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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1929
Page
3
An old seed seller recommends sending for a catalog of shrubs and climbing plants and asks for advice on suitable varieties. Instructions detail proper hole preparation, root spreading, saucer-shaped planting mounds, soil coverage, and staking. It mentions specific plant varieties such as Golden Wattles Aegoly Spoetahllis Weeping Worster and Acwulq Salvigna as noteworthy choices.
A garbled OCR snippet shows two youths entering a doctor's surgery with nervous expressions. The dialogue hints at examination and washing hands, but text is largely unreadable and fragmentary.
Are your pot plants and seedlings weak and miserable looking? Fertabs claim to feed roots with nitrogen phosphorus and potash in right proportions. Tablets are soluble and easily absorbed. leaflet with full particulars available. Price 2 shillings per box of 150 pills post free. Bring back bright growth with Fertabs.
Selections from Manning River News cover events dated October 1868 to October 1869. Mentions Mawson Pont repairs readiness for crossing, a Wingham dinner for Mr. Ochs, a Malt Time school appointment at Mambo Island, a trio’s arrival and loading at a mill, a bay crossing by Gorilla and Esther, heavy weather, sugar industry notes, and rumored asylum inmate removals before year end.
A compilation of Manning Bar diary entries from October 1869 detailing river conditions, sugar sample notes, land and infrastructure projects, bridges, trustees appointments, and public notices. The items reference Ma nning Bar area locations, island names, and local officials, with occasional prices and dates.
A 1869 notice records the Cedar Party Creek bridge at Wingham named The Forster Bridge in honor of the local electorate representative. Other items note a provisional school at Kimbrikl, wheat near Tinonee, butter prices, a new bicycle bicycle era, and railway cargo concerns in Port Macquarie.
Commercial Homebush stock markets open in Sydney on Monday with active bidding and a firm market for all grades. Yards held 2685 head, quality improved, light descriptions in prime condition, and strong prime heavies. Prices ranged from 28 shillings to 45 shillings for beef, with yearlings at 42 to 48 shillings per hundred.
About 1320 yarded with larger prime beef and veal in supply. Heavy weights scarce while veal and medium sorts sold near last prices. Prime yardings reached £14/16, cows to £11/11, bulls to £14, pig section sold well with heavy pigs up to 28/ per hundredweight and slips around 81/6.
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