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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1940
Page
3
The article outlines lawn maintenance covering watering, mowing, fertilising, topdressing, and weed control. It advises medium heavy watering to supply about one inch rainfall, proper mowing height and frequency, two annual complete fertiliser applications, and nitrogen dressings when needed. It warns against frequent light watering, excessive topdressing, and notes lime as soil pH management.
The Commonwealth sells 56,000,000 bushels of wheat and 140,000 tons of flour to the United Kingdom at a price deemed satisfactory, marking the second Commonwealth pool disposal. The deal secures a margin over List advance for bagged and bulk wheat and follows Prime Minister statements from Canberra in November. About 7,000,000 bushels were shipped to the UK, leaving roughly 50,000,000 bushels to be sold with domestic milling and export demands in view. Ships for transport will be provided by the UK Government, with price factors including US weather and Argentina crop outlook.
Allied aircraft report a string of recent successes including RAF leaflet drops over Vienna and Prague and the attack on three German destroyers off Jutland. German losses claim a Hein kel and three Messerschmitts. Italy Finland arms transit embargo reportedly lifted for technical reasons. Sir John Simon urges austere medicine to curb inflation. The U S Maritime Commission plans tenders for two 35 000 ton passenger lines adaptable as aircraft carriers with 700 ft flight decks for 75 planes. Australia braces for a war loan likely over 20 million with favorable rates.
Churchill’s writings in Step by Step 1936 1939 praise foresight and action as First Lord of the Admiralty. He warned Austria’s fate under Hitler and warned of Nazi party control in the army, noting dangers to freedom and military effectiveness.
Analysis of Germanys dependence on foreign supplies for war and the critical role of oil rubber textiles and other imports. It recalls 1918 blockade history and notes attempts to smuggle contraband past British lines as Nazis face shortages and seek 10 000 000 tons more via imports from non European sources including Soviet Russia and Romania and Poland oil fields.
The Queen donated General James Wolfe’s fast letter to his mother dated August 31, 1759, penned near the St Lawrence River, noting bloodshed to reach the French defenses. A small portrait by Benjamin West, from a sketch, shows Wolfe in his first uniform. The French Marine Minister Campinchi claimed Allies sunk 30 U boats and a French colonial army arrived without loss.
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