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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1940
Page
1
The forthcoming Australian hospital ship will be highly modern with 322 patient beds and space for about 80 medical personnel including five medical officers and twelve nurses. It will feature on deck crosses, a dedicated operating theatre, X ray and dental facilities, and be painted white with a green hull band and red hospital markings for Hague Convention protection.
An Ormond Plant Farm column offers practical counsel on year by year gains from tree planting, selecting evergreen and deciduous varieties, windbreaks, and group planting styles. It also urges timely permanent vegetable beds, highlights asparagus, and touches on racist and political claims by Hitler in a brief, uneasy aside.
The Numurkah Water Trust held its monthly meeting with directors including Mackenzie Prentice Pinnock Hooper Moss Gordon Garonne O Hanlon Myers McDowell Lanaster Tuckett and Bicon. Correspondence from Waterly Commission noted a hole in the Wunghnu weir causing water loss and a valueless pumping licence. Plans for repairs were discussed with temporary fixes approved, while larger scheme funding and Employment Council grants were debated as war commitments constrain funds. The treasurer reported £388 6s 11d in accounts and other routine business and repairs to Walshs bridge road were approved.
The guide stresses sun, drainage, and deep porous soil for asparagus. Build deep trenches with rotted manure, add loamy soil and sand, and choose raised beds in heavy drainage areas. Plant two rows 18 inches apart with crowns 4 inches below surface, use 2 Y-shaped trenches, and avoid harvesting first year. Use Connover's Colossal crowns and 2-3 year old plants for best yield. Do not harvest the first year. trim and bed drain in autumn.
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