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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1935
Page
4
The article advises on attractive bedding plants including delphiniums Chinensia and Butterfly, recommends Dahlias and orchids with staking tips, and gives practical seed sowing guidance. It covers soil, watering, weed control, light, thinning, and proper potting, stressing light soil, gentle watering, and avoiding crowding for strong germination.
Wool sales across the Central Western localities and districts such as Bre warres Mungindi Walgett Nyan and Warren showed fair bulk and good color with minimal burrs and dust. Higher prices were noted for wools from Bathurst Coonamble Mudgee Inverell and Coolac with notable merino bids from Bathurst and Gundagai regions. Public notices include total sales of 14 484 bales with 3 533 auctioned and 681 privately uncatalogued.
In Europe, America and Australia the best seller for seedsmen over the past two years is a perfumed dwarf golden double Nasturtium. Shepherds offers a free packet with their 2/6 Flower Set, including Nasturtium and other seeds like land poppy and Delphinium varieties. The promotion promises a free pack with no extra charge upon sending 2/6 and the Flower Set order.
Evelyn Prnros, a government water diviner, explains her skill drawn from ancestral lines. Her arm movements allegedly pinpoint water, oil, and minerals, while she travels across Canada and Europe to locate springs and help drought-stricken areas, including British Columbia.
In opening a road project near Tooloom Range Colonel Bruxner warned locals against vandalism of the district’s native flora. He lauded Australia’s unique ferns, orchids and trees and urged settlers to act as rangers to safeguard the landscape for future generations. He cited New Zealand’s Rats tree examples and urged extending protection along the roads.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a humorous or critical jab about a person named Slimma and references about feeling heavy and a foe. The readable items mention body parts and an epithet, suggesting a crude aside in a historical column. No concrete events, dates, or organizations are clearly identifiable.
A Union Government banquet in Cape Town honored Imperial Pref delegates with Prime Minister Hertog in the chair. Interior Minister Hoffweier urged cooperation amid Africa’s bilingual tensions. General Hertzog praised the British Commonwealth’s lead in unity through difference, urging continued consolidation of ties and cooperation among nations.
Goldsbrough Mort reports 6 702 bales catalogued with mixed quality from medium to topmaking. Overseas buyers and local mill men active. market firm with strong competition and increased Continental support. Top price 16d for 8 bales AAAW from Mrs Jessie Braund Armidale. next sale scheduled February 14 with ~6 700 bales.
Proprietors Measry William Cooper and I Nephew Australia Limited report user feedback on the new doser for Cooper's Worm Tablets. Testimonies praise easier dosing, faster work, and reduced stock handling, with buyers noting it as a satisfactory improvement over previous methods.
Nancy Leiter, niece of the Marchioness Curzon, rises from a £1000 monthly allowance to a £100,000 cheque plus shares in the Leiter estate. The Chicago migrant heiress, 18, will receive further portions of her grandfather Levi Leiter’s wealth from her father’s will at twenty one.
The Rev Father O Byerne tells Grafton parishioners that Ireland under De Valera is calmer and more peaceful. He praises fair play as the key aim and notes Ireland is off to a better start than in his boyhood days.
Plans call for a seven eighths mile bridge from Bowen Terrace to Kangaroo Point with approaches totaling almost a mile long. Construction must finish in four years under a £500 weekly penalty for delays. Dr Bradfield as bridge engineer can dismiss workers and day labour is planned.
On Thursday the luxurious Diesel powered yacht Aondura arrived in Neutral Bay Sydney during a world cruise. Lord Moyne and guests including Mrs Winston Churchill and Lady Broughton spent the day ashore visiting Taronga Park Zoo. The voyage began in England mid December and has cruised the Mediterranean Indian Ocean and East Indies. The Rosanna later sailed for New Zealand after a brief stay.
A Queensland publication notes rats can breed explosively if food and shelter are abundant, potentially producing 800 offspring in a year. Natural enemies and food scarcity curb growth, but famine can drive ferocity. A Melbourne study recalls rats attacking sailors after a shipwreck off St Marys Island.
In an interview Mr Leake notes secret societies persist in New Guinea with Duk-Duk the best known. Its aim once extortion and intimidation persists in a modified form as a native inflation tool in the Rabaul district to May. Ceremonial dances and a feathered mask figure named the Duk-alak accompany festivities before the ritual.
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