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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 25, 1916
Page
2
A weekly agricultural bulletin notes guidance under the iron Woo Cheenane and LOA Bibleter of Agriculture. It emphasizes department expediente driven updates and on field guidance for farmers and pastoral workers.
A detailed guide on vegetable propagation covering warm moist, light needs, soil preparation, seed sowing, and care. It explains seed beds, medium preparation from decayed organic matter, windthrow prevention, gentle watering, thinning to strong plants, and transplanting to the field with soil intact.
The article explains ground and freshly slaked lime application rates and methods. It describes lime kilns types, fuels, and yields, with practical steps for quicklime production and safe autumn or winter liming. It also notes economic and logistical considerations for poultry farming needing capital and experience.
The article notes rising poultry prices and public chatter about others profiting from poultry ventures. It mentions partnerships and individuals rumored to have earned large sums, while acknowledging widespread interest in starting poultry keeping.
Proceedings at Hawkesbury Agricultural College are issued for circulation. The four page bulletin includes a group photo, yard and shed illustrations, the Under Secretary's opening remarks, abstracts of four papers, and a discussion report, offering practical insights for poultry farmers.
The article reports on orchard heater trials in New South Wales to reduce frost damage. A test by Mr. Steele used down draft smudge pots to raise temperatures, finding fuel use of about 2 gallons over five hours with cost considerations. Results show heating costs likely prohibitive at current prices, limiting practical adoption.
A collage of quips and snippets with jokes about marriage, etiquette, literature, and everyday scenes. Banter among pupils, teachers, and clerks sits beside snippets of cartoonish wit and social satire. The piece reads as a playful, period press roundup of humorous vignettes and dialogue.
Four Sumner School courses will run at Hawkesbury Agricultural College next year. Both poultry keeping and apiculture programs open to students 16 and older start January 1 and run to January 27. Courses cover multiple branches with similar demonstrations, fees set at £3 2s per course and £2 0s for each case.
A speech argues for larger British production to justify higher wages and end lower wage practices. It urges standardising output across industries from pipes to ships, praising wartime gains and predicting wages may align with the United States Canada and Australia once peace returns. It stresses defeating prejudices and warns if hope fails, economic advantages will not follow.
A historical proposal discusses preserving family names through inheritance rights. It outlines that when the last male representative dies, the nearest male relative could claim the estate and preserve the surname by passing it to his children, with contingencies for daughters and absence of male heirs.
A damaged wartime notice discusses German messaging against the English, mentioning efforts to counter British strategies and the national interest. It references a ministerial statement reported in a German source on a date near early April.
In the yellow drawing-room at a grand house, Mr Rochester, aged seventy-five to eighty, watches Eugenia amid guests and a conjuring show. Lady Geraldine Butler, Sybil Grant, and Mr Jellybrand mingle with flirtations and plots about youth, wealth, and a near immortality. Eugenia’s kiss, a night of Balalaikas, and a rising sense of safety lift Rochester’s health, though a disturbing encounter with Holroyd foreshadows further tension.
A richly described tale centers on a wealthy Chinaman and his embroidered shoes. A mistaken greeting leads to a comic clash when a heady blow drives the new man against a wall, the hatless man escaping with the shoes as the puzzled millionaire clings to the wall.
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