State Sheep Competition Rules and Entry Details
Installment of breeding and judging rules for the Uncle Wiseman State Sheep Competition. Eligibility conditions include breeders within thirty miles of Tver Manills Public School and specific ewe submission requirements by herd size. Prizes, entry fees, and deadlines outlined with amendments noted and promotional invite to join the Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tver Manills Public School
Messrs. M. C. Mackenzie and Sons Ltd
Messrs., Stoddart and Hayward Ltd
N.B
Uncle Wiseman
Naturalising bulbs for rear garden grass plots in Australia
The text describes bulb naturalisation as an accessible gardening method for beginners in Australia. It advocates planting in rear lawn areas and grass plots, using dwarf showy varieties, and creating natural, unstructured layouts with 3–4 bulbs per hole. It highlights narcissus, ixias, sparaxis, tritonias, freesia, and polyanthus as suitable, with care on mowing timing and water-adjacent displays.
Seasonal plantings and bed renewal guidance
The article advises removing spent summer flowering annuals from occupied beds, digging deeply, and enriching the lower soil with well decayed animal manure and fertilizer. A top dressing of lime will sweeten the soil and improve its mechanical condition in preparation for new plantings.
PROFITABLE PASTURES SEED PRICES LISTED FOR SALE
Seed prices for grasses and clovers across New Zealand and imported lots are published by Pontal Address, Box 36088 GP.O Sydney. Perennial Rye Grass, Wimmera Rye Grass, Italian Rye Grass, Perennial Red Clover and White Clover offered at various weights and prices with notes on certification and price changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Pontal
Sydney
Pigs as a World Food Factor and Australia’s Opportunity
A London era column explains global pig production, trade, and bi products. It notes imperial dominance by India and China, Britain's shift from exporter to importer, and Denmark Sweden and Holland as efficient suppliers. The piece urges Australia to expand breeding feeding and marketing to fit closer settlement and closer empire markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Economic Committee
Australia
Chiis
United States
Germany
Brazil
Russia
Britain
Great Britain
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
United States of America
Baltic States
Dominions
America
Empire porkers seek regular NSW bacon trade
Rhetoric on curing rheumatism aside, the piece outlines a NSW led effort to boost pig production for Empire markets. It details a statewide porker and bacons competition to judge and ship to Smithfield in Aug and Sept 1937, aiming to prove Australia can supply English buyers with steady pork and bacon for the empire trade. The plan involves Newcastle Abattoir Board, agriculture and rail departments, and shippers, seeking to boost Empire pork shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Australia
Newcastle Abattoir Board
New South Wales
Smithfeld
Smithfield
London
Kruschen Salta Advert Reveals Health Claims
A garbled 1910s style ad extols Kruschen Salta claiming weight control and broad bodily benefits. The fragment mentions toxin reduction and tonic effects on glands nerves and fibers, referencing daily intake and a “heavy” condition as part of the remedy.
Wool Report Shows Geelong Separate. Other Centres Recess
Wool sales in Geelong continued while other centres remained in recess. Merino prices stayed firm with good demand for greasy merino lines and fine crossbreds. Continental buyers showed strong interest. London and New Zealand reports indicate firm to improved values, Antwerp notes a fractionated gain, and overall raw material prospects for Australia remain confident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited
Geelong
London
New Zealand
Banis
Antwerp
Australia
Europe
Bradford
London Post Office telephone system progress in 1935
Figures show London area telephones reach 936000 with 4000000 miles of lines. Last year 929000000 calls were made, up 66000 telephones and 72000000 calls from the previous period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
London
Fines Imposed in Windsor Court Over Tax Returns
Mathew Henry Johnston fined £500 in Windsor Police Court for failing to submit income tax returns. The court heard arguments urging farmers and graziers to consult the Department of Agriculture about meat and food quality and production. The article promotes interest in big production and appeals to youths to consider pig keeping on well managed farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australis
Denmark
Great Britain
Yorkshire
Middle York
Berkshire
Tamworth
Mathew Henry Johnston
Windsor
Department of Agriculture
Tasmanian teleph service opens with Lyons address
The Prime Minister opened the Tasmania mainland telephone link from Albury on Wednesday. Lyons spoke at Hobart dinner as the Bass Strait cable carried his address to Victoria and Tasmania. The ceremony showcased wireless and telephone progress and noted 550,000 Australian telephone installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasmania
Mr. Lyons
Albury
Lyons
Hobart
Bass Strait
Victoria
Ernest Clark
Special Telegram Easter Forms Issued for Greetings
The Postmaster-General’s Department offers special Easter telegram forms and envelopes for greetings from April 6 to 14 with standard rates. Lodgment uses ordinary telegram forms, and “wishes” may be written at the top. Country subscribers may contact their exchange for telegrams. Ludwig Schmidt, a German, was executed at Rabaul on Wednesday for the murder of three natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postmaster-General's Department
Ludwig Schmidt
Rabaul
Reward Offered for Information in Glock Theft Case
A substantial reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of any person or persons for stealing a Glock. The notice requests informants not to be accomplices and mentions Eldura Hazeldean and Arthur Sulmd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anyiny Phi
Eldura Hazeldean
Arthur Sulmd
Notice to deter shooting and trespass on fences
Notice warns that any person found shooting hunting or interfering with fences in Willamby will be prosecuted without respect to persons. All previous permissions are withdrawn. R. H. Hudson announces enforcement action and reserves the right to pursue legal remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Hudson
Notice of trespass at Springmount property
Caution notice from Bruce Park warns that any person shooting trapping poisoning or trespassing on property named Springmount will be dealt with by law without respect to persons. All previous permissions are canceled. Dated 6/35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springmount
Brubb
A. Baldwin
Notice of Authority and Canceled Permissions in Manila
A proclamation states that any person found with property labeled Brubb will be dealt with as the law directs without respect to persons. All previous permissions are canceled. Printed for Manila Newspaper Co. by Alton Richmond McLeod, Manila Street, Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila Newspaper Co
Alton ” Richmond McLeod
Manilla Street
Manilla
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Upper Manilla Agricultural Bureau
B. E. Hooper, Honor
Bureau
Edmund Burke
Empire
Ireland
England
Queemland
Newcastle
Sarge
Cotte Broddart & Ark
Vatieks
Mr. Hertour
Wool Report
Tasmanian Teleph
Tas‘mania
Bruce Park
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