Red Cross Annual Meeting Reports Strong Early Support
The Red Cross branch held its annual meeting at the local hall on Ard Tuly 1940 with a four month operation. Donations reached £49 115 including various income streams and a credit balance of £12/18/11. Officers were re elected and a tents tournament plus a dance and euchre party raised funds. A further £2 donation came from Mr L Davenport via sheep sales.
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Red Cross
Theocal Hall
Ard Tuly
Dugald Graham
L. Davenport
New Resident in Gloucester District Resigns from Society
Mr James S White, son of Mr and Mrs Jas White of Edinglassie, has taken up residence in the Gloucester district and acquired property. He resigns from the Upper Hunter P and A Society committee, having been a key figure in developing athletic sports in the town and district. His services will be missed as a young friend continues the good work in the Gloucester district.
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Gloucester
James S. White
Jas. White
Muswellbroois
Our Greatest Health Problem is Tuberculosis
Health Department urges early diagnosis and family X-ray screening as key to cutting NSW TB deaths. Dr H. G. Wallace highlights TB as a major but diminishing killer, with emphasis on age 15 to 25 and the need for medical exams for relatives. Info and free pamphlets available from 52 Bridge Street, Sydney.
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New South Wales
H. G. Wallace
Tuberculosis Division
Health Department
Bridge Street
Sydney
Truth Will Out Adolf Hitler Last Testament Fragment
A damaged hoax last testament claims Adolf Hitler on his deathbed denying murder of women and children and denouncing Poles and Allies. It asserts leadership, criticizes Josef Stalin and mocks the Polish, British, and French nations while claiming to bid farewell. The text blends self praise with rhetorical furor and concludes with a strange aside about reading again and hens.
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Adolf Hitler
Herod
Josef Statin
Adolf
Jerseys Lead Dairy Cow Records In 27 Day Test
Jersey cows dominate the top of the pure-bred list in the 27 day records. Raerami Model's Laura, a junior three-year-old owned by F. W. Johnston, produced 1,552 lb milk at 5.2 percent, giving 696.08 lb butter fat. A. F. Emmett's Laurel, five years, 580.11 lb butter fat from 83.941 lb milk at 6.9 percent. Baerami Delia, seven years, 10,671 lb milk at 5.2 percent yields 558.57 lb butter fat. Bodalla Winnie Echo, Friesian, 16,305 lb milk at 3.1 percent, 498.98 lb butter fat, owned by A. F. Emmett. Glencoe Myra 6th., Illawarra, junior three-year-old, 12,814 lb milk at 3.5 percent yields 445.79 lb butter fat. Wicklow La Belle, nine years, Guernsey, 464.05 lb butter fat from 8,97 9 lb milk at 3.1 percent, owned by J. P. Mooney.
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Raerami
Laura
F. W. Johnston
A. F. Emmett
Laurel
A. F
Guernsey
Wicklow la Belle
J. P. Mooney
Feeding of Pigs Reveals Feeding Methods and Savings
A departmental pamphlet notes pigs require little preparation for feed. Maize can be fed shelled or on the cob with modest grinding. Cracking grains saves more when pigs eat in groups. Self feeders slow eating and improve utilization, grinding may save feed. Soaking is ineffective. cooking generally raises value only for some foods. warm swill offers slight benefit in cold weather. Slopping swill fattening pigs has little justification.
Scene in House recalls Erskine and suffragette era
A vivid account recalls Walter H. Erskine's forty years as Deputy Sergeant at Arms in the House of Commons and the turbulent suffragette era. It mentions the 1910 to 1914 protests, Emily Davison's Derby incident, chainings at the Ladies Gallery, and MPs being named or suspended while commenting on changing Parliamentary manners.
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House of Commons
Walter H. Erskine
Frakine
David Erskine
Ladies’ Gallery
Emily Davison
Erskine
Churchill
Domestic Servants Largely Struck By Colds Says Doctor
A doctor notes unusually high cold rates among housemaids and domestic staff this year. In court a neighbor is described as a breezy man with a wife of ill temper. Hurricanes and fires are referenced as well.
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Hurricane
Spitfire
Cut Down Production Costs Strategies for Farmers Economy in Production
A historic article outlines twelve economizing strategies for farms to reduce costs and boost profits. It urges efficient farm-wide management, combining enterprises with wheat or sheep, growing feed, minimizing purchased feed, and avoiding unnecessary permanent investments. It advises substituting machinery for labour, prioritizing urgent tasks, expanding productive crops, culling low producers, and maintaining balanced rumination of crops and livestock. It stresses recording farm finances, avoiding marginal land, securing family living from the farm, and comparing with successful neighbours to fix leaks.
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Agricultural Gazette
Tesa
Grassland Improvement and Long term Fertility
An article notes grassland improvement is a long term project not a quick fix. It highlights soil fertility builds over generations, the need for patient investment, and that financial institutions often seek rapid returns, risking support for deteriorating pastures.
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Agricultural Gazette
Deadly Walking Stick Found in London Eatery
A man left a rifle fashioned to resemble a walking-stick in a London restaurant. A waiter found the item and handed it to management noting its weight. Detectives stopped the man when he returned to claim it and directed him to Bow Street station to explain. The weapon appeared to be a sword-stick, triggering police attention.
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London
Bow Street
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F. Burnett
W. R. Irwin
Clem Walsh
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