Garden Notes Hints and Suggestions Amateurs
Garden notes urge careful moisture management through January for pot plants and annuals, recommending mulching with stable manure or decayed rubbish, moss for moisture retention, and regular watering. Stake tall perennials, clip back overgrown petunias to prolong flowering, and plant dahlias mid January for April blooms. Vegetable section stresses mulching carrots onions and brassicas, regular hoeing, rapid radish culture, and tomato top dressings with soil and manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuba
Iceland
Rome
Obin
Hoei
New Year's Day Sports at Tallygaroopna and Cobram
A New Year sports meet at Tallygaroopna featured events from Half Mile to Tug of War with top placers including W Deverall, J Oswald, F J Smythe, S Scott, and E Phillips. Prize draws prompted a large crowd, a £40 concert at night by the Shepparton Dramatic Club, and varied stalls run by local committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Watkins
J. Noble
S. Watkins
Davey
Hunt
G. Newing
Dullin
A. Moylan
P. Newing
G. Poppins
Moss
C. Weight
A. Davey
J. Burgman
G. Thistleton
J. McGregor
L. Thomson
Haskers
F. Smyth
Tallygaroopna
Bourchier
E. Phillips
T. Maher
McIntosh
R. Jeffery
S Scott
H. Hunts Betty
J. McKernan
Truth
J. Scot Bill
C. Ross
Violet Deslavan
Ott
S. Dakin
Wilkinson
H. Meyer
Tallygarcopna
Kialla
Shepparton Dramatic Club
J. Patterson
J. O'Keefe
W. Montgomery
R. Stevens
Miss Thompson
Church Notices From a Faded Local Page
Fragmented church notices describe events and roles within a small congregation. It mentions members, services, and occasional social activities amid unclear details and garbled words.
Leap Year Urged Women to Propose in Victoria and States
Leap Year opened on Wednesday and the custom of women proposing to men is urged. The article notes Australia’s male surplus varies by state, with Queensland leading at 46,276, New South Wales at 31,696, and Victoria presenting a tight male balance. Other figures include South Australia and Western Australia, highlighting regional marriage dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Victoria
Queensland
South Wales
Western Australia
South Australia
Pal Terttary
Commonwealth
John Galsworthy
Toad
Athey Booklely
Wit, Wisdom, and Folly From Books Have Read
A fragmented anthology excerpt traces varied fiction and essays from Hutchinson volumes. It links characters in scenes from Enid and Phoebe to Lord Bobbreigh’s disappearance and a crowd at an execution, then shifts to reflections on love, aging rulers, and colonial Singapore in dated 1920s style prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyne
Grierson Dickson
Hutchinson
Tudor Green
Tuler Green
W. B. Maxwell
Lord Bobbreigh
Max Holiday
S. G. Partridge
J. Noel
Stanley Peul
Robins
Rol
Clare Craven
John Long
Robert
Harlow
Robert Harlaw
Andrew Souter
Singapore
Blackstone
John Stuart Mill
John Calvin
Brooks Atkinson Hurst
Blackett
Sandy
Shead
Percargy
Peretek
Looking Back at 1935 in Australian Agriculture
A year review from producers’ angle notes wool and lamb exports rising in 1935 with buoyant wool markets and better butter and wheat prices. Drought hit pastoral NSW, and Parliament passed restrictive measures while unemployment rose. Commonwealth London push to safeguard meat exports and the new Meat Control Board are highlighted as key outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Commonwealth
Great Britain
Dominion
Ottawa
London
M Most Control Board
Europe
Abyssinia
A Much Married Man Repeats Weddings With Same Wife
Colonel Henri Tallier a former French officer has been married six times and five of those marriages involved the same woman Doris Hayden. After multiple divorces and reconciliations they repeatedly remarried, including a fourth marriage and subsequent divorces, all amid costly clergy and court proceedings. The note cites The New Idea and promoting a weekly paper with patterns and stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Tallier
Doris Hayden
New Zealand
All Newnagynte
Patterson's Curse Declared Noxious Plant Across Districts
The government declares Patterson's curse a noxious weed as border districts report vigorous growth. Albury Pastures Property Board asks NSW Department of Agriculture to remove it from weed lists, while some councils resist eradication efforts citing its forage value and grazing benefits. Local officials note its spread in Albury and Bowne areas with varying impact on crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Albury Pastures Property Board
New South Wales Departumi of Agriculture
Lerson
J. F. Jelbart
Ball
Bowne
Murray
Organist at Seventy Five Plays Hymns and Rites
An elderly woman aged seventy five performs organ duties during a community service. The record lists fragmented notes and stray phrases, including names of local figures and places, with unclear surrounding context.
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Freedom of the Thames
Doggett
Cobram
A.tera
Missesson
Valds Trewin
Jean Strang
Merle
Misses Laurie
Maggie Coffee
Ivy Montgoriz
Mesdames W. Lewin
Griggs
Longeon
Montgomery
Noble
J. McKenzie
H. O . Doherty
Sandilands
J. Wel Misnen
Maggie Burns
W. Deverall
F. Stevenson
Guppy
J. Oswald
W. Guppy
R. Jenkins
F. J. Smythe
Leo O'Brien
S. Moss
Stevenson
Church of Jemarkah
Oohlus Grecking
Joker
Bitcons
vuMun
Travel Service
Foureallhy Savane Bank Pasahook
Teantie
I Shu
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Amit
Kera
Poe
Kymac
Hardy
Salvicis
AWC
Weevil Destroyer
the Prudential Assurance CO. Ltd
Kring Street
Melbourne
the Star Bakery
J. W. Hodges
W. Bryceland
Undertaker
Melville Street
Num
the “Richmend” House
Henry Bock
Numurkah Hotel
Henry T. Bock
Numitrka Hotel
Enid
Phoebe
Chi
Vivian Elis Hutchin
New South Wales
Arte
Connie
Ene Ab
All
H. F. Warden and CO
Eaiduetiony
Wardeys
PRIZY
Bethune’s
Otuies
Numurkai
Kelvinator
Electra Syster
Bethune’s Melray
Home OF Quality Goods
AMP
Society
Couty
H. Tobias
Melboue
Ny Offiuf Om Marken
Sveypayt
Nas
Vivi Maney
A.W. Pownall
Fy Virterae
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