Correspondence warns of rough trek to tinfields and labour scarcity
A letter to the editor from James Saddington Port Hedland March 9 discusses migration to northern tinfields. It notes heavy rain hampering work, scarce wages, and few white labourers, with dangerous tracks, malaria risk, and travel hardship. It warns against unprepared travel and outlines costs for prospectors and the need for capital.
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Tim
Moolgolla
Coogtogong
Jngye
Mooyellaea
Phytin
Jodo
Presont
James Sadding
Port Hedland
Oliver pattern plough praised for strength and demand
The article describes the Oliver heavy plough with deep wheat furrows, noting ease of raising and lowering, two shares, and suitability for four oxen. It mentions price constraints, the value of iron framed models, and the peon’s limited mechanics knowledge in Italy.
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Oliver
Taly
Ploughing by Motor Trains Across Nations
In Canada many ploughs follow a light motor with up to thirty units, modular for single use. The United States doubles this with sixty ploughs on a single motor. In the Buenos Aires region and Bahia Blanca the wheat harvest is troubled by high costs, hindering widespread efficient ploughing.
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Canada
United States
Buenos Aires
Bahia Alanea
Grape Growers Debate Weather Protection Methods
A Rural New Yorker discussion describes no reliable method to cover grapes with paper to guard against weather dust and visitors. The article notes practical limits and mentions women and bikes as possible helpers in protecting produce.
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New Yorker
Deseribrs
Wheat standard row sparks Victoria grain debate
Victorian Chamber of Commerce sectional committee met on February 7 to sample 408 wheat consignments from all districts and decide a uniform standard amid opposition from Victorian Flour Mills Owners Association and corn trade officials. Mills favored two standards but feared complications. Farmers were unaffected directly while shippers faced adjustment.
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Victoria
Victorian Chamber of Commerce
Victorian Flour Mill Owners’ Association
Corn Trade Committee
Disease among Devon rabbits alarms supply chains
An extraordinary malady has appeared among rabbits in North Devon with unsightly lumps. Tests declare the condition hydatid cysts. Affected rabbits may be unsafe for food, stirring concern as Devon’s vast rabbit supply ship prepares to larger markets in the Midlands and North.
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Devon
England
Devonshire
Midlands
North
Local street improvements spark questions from stranger
A puzzled stranger asks how all enhancements concentrate on one street as a city official explains the reasoning. The scene features a local chairman and an exchange about the place and progress amid the cluttered, archaic dialogue.
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Tatlor
Geraldton Tailsing Co
W. H. Tames
Freemasons’ Hotel
Marine Terrace
Cgaraldton
G. Varley
Northampton
Harry M. Marwood
Geraldton
A. H. Mountain & CO
Gillespie’s
Northam
Stanley CO
Pommery
GRENO
Perfection
Bell’s
Mackay’s
Coates Ad Co’s
Plymouth
Taylor Man 'S Jams
NEW Zealand Insurance
Fire and
Marini
A. T. Davies
Next Post Office
Draper
Hotels
the Midland Hotel
Mingview
G. Linthorne
Ship Inn
Uilway
H. ¥. Eaton
Eaton’s Tea Rooms
Fowlie
He.ailor
Constantine
Gardner
Monarch
Yost
New Century
Densmore
Victoria Hotel
GOON
Starling
Williams
Prope
Moora Hate
Wattir Harrison
Constantine and Gardner
H. Carson
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