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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 29, 1941
Page
1
The piece argues that silverware linen curtains and tailored fabrics brighten the dull realities of food shelter and clothing. Advertisements promise improvements that quicken pleasure raise efficiency ease work and fill hours with comforts carefully devised by thoughtful men.
The Minister for Supply and Development urges all Australians to return empty and surplus 44 gallon petrol drums to oil companies for wartime reserves. He cites Defence needs of about 200,000 drums placed inland, cost and steel use arguments against new drums, and promises to use voluntary cooperation before compulsory powers.
A letter to the New York Times from a French officer who escaped a German camp describes rising French hatred for Germany. He predicts many escapees will join De Gaulle or Catroux, and notes Lorraine locals’ sympathy for the French. He details German cruelty and the ineffectiveness of the German administration, calling the Boche myth. The Leader will be posted anywhere for 10 shillings.
Garden Notes by J W Robinson explains permanent edging options for borders. He covers English and Dutch Box as a traditional hedge, Italian Lavender, veronicas, Lonicera Nitida, and Aga thea Coelestis, with spacing and clipping guidelines. Emphasizes edging to protect soil, keep borders neat against grass, and suit adjacent materials like concrete or bricks.
Readers learn to repurpose last slices into desserts and snacks such as Orange Sponge, Toasted Cake with Peaches, and Mock Plum Pudding, using stale cake, fruit, and pantry ingredients. A gardening note then warns slug control with Metaslug, stressing safe plant protection and quoting a caution against careless wording that could threaten the bay's treepehip.
An old nursery advertisement lists plants including Wallelowers, Tritonia Crocata, and Freesia varieties. It notes quantities per dozen or per hundred and describes blooms and perfume. The text lists prices and free postage offers for certain orders.
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