Isolated settlers choose Sunday Island in Kermade group
Alfred Bacon of Devonport and two others have chosen life on Sunday Island, part of the Kermade group, taking passage aboard the yacht Ngataki which has since returned to Auckland. They plan to end their days there amid huts, supplies, and Alsatian dogs to curb rats, a pursuit echoing Bacon’s earlier 1926 isolation bid. The island, occupied briefly over a century, has long been abandoned, with notes of past caretakers including the Bell family and insights from Tom Iredale of the Museum staff who compared it to Robinson Crusoe’s setting.
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Auckland
Sunday Island
Kermade
Alfred Bacon
Devenport
Ngataki
Bacon
Bell
New Zealand
Tom Iredale
Kermadees
Red Scale Fruit Infection Crackdown Warned by Minister
The Minister of Agriculture warns selling or sending for sale fruit infected with Red Scale is an offence under the Plant Diseases Act. Departmental inspectors will report offences for possible action. Landowners with infected fruit trees must spray with an approved mixture to kill the scale.
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Hugh Main
Infected fruit sales and failure to fumigate fined
The notice warns that selling infected fruit or neglecting required fumigation with hystocyanic acid gas, generated covertly under calico, is an offence. A penalty of £50 may be imposed for either violation, with a fumigation period of at least 15 minutes.
NEW BRIDGE ON CLARENCE RIVER OPENED AT MORORO
A steel bridge 620 feet long over the North Arm of the Clarence River at Mororo on the Pacific Highway was opened by Transport Minister Mr Bruxner in the presence of about 600 people including Acting Prime Minister Dr Page and local dignitaries. The bridge and approaches cost £24,473 and were built by Oxenford Contracting Co. of Grafton using Newcastle steel and Australian hardwood timbers. Bruxner outlined rapid bridge development on the North Coast Highway, noting 18 bridges between Sydney and the Queensland border with only five remaining unfinished, and that 620 bridges have been built since 1925 at a total cost near £1,250,000. He said 90 bridges are under construction, with 80 more to begin and 150 further considered. HEFTY POLICEMAN: Constable Wallace McKinnon, famous for strength, measured 13st 10lb, 47in chest, 16 3in biceps, 14 3in forearm, and 24in thighs, performing feats of strength and boasting of earlier displays.
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Clarence River
Mororo
Mr. Bruxner
Dr. Page
A. S. Henry
M.L.A
Oxenford Contracting Co
Grafton
Newcastle Steel
Bruxner
North Coast Highway
Sydney
Queensland
Hunter
Manning
Hastings
Richmond
Harwood
Wallace McKinnon
Bronte
McKinnon
Ross McKinnon
University
Bowling Club Opens Season At Gloucester Park
The bowling season starts in July when the club invites newcomers to the green on weekday afternoons. Members can learn the game, try bowls and learn membership terms. Shoes and bowls are provided for trial. The club has gained acclaim for its green setting and attracts visitors from NSW, Australia and New Zealand.
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Gloucester Park
N.S.W
Australia
New Zealand
Wanderers v Stroud in Mine Cup Challenge
Stroud won the Mine Cup at Gloucester Park after a strong display against the Wanderers. Gloucester Reds beat Nabiac 20 to 13 at Nabiac with crowd support from Wallamba fans and Happy Monro scoring twice. Next Saturday the Reds plan to field their strongest side to defend the McNeill Cup against Stroud.
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Wanderers
Stroud
Gloucester Park
Dan Dempsey
Western Districts Country Week
Bullahdelah
Gloucester Reds
Nabiac
Wallamba
Monro
Reds
Fiek
McNeill
Gloucester Ladies Lose to Taree Old Bar in Park Match
In a Saturday park game Taree Old Bar defeated Gloucester 6 to 2. M Taylor Robson Crittenden and Gray scored for Taree while C Sanders and C Landers added for Gloucester as locals showed improved form but failed to close the gap.
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Gloucester
Taree-Old Bar
HK Mints
Taree
C Sanders
C. Landers
D. Gray
Maitland and Sydney Stock Sales Report Strong Cattle Prices
Prime cattle in Sydney demand at firm prices, 239 head set by 119 owners. Bullocks to £10 12s, good to prime beef £24 to £29 per 100 lbs. yearlings £26 to £81. In Maitland fat cattle yarding 850, good quality cattle strong, best bullocks to £9 13s 6d, cows to £7 14s, vealers up to £5 6s. Calves heavy calves brisk, best to 50s, heifers to 25s, others down to 2s. Pigs about 800 penned, prices lower except stores and bacon pigs, heavy pigs to 79s 8d, bacon pigs to 58s 6d, porkers to 37s 6d, others 22s 6d to 26s 6d. Slips and suckers 6d to 12d.
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Omebusu
Sydney
Pices
Queensland
Maitland
Why Send Your Orders Away
A compact Victorian pitch notes that H Coote Jeweller Gloucester invites customers to send orders locally for city prices. It promises catalogues on hand, satisfaction guaranteed, and a trial will prove the ready supply of required goods.
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H. Coote
Jeweller
Gloucester
Bush Bachelors Ball at Karamea Draws Enthusiasm and Feats
Observer Giro reports on a Bush era Bachelors Ball held at Karamea. Preparations spanned weeks with meals planned for fifty guests and transit by horseback. A large room was lit, candles set, and a six to one male to female ratio led to tap dances and a lengthy accordion waltz that energized everyone.
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Giro
Karames
Karamea
Gloucester
Shannon Vale
M.C
Foragers’ Midnight Fete Ends At Dawn With Bed Relay
Wrangling over makeshift instruments and a lively vocal recital yields to an all night dance. A guest recites Salt buah Bill for amusement, meals delight a crowd, beds overflow, and dawn sees weary visitors making a hasty departure.
Stonehurst Patrician Lily Breaks World Jersey Milk Record
Six year old Jersey cow Stonehurst Patrician Lily, owned by Ore 3.5 Lockwood Normanby Hill Sinnington Eng, set a world Jersey milk record with 24,004 pounds in 365 days, surpassing Abigail of Hillside by 4171 pounds. She averaged 66 pounds of milk daily, with a top daily yield of 86 pounds on June 4 last year, and total butter fat of 1087.241 pounds at 4.5 percent.
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Stonehurst Patrician
Lily
Jersey
Lockwood
Normanby Hill
Sinnington
Eng
Abigail
Hillside
Gordon McWilliam
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al Belles
Kayser x Service
Wate
Street & Parish
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