Phases of the Moon for June
The list notes lunar phases for June with First Quarter on June 5, Full Moon on June 14, and Last Quarter or New Moon on June 28. It also mentions another phase reference for June 28.
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
1
The list notes lunar phases for June with First Quarter on June 5, Full Moon on June 14, and Last Quarter or New Moon on June 28. It also mentions another phase reference for June 28.
Dalgetts reports show mixed agricultural prices with cattle and pigs in varied quality. Merino ewes lambs sell up to £10 8s for top lots, heavy weight porkers around 60s to 6s 6d, medium weights 42s to 58s, and cows and forward stores trading in the £15 to £23 range depending on quality.
The report notes pleasing pig quality and strong demand with dairy calves at foot and advancing spring stock. Prices rise, with sound enquiry for well aged sows and good light classes. market shows steady to rising interest despite slight price dips for certain lots.
Fragmentary stock market note lists sheep lots with descriptors such as best locals good skins emra prime and weighty animals. Mentions wether sections and weight categories and various prices or bids in a terse market shorthand. Details are garbled but indicate a lively sale with multiple lots and quality gradings.
The Wheat Commission sent a representative to Australia to study weevil control in grain. Trials showed gravity and heat methods could kill weevils. a 145 degree Fahrenheit treatment for three minutes proved effective. A machine could destroy pests and clean about 20,000 bushels daily, with ongoing experiments at the site to curb damage.
Colonel Stanley Smith of the War Office Salvage Committee reports 100000 tons of barbed wire buried in Allied lines in France. A task force sent to France plans to recover nearly all. One wagon and trailer carry the plant to operate on uneven ground. barbed wire is drawn through rollers and melted for reuse at £55 per ton.
A reader letter complains about indelible pencils used in printing and the difficulty of reproducing handwritten notes. The writer denounces poor writing tools and laments government policy, noting editors share frustration with legibility issues and substandard penmanship.
Fragmentary lines mention workers and townsfolk chasing a remedy called Great Peppermint Cure. Readily cited as a general health claim, the text hints at coughs and colds and a push to use wood based medicines, with no clear dates or sources.
A reader reports relief from backache and kidney pain after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims the remedy stopped symptoms and reduced secretions, urging others with kidney issues to try the product.
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