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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1937
Page
4
Reading about spring joy, the piece highlights garden work and planting Asters now for cool weather blooms. It notes choices from Giant Crego to California Giants and American Beauty, with sowing tips, soil prep, and care for strong, tall stems.
The report details Flemington sales on September 1 1987 with yarding totals for sheep, lambs and the overall quality. It notes bright competition for sheep and wethers, a rise in prices after lunch, and firmer to dearer values for suckers and summer lambs. Cattle were postponed due to an industrial dispute at abattoirs and a plan by the Hospitals Commission for a £1 000 000 lottery is mentioned alongside unrelated gardening advice.
Special seed cleaned by us high germination 1/6 per bushel 1001bs Japanese millet plump first grade seed 24d per lb Sudan grown under government supervision 43d per lb 35/6 cwt Freight extra Cash with order Prices quoted subject to sales and market fluctuation order promptly Saccaline Early Orange Sorghum Couch and a full range of other seeds on hand It will pay you to get our prices.
P L C Shepherd and Son Ltd provides postal address Box 36088 G P C Sydney for correspondence and inquiries. The brief notice lists the company name and location without additional context or events.
Paul Cheyne writes on Australia's wealth from wool dairy butter and wheat arguing the nation prospers beyond sheep alone. He cites 1935 36 dairy value at £47 533 000 and suggests woollen industry could boost local manufacture if fostered similar to dairy protections and stabilisation scheme.
An 83 year old Mrs Emma Newman recalls Cecil Rhodes as a nurse and boyhood friend to his ten siblings. Workmen restore the 80 year old Victorian house where Rhodes' father lived and a Rhodes Memorial Museum will open nearby this week with antique furnishings and relics from his life in Africa.
An Armidale Express note recounts a July 1886 tale where a mouse was placed with a death adder in Trim’s window Beardy Street. The mouse bit the adder’s nose, the adder died next morning, and the incident was blamed on mouse bites.
The Farmers and Settlers Association and The Land newspaper with the Department of Agriculture announce a Master Farmer competition. A total of 127 entries from all districts and farm classes are grouped into 117 districts for the preliminary judging week. Winners advance to the state championship, with awards likely announced in October. The report also notes the world’s largest shearing shed at Tintenburra and a fatal lightning strike near Pittsburg involving two cadets under a shelter tree.
The wool market opened on Monday with generally satisfactory values, rising 20 to 25 percent from the previous year’s opening, despite regional disruptions. However, as sales progressed, values eased by about 10 percent, with competition from Yorkshire and Continent suppliers and limited Japanese support. notable sales ranged from 14 to 29 pence per bale across North West and Western districts, reflecting a tight global stock position and uncertain demand.
A death adder dies after a mouse inflicts injuries considered severe enough to cause its death. The event highlights the unusual predatorprey interaction in a local wildlife observation.
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