Smoke Signals Aid Relief Plane After Cross Country Crash
Volunteers from the Volunteer Air Observers Corps aided a cross country Anson crash near Hexham. They reported the distressed aircraft, welcomed a relief plane, directed landing conditions, and signalled wind direction. One of five crew members was slightly injured and received a doctor at the scene. The second aircraft landed safely nearby.
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Paddov
Ad Clavaniut
Volunteer Air Observers Corps
Sky
Hexham
Diffculties Cana
Tamworth P P Board Stock Inspector Report April Conditions
Pastoral conditions deteriorated in April with widespread dryness and poor to fair stock condition. No follow up rain and diminishing water supply raise serious outlook. Stock routes generally safe but feed scarce. disease pests include sheep worm and ephemeral fever in cattle. Rabbits abundant but decreasing. grasshoppers gone. bush fire risk high. calls for government fodder freight concessions.
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Goar
Pool Petroleum Puts Weedicide To Use In Carrot Crops
Pool Petroleum Pty Ltd introduces Pool Kerosene Weedicida a special blend for destroying weeds in carrot crops. Trials show selective action without harming carrots. Carrot growers may order by mail with payment and acreage details, pricing 1/53 per gallon or £3/5/1 for a 44 gallon drum plus 15 shillings drum deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pool Petroleum Pty. Ltd
Carrington Street
Sydney
Coloured Cotton Grown in Russia
Coloured cotton is being grown in the Uzbek Republic in the Soviet Union, as reported by Journal Soviet War News published in London. The dye does not wash out or fade in sunlight. Several greens and browns are produced, with brown being the first colour grown. Scientists are currently experimenting with additional colours.
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Uzbek Republic
Soviet Union
Soviet War News
London
Record Potatoes Yield 80 From One Plant in Llangothlin Farm
On Mr. W Handebo s farm at Llangothlin a single potato plant yielded 80 tubers, a claimed record. Growers note 40 per plant is high. doubled yield here estimates a phenomenal total. Of the 80, 33 were table potatoes, 37 seed, 10 inde script, all from Manhattan variety on new red ground.
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Manhattan
Guyra Ee Argus
Victory Loan effort at Ford Gee long raised £20000
Senator Keane Minister for Trade and Customs visited the Ford Motor Co Gee long plant where £20000 was raised. Loan officers and the plant shop committee enabled workers to discuss loan applications privately with bank pass books and chosen investment sums. H C French, managing director, spoke to workers twice on the benefits of investing.
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Keane
H. C. French
Allied Air Forces claim 4029 enemy aircraft in SW Pacific
By end February 1943 Allied and RAAF planes in the South West Pacific report destroying 4029 enemy aircraft in combat or on the ground, with probably 989 destroyed and 899 damaged. The RACAL Air Training Corps formation date is noted as August 1941, but the rest of the text is garbled and unreadable.
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Allied
R.A.A.F
South-West Pacific
RACAL
Air Taining Corps
Trespass Warning at Clon tarf and Brooklyn Property
Notice warns that any trespasser or wood remover on Clon tarf beyond cemetery on Crow Mountain Road known as Brooklyn will be prosecuted without regard to persons. Rewards offered for information leading to conviction for sword removal interfering with gates fences rabbiting or any trespass on the property. Signed by L Bignall Miss Donnelly and A M McDonald.
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Clontarf
L, Bignall
Miss. Donnelly
Crow Mountain Rd
Brooklyn
A.M. McDonald
Caution on Premises At Mossvale Upper Manilla
C J Byrnes warns against trespass fishing shooting or removing wood from his property in Mossvale Upper Manilla Printed for Manilla Newspaper Co by Alton Richmond Macleod At his Manilla Street office NSW Also notes WW II ground stats 2872 crew and 12980 enrolled and Allied wartime casualty figures including 56685 Australian losses 1447 deaths 15676 wounded 3677 missing 25833 prisoners of war
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C. J. Byrnes
Mossvale
Upper
Manilla
Manilla Newspaper Co
Alton Richmond Macleod
Manilla Street
Manilla, N.S
Atlantic
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Army
Air Force
Merchant Navy
Fisk
Out
Australia
Radiola
Present
THE
Fisk Radiola
AMAL
Gamated Wireless (Asia) Ltd
National Wireless Organisation
C. N. Scott
Wood
Tamworth P.P. Board
Russia
A. C. Veness
Ford ‘Dealers
Manilla Service Department
A. R. Fisher
Teeokly
A. C Veness & Son
W. B. Dwyer
Manil
Royal Hotel
LA Street
Bridge
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