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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1935
Page
4
The readable portion of a peculiar diary like subscription note appears to hint at a calendar style timeline. Names and places are unclear but the fragment suggests an event or offer linked to a period around a missing month. Further context would clarify participants and location.
Letter from Mr Angus Sutcliffe warns farmers of skeleton weed spread in the district noting its year round growth flowering December to January and that salt kills young plants briefly while cultivation and feeding do not control it fully. The farmer urges vigilance as skeleton weed is the farmer's worst enemy.
NSW Director of Agriculture A H E McDonald warns in the Farmer and Settler that skeleton weed may threaten grazing and arable lands. He urges primary producers to ID and kill young plants to slow spread, noting opposition from some graziers who see the weed as less harmful.
A collage of book excerpts, aviation scenes, and a long garden section discusses experiments by the department, a firefighting rescue, and climbing roses. It also covers NSW wheat grazing grants, orchard fruit trees, and home garden tips with plant lists and cultivation advice.
A council debated preventing skeleton weed spread via infected chick feed after a bag containing 25 percent skeleton weed seed fell from a truck at the railway station. They discussed banning wheat from infested areas and planned to raise the issue at the shires conference next month.
The Railways Commissioners with the Department of Commerce launch a broad publicity drive highlighting the importance of careful lamb handling. Fifteen hundred posters and 20 000 bills will be distributed to railway stations, woolbrokers, abbatoirs, and related spots, with direct appeals to railway workers. Rough handling is condemned as harmful practices causing export rejections. The campaign aims to improve conditions for examination prior to export and boost trade as a result.
Church notices list service times for various churches including Cobram Strathmerton Katunga Numurkah Tallangatta West Wunbung Bunyip Wanganu and others with pastors Rev Bullough Rev Smith Rev Taylor Rev Sunderland and Rev Hemingway. Services span morning and afternoon slots across Numurkah Drumanure Waaia Youanmite Bunbartha and related parishes with several lay readers and ministers named.
The article lists advanced fruit varieties for early to late harvests including Moor park, Cullin's Early, Tilton peaches and Brigg's Red May Crawford Goodman's Choice and Elberta. It notes cherries like Biggerear, Bedford Prolific, Black Eagle. plums Japanese types Wickson Satsuma Kelsey Burbank. and mentions greengage Orleans Angelina Burdett Victoria. It also provides sowing guidance for beans, cabbage, lettuce, radish, herbs, onions, and more, with district suitability and offer of detailed advice.
The High Commissioner for the Irish Free State opens a small exhibit in Piccadilly House Jermyn Street showing a cottage industry street scene with Kil larney Bantry Bay and the Kerry coast. It features a village, dairy counter and "Holidays in Ireland" display to depict everyday Irish life and homespun charm.
Advertises a do it yourself cough remedy using HEENZO claiming it costs two shillings per bottle and mixed with water yields eight times the quantity of top ready made remedies for coughs colds croup bronchitis influenza and whooping cough. Claims over a million Australians use HEENZO annually and urges ordering from chemist or store.
An elderly woman long crippled by rheumatism describes a dramatic turn in health after taking Kruschen. She walked with a stick for eighteen months but now reports improved mobility, crediting the remedy as life changing and urging others to try it. The testimonial emphasizes pain relief and regained activity.
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