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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 19, 1935
Page
4
Notice under Local Government Act 1919. occupants must destroy listed noxious plants and animals or face penalties up to £50. Governor proclaimed some plants noxious in all municipalities. owners or occupiers must keep land free. Authorized by council resolution September 28 1985. Shire Clerk J. Coates Manilla 28/10/25.
The Farmers and Graziers Co operative Co reports on a sale held the 14th to 15th with a catalog of 9 553 bales from Mudgee Upper Hunter Barraba Tenwfield New England and Yass districts. Prices rose for attractive silks with top bids from 264d for 5 bales and notable gains for superior lines though margins between top and lower descriptions remain tight. A strong, buoyant market continued with demand for stylish superfine wools and long staple lengths shaping the day’s activity.
A London retailer uses five motor vans touring suburbs with posters to advertise butter eggs and fruit from Australia. Mr A Gough of Overeis Farmers Federations praised the approach in a interview with Mr Thorby who discussed Australian advertising in Britain. The Commonwealth Government had increased grants for advertising in Britain this year.
The article discusses selecting light, graceful greenery to enhance bare walls foundations and stone fences. It highlights Cotoneasters, erataegus, hawthorn, Gymnocladus, ferns, palms, and flowering shrubs for shadows and beauty, plus practical notes on sowing and planting zinnias, petunias, and color schemes for summer displays.
Fragmentary OCR lists Woolworths style commodity notes from Barraba and Bingara markets. Mentions bales of product from Barraba, Warislda, and other places with prices per pound and sources. Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited report appears as heading.
The catalogue of 5 117 bales drawn from North Western to Southern districts showed bright light condition wools from Barraba and Bingara and well grown southern wools. Prices rose with a new market record of 264d for Super Com from a RIM/Yars clip, others at 254d and 21-22d per lb. Lines from Yass, Boorowa and Junee featured good color and length though some were slightly deficient in length and uniformity. The Comeback Xbred and better local lines sold well while some duat and burrs appeared in older lots. Overall, market firm for best lines with 5% dearer for average descriptions. Continental buyers active.
OCR readout shows multiple entries of bales weighed and priced in pence with locations including Gundagai Manilla Scone Tamworth Limbri Attunga Somerton and Attunga. Accounts reference J W C Beveridge Exors Hut Ashford Palmer Medlroy and Arthur Abra with varying bale counts and decimal prices. The fragment resembles a mercantile shipping or payment schedule from colonial Australia.
The Empire Marketing Board subsidy for pastoral research expired but a new agreement provides 2000 pounds annually for three years through the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Projects include worm infections, phosphorus deficiency, drought feeding, and blowfly work with funding matched by the Commonwealth Government. Enquiries welcome via the Australian Pastoral Research Trust secretary in Melbourne.
The clipping discusses petunia varieties including Austral frilled and pink forms, advises spacing seedlings nine inches apart, and notes garden seed sowing prospects. It lists suppliers and notes catalogue submissions, quality blooms, strong fleece and skirtings in wool trades, plus top sale prices and bidding at a state sale with Continental competition evident.
A Sydney catalogue from Shepherd & Son LTD promotes a seed packet offer of ten threepenny packets for 2/6 plus two free packets post free. It lists varieties like zinnias, pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelons, sunflowers, calendula, radish and more. Packets are labeled special Shepherd quality with emphasis on value.
The annual report of the Department of Agriculture notes unprofitable wheat returns and bad conditions reduce acreage. It argues for shifting to other crops and livestock, especially fat lambs and wool, but faces settlers’ difficulty due to small holdings and lack of funds for sheep and improvements.
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