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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1937
Page
1
Advertises Krempin's Seeds from top gardens for winter flowers and vegetables. Promotes immediate sowing, delivery on Saturdays, and a range including beans, tomatoes, squash, cabbage, peas, and onions. Highlights cabbage varieties and market gardener options with prices and bulk supply.
Good healthy fruit trees and shrubs are available and can be obtained within a few days of ordering. Ixvempi's Catalogue provides information on plants seeds sprays and garden manures. Monthly Garden Circulars are given away free by mail or phone.
A New Year gathering at RaWdon Vale featured horse and cattle displays judged by GB Waller. Visitors from Muswellbrook and surrounding districts joined 40 locals for a day of racing events with 82 entrants in the cattle show and multiple races. Highlights included Stick Daft, Maiden Flag Race, Bullock Riding, Ladies and Boys Flag races, and a 100 yards Handicap.
The Upper Manning area reports a wonderful season with very short dry grass that thickened after rain. Bretti rainfall data shows January 559 points, December total 819, six weeks total 1878, and annual totals 2825 for 1936 and 2446 for 1935. Rivers remained crossable throughout, despite heavy rainfall.
Barrington held a birthday event for Keith Merchant with dancing and speeches praising his cricket and tennis pastimes. Local figures including A J White, Mr. and Mrs. J. Merchant, H Grant, Joe Mitchell, and others spoke of his sportsmanship and Barrington ties. Gifts included cream trousers, a saving outfit, brushes, a travelling case, and an umbrella amid a weathered night, concluding with cheers and supper.
A Geelong woman bought a secretaire at auction for £7 10s and later found uncut diamonds worth about £3,000 in a secret drawer wrapped in ancient wool. The stones were confirmed as valuable diamonds by a solicitor, with a history of changing hands over many years.
Advice on rabbit pest control stresses gate and gateway quality. Instructions cover strong construction, guard posts, full netting, proper hanging on separate posts, simple fastening, and the need to avoid gate posts that cause wire contraction. Elevate the bottom to allow ground plates and proper drainage, clear debris nearby, and consult the Department of Adventure pamphlet Rabbit Destruction for more guidance.
Norco Cooperative Ltd reports a 30 percent cream supply rise since rain began ten days before Christmas. Output adds 80 tons of butter to end of last week across 20 factories in the Richmond Tweed district. The society with 4291 suppliers notes October-December 1936 output 3000 tons below normal and supplier payments reduced by over £250,000.
The freighter Forthbank delivered 15 bred giant frogs from an original 36 to Sydney for breeding at Burwood and Orange farms. Surviving in the ship's hospital, the frogs endured sea sickness in rough Gulf weather. water drip and weekly minced meat aided their survival. There are more than 6000 women doctors on the British medical register.
Readable prices list for Maple and Oak bedroom suites dining room settings kitchen cabinets and wardrobes. Includes bedsteads wire mattresses and dressing tables with discounts for cash. Various prices noted with old currency formats and regional terms.
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