Women urged to join the Women's Land Army now
The article calls for thousands of women volunteers to join the Women's Land Army as harvest time nears. It notes severe labor shortages on farms, farmer needs, and good wages plus open-air work. Applications are encouraged to 34 Martin Place Sydney with districts like Orange and Ganmain requesting hundreds.
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Women's Land Army
Commonwealth
W.T.A
Orange District
Ganmain
Martin Place
Sydney
Crows Show Counting Skill in Historic Experiments
Report notes long standing claims that crows can count up to four based on tests after World War I by a renowned ornithologist. Trials with four men returning singly showed riposte by the flock only when three of four returned, with crows also judging gun presence and range, according to Warrwick Daly News.
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Wueiler
Warrwick
Invalids on Trains Seek Reserved Compartment
Crook's Park resident T M Hooke urged the Railways Commissioner to reserve a train compartment for invalid passengers traveling over 100 miles. He proposed doctor certificates as proof. Acting Secretary Nicholas said the matter would be considered with a reply to follow. The letter also notes overcrowding and questions military rail traffic.
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T. M. Hooke
Crook's Park
Dungog
Commissioner For Railways
Hooke
Nicholas
Railways
Alice Springs
Rabbit skin prices steady in Sydney and Melbourne markets
In Sydney and Melbourne markets Winchcombe Carson Ltd reported rabbit skin prices largely unchanged on Wednesday. Total offerings reached 35 tons with varied bids across grades from 2d to 97d per lb for Winters and up to 26d for kittens, while hare skins and fox skins showed mixed demand and higher prices for some classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Sydney
Oldest Man in Australia Edward Bennett Born 1834
Edward Bennett of Bringolong East Gippsland Victoria born July 15 1834 in Ireland is Australia’s oldest man and possibly the continent’s oldest. He arrived in Australia at age 12 worked as a horse dealer joined the 1861 New Zealand gold rush later owned a hotel at Sate and later hop grows. Now living with his daughter Mrs E Boyce at Bringolong. He celebrated his 108th birthday a week after his son George aged 78 died. George never a strong one. Bennett reads the paper without glasses and cites war news but avoids strangers debate. A slight limp comes from two prior leg fractures from horse dealing days.
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Edward Bennett
Bringolong
East Gippsland
Victoria
George
Mr. Bennett
Australia
Ireland
John Batman
Yarra
Melbourne
New Zealand
Sate
Briagolong
E. Boyce
Aboriginal Curio Reveals Centuryold Climbing Marks
Mr Arnold Witchard of WHriksson Bros. brought a tallow-wood plank to the Wingham Chronicle office. The 11 foot girth log, cut from Caparra near Wherrol Flat, bears foot holds carved by an Aboriginal climber over a hundred years ago. The marks, hidden for long, emerge as silent evidence of the fast fading race.
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Arnold Witchard
Messrs
Whriksson
Chronicle
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Dstrict
W. T. Howard
Hones
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