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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1930
Page
3
Gardeners sort stored bulbs for next spring display. Prepare beds, fertilize if soil is poor, avoid manure on new beds, and ensure good drainage and sunshine. Plant one variety per group and plant bulbs at twice their depth. Nerine lilies highlighted as striking options with several color varieties available.
Shepherds promote a 5 shillings collection of six bulbs per set Daffodils Tyas Preesias Babianas Sparaxis Iris Tritonias Monthretis to grow into spring blooms and multiply yearly. Collections ship post free from L G Shepherd & Son Ltd at Head Office Sydney, with a free bulb catalogue available upon request.
The Minister for Education Mr Drummond opened Newcastle High for girls at Hamilton South on a Saturday afternoon. He said government education spending was 5/3 in the pound of revenue, with cuts this year as earnings drive spending. Plans for new Newcastle school buildings exist but major works await finance. A Vocational Bureau will open in Newcastle. Estimates for 1920 show education expenditure at £45,495,563, up £9,808,754. Elementary cost per child is £13 0 6 yearly. average attendance at public elementary schools is 4,890,000. Care of eyes urged. advertises Webster Jack and McDonald opticians in Pitt Street and Martin Place Sydney for advice and repairs.
Kia-Ora posted a dominant win against Avon Valley at Mia-Ora, winning by 190 runs. Key performances included Monro unbeaten on 7 and multiple wickets for J Monro, A Wilson, and J West, with Avon Valley struggling to chase the total as Sundries and dismissals piled up.
Mr W F P O Hearn M L A says large areas of suitable dairying land are tied up within forest reserves. He notes ready work for hundreds if land were opened, citing Dungog as an example where land of doubtful forest value could become productive dairy farms, funding surveying and road work.
Exchange Sydney notes a 20 percent hike in telegraphic transfer premiums from Australia to London raising the rate to £104/2 per £100. Buying rates rise similarly due to low Australian balances in London. Banks cite funding difficulties as the cause and expect the higher costs to curb imports.
New York reports Blair Corporation says City of Sydney subscription books closed well above par. The loan’s success raises question whether the syndicate will take up the extra issue of 5 million dollars, though observers think a partial flotilla will cover only part of that sum.
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