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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 26, 1939
Page
4
In a remote valley, Mrs Hoage and Max guard as the party secures their camp. Laracy and the doctor meet three native men at a distance, signaling peace with green bushes. They discuss a warrior from Snow Mountain and a dying son, hinting at a large reward for healing and control of the valley.
In the Valley of the Snows a doctor and two magicians treat a wounded boy. The tribal leaders react with fear as fire magic is demonstrated, but the patient improves after wound opening and bandaging. The tribe’s guards stay until morning, and by day three the fever fades and the boy nears recovery.
A South Coast dairy faced milk quality issues due to contaminated washing water. An underground tank supplied water to a milk cooler, allowing stale milk from the cooler to contaminate wash water. After switching to an alternate source, or boiling factory water daily, the issue was resolved and quality returned to normal.
Experiments in England indicate pasture for pigs yields far higher gains than standard feeds. Pigs on lucerne and clover pasture with corn and meat meal gained 1.31 lb daily, needing far less corn and meat meal for 100 lb gain than those fed a balanced mix. Across trials, 19 pigs from 52 lb started on lucerne or clover pasture. an acre saved feed and produced meat meal, with much hay cut during the season. The period’s weather notes include a January of record wetness and heavy rainfall in some districts. Also noted are British cinema admissions totaling about £50,000,000 yearly, with weekly admissions around 23,000,000.
Roger Courtney writes of his arrival in Jerusalem and the dangers faced as a Palestine policeman. Bomb plots, Arab hostilities, improvised weapons, and tense night patrols mark his early days, with anecdotes of pickups, catapults, and a hazardous but thrilling assignment.
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