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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1939
Page
4
A garden note on pansy varieties and cultivation. It covers soil preparation with lime, seed sowing depth, spacing, and transplanting, plus varieties like Bogging Giants and Perfect Mixture. It also links pansy care to broader seasonal gardening tasks and drainage, hedges, and lawn upkeep.
Shute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited notes early week buoyancy and a better tone for fine wools. As the week progressed the market steadied with superfine lots commanding best prices while medium and strong qualities lag. Prices held firm despite European tension and uncertain outlook, with principal clearances at various shippers including Abbey Yass Cox Coonabarabran and Wilkinson Uralla.
A city court dealt with 468 traffic breach charges. A Macquarie Street doctor was fined £8 and suspended for 12 months after driving 40 to 60 mph to reach a hospital. A car was fined £5 for excessive speed with a heavy load. An Armidale resident paid £5 for speeding on Prince’s Highway. A Merrylands resident paid £10 and had license revoked for 56 mph. Another man fined £7 for 60 mph driving.
Times English mentions Calenculas as hardy showy marigolds. Seedy sowing or planting now recommended. Dartford Giants Teeland Poppy yields huge blooms on long stems. Other good classes include Sunbeam Gartres and Cooy ara Pinks. Nemesias grow in popularity. Strumosa for massed effect and a dwarf blue edging. Anemones, Windflower name for their grace, St Brigid doubles, Coronaria singles.
A sales notice touts Ranunculus and Anemone bulbs ready for planting. It describes masses of color from crimson to blue with tidy groupings and 2 inch depth, 9 inches apart, and offers parcels of 40 bulbs and a 50 bulb mixed color lot by mail order.
L G Shepherd and Son Pty Ltd provides postal address Box 36088 G P O Sydney for official correspondence and inquiries. The notice lists the company name and the Sydney GPO box address for mail and communications.
Goldsbrough Mor t and Co report 3 930 bales offered with steady to slightly soft demand. Top price 254d for Werong Yass clip. March sale planned with about 3 900 bales. Pitt Son and Badgery note wool values firm but cautious amid world tensions and Japanese activity. stock carryover easing.
The Farmers Relief Act extension allows more time for farmers to file for Stay Orders under Debts Adjustment. An amending bill in 1937 simplified the process for those who previously disclaimed benefits. The Farmers Relief Board advises contacting the local Supervisor to learn the correct procedure.
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