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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1936
Page
4
The article promotes low maintenance flowering varieties ideal for limited care gardeners. It highlights English marigold, Centaurea, Clarkia, Gaillardia, Gazania, hollyhocks, Linaria, and Godelia as dependable choices that bloom through late winter to early summer. It also notes seed sowing of ranunculus can yield excellent results with proper drainage and timely sowing.
A gardener’s note promotes ranunculus and anemone bulbs with vibrant color options including crimson scarlet lilac and rose blue. Instructions advise planting ranunculus claws down and anemones crown up about 1 inch deep and 5 inches apart, avoid fresh manure, and mention two bulb parcels mailed for 2 shillings 6 pence and 3 pence for fifty bulbs in mixed colors.
Pitt Son and Badgerys reports brisk competition at daily auction sales with widespread interest from paying traders. The last sale saw good clearances at prices matching earlier in the week, featuring a catalogue of 4,648 bales chiefly from the Southern Tablelands, Monaro, New England, and Central districts. Monaro clips were of good quality.
The February 29 leap day will boost Britain’s spending by millions. The London Daily Express cites tea consumption rising by a million pounds and 400 tons more sugar on February 20. Total extra cost around £140,000 with higher wage bills for daily or weekly paid workers, including soldiers.
The report notes wool quality differences with New England wool thin and short while Southern lots from Bungendore and Moree fetch top bids. It lists clearances and prices per pound. It also highlights rising Army, Navy and Air Force costs and larger government outlays in Customs Excise Post Office and duties.
Saturate seed box soil with boiling water and set the surface temperature so a hand rests comfortably. Sow seeds thinly on the surface, cover lightly, and tent with a bag to trap warmth and moisture. Remove the bag as soon as sprouts appear to avoid stunting. When shoots reach an inch, move seedlings to nursery beds with a one inch layer of decomposed manure and charcoal beneath to ease later transplantation.
Britain counts about 280000 Leap Year babies who gain a birthday every four years. Lords and heirs like Lord Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn's heir, age thirty-one with seven birthdays. Season ticket holders gain an extra travel day, flat renters a free day, and February 29 falls on a Saturday this year with five Saturdays in the month. The question explains why we have leap years, noting the solar year is about 365 days and an extra day every four years aligns calendar with astronomy.
A party at Gulgong reports a rich gold find of 56 ounces in ten days. The ore is coarse with a single stone weighing four ounces and the discovery was made at a depth of 20 feet.
Fourteen individuals faced fines up to £15 and were deprived of their income in a local disciplinary action. The notice provides sparse details on the offenses but records the penalties imposed and the authorities involved.
A quoted testimonial from Mrs W A B describing severe rheumatism and numbness in her right hand and arm. She reports dramatic relief after taking Kruschen in water, claiming she felt like a different person and now recommends the product.
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