks by Richard Law and Sir William Beveridge on building a genuine international society for lasting peace. Ernest Brown signals readiness for health reforms and big national changes to raise public welfare.
An old time catalog style lists steel posts fencing barb wire galvanizing cement lime stoves coppers baths and all building material. It advertises 4in combine points at 3/9 a dozen 20in disc plates 11/9 each 22in in stock and elephant disc plates. Also offers steel rims welded to Sundercut and Plow wheels and calls for old equipment to improve traction. Includes full stock of sheep dip and promotes seed orders.
Experimental feeding of steers using powdered limestone shows rock-fed cattle grew slower but gained weight faster than those on prairie hay alone. University tests suggest a limestone quota of about one tenth of a pound per day, constant across steer sizes, with calcium supplied via rock or mixed with feed.
Federal Cabinet plans a meeting on September 21 to decide on reintroducing daylight saving. NSW and SA have replied to the Prime Minister's request for views, showing mixed stances amid ongoing讨论.
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