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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1933
Page
1
Public ward rates offered free with private wards allowances set at nine pence per day off fixed charges. Hospital extends invitation to join and benefit from available accommodations and monthly quarterly half yearly and yearly contributor options.
At the annual meeting members urged improvements for future shows. Proposals covered cattle prizes for young stock, painting stalls, three day shows with events like cattle drafting and wood chopping, ticket sizing, pavilion layout, khaki weed control, high jump relocation, and better temperature control in the pavilion. Residents praised the secretary Rochfort and pledged further suggestions to the new committee.
Gardeners are advised to cultivate soil lightly after rain to conserve moisture and aerate soil. Remove dead flowers and prune lightly to encourage growth, then fertilize beds for pansies and delphiniums. Highlights include Campanula Molyneaux and Veronica Amethystina, white rockery Arabis Alpina, and Iceland poppies with care on moisture and drainage.
Post office and store agents report goods arriving by mats and being forwarded. Wool and wheat noted as received for despatch to country clients and Sydney, with railway and town store agents handling the open goods. Fire insurance co. mentioned in connection with farmers' produce dispatches.
Garden advertisement touts Shepherd’s Mixed Flower Seeds ready for autumn sowing. A 1 shilling packet is posted free with a guarantee to grow. It promises a mass of blues yellows whites scarlets and all sun shades. No catch. Include note of the paper when requesting.
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