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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1930
Page
4
The article traces cooking devices from primitive fire pits to the Dutch oven and iron stoves, noting Greek pottery, clay pots, and early ovens. It highlights postwar kerosene and oil stoves, praising Laurel Perfection Stoves for clean flame, even heat, and easy inspection, popular in Australia and New Zealand since 1918.
The report notes strong demand for attractive superfine spinning wools and a firm, unaltered market across the Continent and Yorkshire. It highlights ongoing store interest and hopeful prospects for future sales, with district realizations and notable entries from Abd later lines.
Norman Wizard Smith sets an Australian mile record of 146.39 mph on Ninety Mile Beach in New Zealand using Prime Motor Spirit and Mrbiloil. A telegram from Smith expresses extreme satisfaction with Vacuum Co. service and the two products’ excellent results.
The passage notes a marked gap between raw wool prices and finished woolen goods, suggesting raw price plays a minor role in retail value. It cites American statistics on fleece yields, scouring losses, and Australian wool data, estimating overall costs and waste, with figures such as 8.7? fleece yielding a suit, and a total margin near 16 percent between raw wool and manufactured fabric.
An article notes Wainrs and Wire exhibit steel use in their product and mentions a special alloy recently developed. It states a contract to supply numerous other items for 1930 and future years, aligning with government policy and local industry expansion.
Mr Gordon Excama of the Bax ion of the N.S.W. coe Association and Col J Baxner state the Bill does not create a public monopoly. Minister for Local Government and Colonel Bruxner emphasize the government will not concede that a single group may control all road transport to the exclusion of others.
The article discusses alarming estimates of wool losses from blow fly and subsistence impacts on sheep farmers in Australia. It notes arsenic-based treatments and new specifics lasting through lambing, with guidance on timing and antiseptic properties, and mentions a book available on application to the compare.
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