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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
6
Very few modern roses do well on their own roots. All our roses are budded on strong stocks and best planted as Bush Roses for more flowers, wind resistance, variety, and lower cost. Prices listed forBush Roses, Standards, Climbers, Ramblers, and Miniature Polyanthas with options and bulk rates. Write us for trees or shrubs, from small plants to large specimens.
Police Magistrate Mr F E Williams presided over a broad set of cases. Licences granted include a sub agent licence for Arthur H Stringer. Driving offences dominated the docket with fines from £1 to £4 and costs. A key motor vehicle collision led to a £2 fine for driving without proper lights and for dangerous driving. Several defendants contested speeds and weights on roads near Numurkah and Wanghau.
Garden Notes by J W Robinson offers planning first to fit a future expansion, detailing drainage, grading, and trenching methods, bed formation, and manure use. It stresses matching plant heights to site, careful placement near buildings, and a continued series on shade-tolerant species. The kitchen garden section urges deep digging, lime treatment with burnt lime, weed and pest control, and notes on evergreen fruit trees such as loquat.
Church notices list forthcoming services across multiple parishes. Times and ministers listed include Numurkah Cobram Ratamatite Tallygaroopna Waaia Numurkah Nar ning Wasia Baulkamaugh Numurkeh Wunghnu Kaurimba Bunbartha Marungi Congupna West Youarang Youanmite Dunbulbalane with various clergy.
A fragment from Mr Burke on ancient inns discusses spontaneous inn signs with meanings true to the innkeeper's claim. The list includes quirky names such as The Rent Day Our Mutual Friend The Foaming Tug You Might ax Well No Hurry The Black Stomach-Ache and others reflecting a magical, almost folkloric England.
The article discusses soil preferences and care for fruits like loquat guava and quince, noting sandy soil and manure for generous yields. It compares varieties Mammotly and a new guava suited to Victorian conditions, describes jelly color, and mentions onions, lettuce, beet, radish, and horseradish cultivation with assorted plant names and varieties.
Lucerne agriculture column outlines seed sowing guidance and farm practice. It discusses crop timing for winter forage and pasture, notes on soil and irrigation, and references to seed houses in Gippsland and Northern Coast regions. Mentions names like Minette and Gammidveuly, plus local farm activity during winter.
Fragmentary text mentions PIR Wri fl tate MS WU and a vague hit related note. Names and clear facts are unreadable. no distinct events or organizations are identifiable from the damaged excerpt.
An unclear report describes a man who logged a female presence and a strange incident. Names and places are unreadable, but the fragment hints at a personal loss tied to unconventional shelters or tents and a possible influence of a man named Mike.
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