Electrified Seed Earns Wartime Interest in Eugowra
Sydney Daily Telegraph correspondent reports Eugowra experiments by WF S Simmonds on seed wheat and oats using a novel low cost electric treatment. Noble farm Sunnyside hosted trials showing yield gains similar to Mercier claims, with Simmonds taking a provisional patent before enlisting.
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Eugowra
Sydney
Daily Telegraph
WF S Simmonds
T Noble
Sunnyside
Simmonds
AIF
Noble
Charles Mercier
London ‘Times
England
Board of Agriculture
Ministry of Munitions
Simmond
Post and Telegraph Department
Unclear Tale In Virginia Leads To Curiosity About Names
A fragment describes Herbert Tree with his daughter in Virginia. A cottage woman asks for milk, a child named Onex is teased about her name. The mammy notes Onex is short for Unexpected, born while the father was away.
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Herbert Tree
Verginia
Tree
Onex
Onyx
German Aerial Traps At Zeebrugge Reported
A frontier correspondent reports Germans at Zeebrugge using 20 captive balloons with electrified cables to form a deadly electric barrier for airmen. They also claim a new aeroplane with three propellers including a stationary propeller to improve bombing accuracy, reminiscent of Jules Verne notions.
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Zeebrugge
Jules Vern
Defence Dept Seizes Rabbit Skins At Below Market Value
Tasmanian traders protest as the Defence Department plans to commandeer rabbit skins at 50 to 70 cents below current market rates. A 30 person delegation urged Customs Minister Jensen to reconsider, noting trappers already selling at higher prices. Jensen conceded the arguments and would raise the issue with defense officials.
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Defence Department
Tasmania
Jensen
Bayers
Commonwealth
Jensey
Watt
Melbourne
British controls boost margarine output and resource imports
Measures by the British food controllers aim to curb a butter shortage and margarine deficit by expanding refinery capacity to about 7000 tons weekly, sourcing raw materials from West Africa, Egypt, and other regions, and controlling all oil seeds and kernels in the United Kingdom.
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Holland
India
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Canada
Woods Great Peppermint Cure Bronchial Cough Tonic
Brief note advertises Woods Great Peppermint Cure for bronchial coughs priced at sixpence sixpence? The ad lists a 6d price and mentions a remedy for coughs.
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