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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 26, 1935
Page
4
Garden note outlines three delphinium types: tall hybrid spikes in blue, pink, and rose shades. belladonna and bellamosa with two foot height and airy blooms. blue butterfly dwarfs for massed borders. Advises soil preparation with decomposed manure, lime, and fertilisers high in potash, phosphate, and nitrogen for best blooms.
A reader letter describes a long struggle with a condition cured by a remedy labeled ROU after 20 years of symptoms. The author claims relief from a claimed remedy, stating it yielded a full recovery and promising a money back guarantee certificate.
Broddart and Hayward advise shell lime to enrich soil and deter slugs. Plant tall hybrids with belladonna and bellamosa in alternating rows, edged by blue butterfly delphiniums. Space two to three inches, water in hot weather, and sow dahlia seeds for autumn blooms.
Note the following prices for beans and seeds including Canadian Wonder beans at 62 shillings per 6 bushels, Sudan bass re cleaned at 45 shillings per cwt, Paspalum 201 pounds at 1 shilling 4 pence per 100 pounds, Jap Miller cleaned at 15 shillings per cwt, Greenfeast peas at 16 shillings 6 pence per bushel, Saccaline 35 shillings per cwt, Orange Sorghum 46 shillings 8 pence per cwt. Freight extra. Prices of other farm and vegetable seeds on request.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co reports a seller favored market with high prices for top fleece and skirtings. Greasy wool averaged £17 12s 8d per bale, up from last season, while London sales showed gains of 5 to 15 percent on merino and crossbreds.
The sale catalog featured 3 754 bales from Northern and Southern Tablelands with Barabara District wools showing fine quality and good color. Riverina lines offered medium to broad quality with strong color, burr and dust. Central Western lots carried dust and burrs. Overall prices were about 5 percent higher than the last sale, with strong fleece and skirting lines on show.
NSW unemployment dropped sharply in the year ending June 30 with 60,000 registered unemployed and 41,958 on relief works. The total unemployed was 200,000 in 1962 and 85,000 in 1934, while £2,819,179 paid by the Treasury funded emergency relief and related costs.
Paul Cheyne argues for building factories in rural Australia to employ settlers, grow local industry, and supply domestic needs. He cites Newcastle’s steel growth as proof that domestic production reduces reliance on overseas markets and supports farmers with nearby demand. Malcolm Macdonald named secretary for colonies in Baldwin government.
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