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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 16, 1933
Page
4
Autumn brings crisp air and vivid garden color with maples roses and chrysantherums. The piece urges planting shrubs trees and lilies now, notes lilies are not true lilies, and advises on drainage light and soil depth for healthy growth and high summer bloom.
Markets report higher demand for heavy pelts with improved skin quality and varied prices across pelts, fox skins, and kangaroos for Pastures Protection Districts. Open seasons are listed with end dates, while a large gold hoard discovery is noted during a Rome demolition. Wheat harvest in Victoria shows a large year-over-year increase. Gardening tips and planting advice conclude the fragment.
An extended discussion explains the Bordeaux mixture of bluestone and lime as a powerful fungicide for apples, pears, citrus, tomatoes, celery, potatoes, wheat and other crops. It details spray formulations, timing, and methods including dilution, timing with leaf stages, and sanitation steps for infected plant parts.
Ground is warm for planting roses choose from yellow red pink and white. Post or rail free offer with six rose collection plants. Freight paid by passenger train if not specified to sender. Shepherd & Bon Ltd Stores, Trees Farm & Garden Head Office.
In a reflective market summary Bell and Co report tight wool sales with no auctions until June and prospects for firmer prices if wool quality improves. Dusty wool should be packed looser, and dirty fleece separated to avoid price loss. Rabbit plague in the country shows smaller exportable quantities yet higher prices, with 43 tons offered today and 412 tons to date, down from last year's 461 tons. Agents note strong competition and bids for medium forward pelts, with tarriers lines in demand and prices rising by 13d to 2d per pound on average.
The New England North end North Weet Preduvers Co. Ltd. Nenow plan to open a wool pooling and storage centre at Newcastle on 1 July, charging 4d per lb for pooling with 1d per lb for storage and handling. Northern growers gain lower freight and warehousing costs, while Newcastle consignors share in benefits. Also, chilled beef for London shipments are arranged from Melbourne to Brisbane on the Moulton, leaving 3 August, with emphasis on careful wrapping and handling.
A Nazi led book burning in front of the Opera House witnessed by thousands. About twenty thousand volumes, including works by Remarque and Feuchtwanger, were consigned to a bonfire while Goebbels spoke and a procession formed. The event drew critical commentary from observers abroad and prompted debate over imperial and political influence.
Fragmentary notice notes Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for influenza and colds. Mentions Wing 144 Worses and 32 farmers plating 300 acres of wheat for a returned soldier at Booroong who is bed bound. Printed by Proprietary Manule Newswater Co in Manilla Street Manish in New South Wales.
A Balic of Other Days arrives in Grafton from Sydney drawn by James Bourke, an unemployed man, with his wife and mother-in-law. The antique landau, presented to a former coachman of Lord Jorey, features a folding hood, tapestry straps, and mud guards protecting rises. Eric Campbell of NSW New Guard seeks a royal Governor General appointment, while discussion swirls around the Oxford fascists.
Auction-like classified notice offers a Victor Player Piano for sale to benefit the country. Promises deep discounts and terms including a £10 deposit, with delivery to railway station. Phrases are garbled but indicate a prominent advertising pitch for a piano.
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