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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1935
Page
4
The article advises light pruning of roses now to remove dead wood and encourage sturdy growth for large autumn blooms. Watering, soil moisture, and surface cultivation aid growth. It covers stocks, lilies, linersia, bulbs like daffodils, and general bulb planting, with tips on sowing, thinning, and maintaining soil health.
Goldebrough Mort and Co Ltd reports on the final pres ent derex sale compiling 6 976 bales of wool drawn from Northern end Southern Tablelands Central Western Monaro and Riverina with topmaking wools dominating and pinnera wools mixed in overseas and local mill buyers competed strongly. Sales begin in Sydney next week then Brisbane from Feb 25 to March 7, continuing in Sydney March 11 to April 11 with about 210 000 bales offered. top price 134d for 21 bales of Arthuraleigh/HCK.
The sale notes a catalogue of 9 006 bales covering Yass, Mudgee, New England and western districts with many clips showing good length and soft handling despite burr and dust. Top price 21d for Ravenworth clip. strong competition from Germany and Japan, with high demand for top making descriptions.
Seed catalogue advertises home garden seeds with packets priced at 2 shillings 6 pence for twelve. It lists vegetables including cabbage, carrot, lettuce, onion, parsnip and swedes, plus a wide range of flowers such as anemone, carnations, delphinium, lupins, pansies, ranunculus, primula, stocks and snapdragons.
In Sydney an advertisement lists P. L. C. Shepherd & Son Ltd as posting services with Box 36068 at the GPO. The brief notice notes the company and the postal box for contact.
Major A R Mayfield told the Glasgow and Diocesan Council that about one fifth of Scotland's births are out of wedlock. He cited Wigtownshire illegitimate births at 178.8 per 1000 and English peak at 42 per 1000, estimating 2 in 13 per cent of marriages were irregular before sheriff's warrants. Major Traverfield blamed ignorance, cinema, and modern novels.
Lord Hawke argues against direct attack bowling and supports the new rule aimed at umpire guidance. He says critics misjudge the change and notes Notts and Notts players’ reactions as evidence of the policy’s alignment with the game’s true spirit. Hawke calls for captaincy to remove offending players and defends Hirst against short-ball claims. He cites Notts dissent and highlights his own long tenure as Yorkshire president.
Alderman Arthur Waugh, returning from the Dutch East Indies aboard the Nieuw Holland, declares that Dutch people regard Albury as the capital of Australia and the most important place in the country. He notes many Dutch residents look up Albury on the map and praises the reception in Albury for gifts valued over £1000 and gratitude for the air race rescue.
The Ruthven name originates from Scotland and links to Ruthven castles in Aberdeenshire Inverness-shire and Perthshire. The Ruthvens, like the MacGregors, were proscribed in 1600 after the Gowrie conspiracy. The 6th Lord Ruthven and his brother were executed in Edinburgh and their name erased, later fading yet resurfacing as titles passed through Mary Ruthven and the Hore-Ruthvens.
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