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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1937
Page
4
A Victorian-style explainer on insect sex control, focusing on the honey bee. It describes the hive caste system, the virgin queen’s nuptial flight, and how the queen determines offspring by laying eggs into drone, worker, and queen cells. The article notes queen discretion governs sex, with drones large and workers smaller, and explains drone eggs yield males.
A discussion of how some insects produce female offspring via parthenogenesis and the factors that influence sex ratio. It covers bee queen strategies with royal jelly, aphid life cycles, and thrips, noting autumnal winged forms and the mystery of why certain species lean toward females and how this affects colony dynamics.
Commonwealth Dairy Officer in London for two and a half years notes Australia’s butter quality rising, with increasing popularity among London housewives. He cites Britain imported over 400000 tons of butter in the year to December 31, with Australia contributing about one fifth, and asserts Australian butter matches the world’s best in manufacture and packing.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co report suggests a very strong market at the opening of Sydney sales on August 30, with all chief buying nations competing freely to replenish wool stocks. London prices closed slightly higher, supported by English and French buyers, as Bradford and Freeh buyers lifted greasy wool bids. Rain in many parts of the state is welcomed to improve pasture, with forecasts calling for further good follow-up rains to secure a late spring. The unsettled Far East atmosphere may dull demand when the Australian wool section opens in America next.
The Young Australia League offers two tours for boys during Christmas with limited lodging. One 13 day Tasmanian voyage from Jan 12 to 24 costs £10 17s 6d, including all expenses. The other 50 day Philippines China and Japan trip costs £97 7s 0d, leaving Sydney Dec 18 and returning March 5. Write to Secretary at Box 2859N Martin Place Sydney for details.
A broker urged a lady client to invest in the new Commonwealth Australian loan. She replied with indignation, saying no Australian investment should have a penny of her money, citing the treatment of Larwood in his last four.
A small shipment of butter from Japan landed on the London market and was reported quite good. Prior to London, Mr. Laff served as senior Dairy Office in NSW with 33 years of experience on the dairy grade staff.
Market report documents sheep and cattle sales with counts and prices. Wethers to 38/7, lambs strong with prime demand, heifers and cows listed with prices. Includes purchases by Cleve land Past. Co Moree Nay & Sons Bel- Tata Corx and Holmes Bros Moree. Also notes School of Arts lending volume and Sir William Birdwood holiday plans.
The Australian big game fishing event opens January 1 and closes April 15. Prizes include 500 pounds for the heaviest game fish within 50 miles of the coast, 100 pounds for the heaviest striped marlin, 200 pounds for the heaviest shark (not a line pointer or a mike), 25 pounds for the heaviest tuna over 100 pounds, and 25 pounds for the heaviest game-fish weighed over 40 pounds on a line. Card No 12 limits the line to 39 cord.
Robert Biddle of Dundee in Glen Innes district had a narrow escape when mobbed by a kangaroo while skinning it. The animal kicked as he leaped aside, triggering his rifle and severing an artery in his wrist. He was taken to Glen Innes Hospital and is slowly recovering.
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