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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1931
Page
4
Gardening notes urge planting flowering hedges now to avoid the overuse of privet. Recommend Tecoma Capensis, Escallonia Macranths, Ochna Multiflora, and other varieties for foliage and bright flowers. Also advise bulb planting, early for best root growth, and highlight Statice Purple Cloud for lasting decorative blooms and vase arrangements.
A formal notice states that any person shooting trapping or poisoning or trespassing on Th Braes or Springmount will be dealt with by law without respect to persons. All prior permissions are cancelled. Signed Bruce Park.
Strathfield warns residents not to leave netting waste open and signals immediate prosecution for offenders. Managers Sioned and SU AW emphasized strict enforcement and public safety.
A 100 year old company advertises three kinds of Ranunculus suitable for planting now. This week it promotes a different Ranunculus variety the Asiaticus type and also Anemones.
An advertisement from Shepherd and Son promotes flower bulb parcels for gardens. Parcel No 1 includes 43 Ranunculi and 38 Anemonest for 5 post free. Parcel No 2 offers 15 Ranunculi and 15 Anemones for 2 shillings 6 pence post free. Order by writing the parcel number.
The market for wool remains animated with broad participation and strong interest in top quality. Buyers focus on regularity of quality, with robust animal entries driving higher rates, while good and average lots show a hardening trend across many consignments. Notable names include Uralla, Hall, Glenmoor, Hazeldeen, and Moonbi among others, with prices reaching up to 204d for select bales and multiple lots reported across Armidale, Nundle, and Deepwater.
The North and North West Producers Limited announce a clearing up sale of the present wool selling season on March 19. Wool received at Newcastle by March 14 will be included in the catalogue. The company notes a successful season and that Newcastle average prices exceed Sydney centre averages, defending Newcastle as a wool selling hub. Nenco will schedule selling days to suit clients.
A report describes Edern in Franconia near Bamberg as a town with forests funding all municipal expenses. Inhabitants recently received 60 marks each and three loads of wood from the city authorities, effectively a tax free surplus distributed to residents.
The article criticizes the Scullin Labour Government over three wheat farmer relief schemes. It notes the Wheat Pool proposal would have cost 11,000,000 and paid nothing to farmers. It highlights opposition pressures, failed funding, and looming plans for a 6d per bushel export bounty funded by a 6,000,000 loan, amid broader repudiation and inflation talks.
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