Wedgwood Legacy and the Potteries Heritage Recalled
SHEDLA STEWART reflects on the Wedgwood tradition tracing Josiah Wedgwood and his forebears from 1612 to the height of creamware and Jasper ware. The piece highlights royal commissions, global demand, classic designs, and six generations of Wedgwood Fellows sustaining the family firm without strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Wedewood
Obert Wedgwood
Pottier
Burslem
Potteries
Josiah
Ptagant
Dorset
Dover
Ana
Wil
Enrious
Devoras
Bally
Charlotte
Catherine of
Russia
Wedgwood
Adams
Chippendale and
Heppelwhite
Meerking
London
Jos Lane
Royal Society
Uhm
Christmas Cheer Donation and Youth Forestry Camp
A donation of £5 was given by Forbes BM od 1D Society to the Forbes branch of the Australian Red Cross Society to aid Christmas cheer for ex servicemen in hospitals. Yesterday, 30 senior school boys from metropolitan and country high schools joined three ocean forestry camps at Wyong Olney State Forest about 25 miles from Wyong, under the guidance of experienced foresters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes BM Od
Forbes
Australian Feed Cross Society
Metropolitan and
Ocean Forestry
Watagan-Olney State Forest
Wyong
Preserving the Earth's Bounty Debate on soil fertility and farming history
The piece argues soil erosion outpacing regeneration and urges proactive farming. It cites Laurence Easterbrook and traces Britain's shift from open fields to enclosed, rotating systems. It notes crop rotation, clover, turnips, and livestock manure as keys to sustained fertility, while warning against complacency and calling for global farming reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Britain
Britten Arming
Hue
Leven
Borne
British Cow Graceful Breaks World Milk Yield Record
British Friesian cow Manningford Faith Jan Graceful owned by Maser Rand H Jenkins of Black Bourton Oxfordshire set a new lifetime milk yield world record surpassing Crymbe Queen at 267.20 pounds or about 1210 kilograms. Graceful achieved this in four years nine months, producing 70 pounds of milk daily over her lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manningford
Faith Jan Graceful
Maser
Rand H. Jenkinosn
Bourion
Oacfordshire
Correspondence on Bush Fires and Firefighting Organisation
A letter to the editor from Bogan Gute of Nock Tike complains about a fence fire and the response. He praises some fire crews, notes missing leadership from H Herbert, and urges tighter firefighting organization to prevent future losses exceeding 100 pounds. He regrets not ploughing a firebreak earlier due to weather and thanks those who helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin
Lt Wour
Tom
Herbert
H. Herbert
Alness
Jon
For Sale items include concrete and earthwork tools
Classified notice lists bands and loads for sale including Aten Gray concrete ashes plastering sand bricklayers band and earth removing with a Berryman Loader indicating a local hardware or auction listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aten
Berryman Loader
Early collective farming in Britain described in historic text
The passage argues farming is essential to civilization and details Britain’s shift from communal strip farming under local overlords to enclosure. It notes Saxon to late medieval practices, the lords' control, and how wool trade in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries spurred the enclosure of common fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnly
Hom Reas
Britain
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The
New Loop Way
Hartwate
Mur Nubdetlich Limited
Nake
Stn
Kedievit
Helena Rubinstein
Towar Rubination
John Meagher & Co. Pty, Ltd
By Shedla Stewart
Superior Clase
Romlor
Moo
Red Cross
Laurence Easterbrook
United States
North
Africa
Tigris
Euphrates
Hua
Tike
Ring
Pat Barton
Leslie A. Shaw F.lo
M.so
Optometrist
Finn
Rankin St
ForBes Municipal Council Show
Court Lane
Morris Bros
Dowling Street
Aalraarsaars
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