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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1904
Page
2
Agricultural advice on selecting, feeding, and dressing poultry for sale. Emphasizes fat fowls with smooth skin fetch higher prices, recommends corn-heavy rations, and urges careful dressing to preserve value. Warns some cities ban dressed poultry food in crops and advises humane slaughter procedures.
The piece stresses soil condition as key to corn success, plus manure from fields and nearby towns to keep soil fertile. It notes over-wet soil causes yellowing, deep soil breaking if the earth is deep, and stresses firm seed beds, shallow post-planting cultivation, and quality seed for a potential one third yield increase.
Practical notes on improving soil with half rotted manure, avoiding fresh manure for seedlings, and using stable manure to maintain texture. Advises autumn or spring additions and surface applications in summer, warns against overfeeding, and stresses vigorous plants resist pests. Family gardener tips cover root health, watering, and transplant cues to prevent root loss.
The text profiles several aristocrats and officials active in the 19th century. It covers Russian diplomat Count Benckendorff and his career from Rome to Copenhagen and St James's, mentions his brother General Count Paul de Bockendorff, and notes kinship ties to Princess Lieven. It also highlights Lord Mount Stephen, his rise from Aberdeen apprentice to Canadian Pacific Railway leader, his hospital donation, and later baronetcy and royal connections. The passage references royal and courtly figures, marriages, and ties to Canadian and British leadership.
The marriage of the Master of Belhaven to Lady Grisel Cochrane on his coming of age fascinates society circles. The bride, eldest daughter of Lord Dundonald, is described as pretty and popular, while the groom is heir to the Belhaven titles. The Belhaven line’s complex peerage history is touched upon, noting the extinction and succession events surrounding the barony.
General Bir Hens Brigkenbury, now retired on half pay, served as General of Ordnance since 1890 and entered the Artillery in 1856 at age 18. His war record spans five campaigns with key roles in the Mutiny, Franco-German War, and Ashanti campaigns, including early service as Assistant to the Phin pars of i sat of atatl.
Charles Van Raalte, a parliamentary candidate for Raat Doraat, presides over Brank Fox Island in Pools Harbour. The tiny realm spans four miles by half a mile, with land, buildings, and goodwill. He travels by swift yacht, links to the mainland, and the community relies on annual coal by collier and daily provisions by launch. Burial at the Eta churchyard near the ruined Henry VIII era castle marks local memory.
Ladies column notes that fashionable dressing need not be costly. Simple, well cut lines and neutral colours like grey and oyster dominate this season. Readers are encouraged to DIY capes and collars from Indian muslin with guipure accents, while grey crepe and nun’s veiling dresses offer versatile spring and summer wear.
A column notes fashionable spring milinery with two marquise hats and a trend toward flowers and small foliage. Banksia roses are favored, along with wreaths, toques, and bonnets crowded with tiny blossoms and shaded foliage. Geraniums poppies ivy and ribbons appear in varied colour schemes as the season’s decorative focus.
A description of decorative trimming methods using a large dol for trimming, colorful flowers for hats, and novel floral garnitures. Floral rosettes replace cockades, with rings and picquets creating original hat accents. Straw rose buds and bobs are employed to form breaths, knots, and dotted buttons on hats.
A loose robe described as an ideal to-go morning wrapper features a broad collar trimmed with lace, accordion-pleated bodice, and lace inserts. The gown’s lower section and sleeves are enhanced with lace, a rib bow stitched to the under-arm seam adds a bright focal point.
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