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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1941
Page
1
You use silverware and linen, hang curtains and pictures, wear fabrics carefully cut and adorned all to color the drab facts of food, shelter, and clothes. Advertisements bring news of improvements to quicken pleasure, increase efficiency, and lessen work to feed hours with comforts and conveniences men have devised.
Air Vice-Marshal H M Wrigley praises Australian Flying Corps heritage and cites two DF C winning feats by RAAF crews in World War I and the Middle East. He notes battles over Britain and Germany, then calls physically fit men aged 18 to 32 to join. aircraft and opportunities await, with thanks from Britain and the Empire for air power.
Garden Notes by J. W. Robinson discusses optimal rose planting times from now to August, selecting varieties with supplier guidance, and the contrast between show bench roses and garden performance. Practical soil ideas include using cow manure, mulching, and noting standard versus bush forms. care tips cover root pruning and stock removal, with a preview of next week's topics on perennials and tree planting.
An Australian soldier nicknamed Art visits an English peerage home. The dowager praises the Australian spirit while Art, amused, coolly uses blunt slang. He helps with a shawl, then boasts of rough language masking his gentlemanly act.
In pursuit of variety, this passage highlights three simple dishes that blend ease with taste. Cheese Scramble offers a breakfast to main-course option, Savoury Onions and Sweet Potato Casserole serves well as a luncheon, and Apple Brown Betty closes with a dessert idea.
A catalog of ornamental and fruiting trees with multiple varieties listed by name. Includes Suaner Mirch, Retuda Laciniata, Purple Birch, Acer species, English and Algerian Ash, Claret Ash, Rhus Succedanum, Prunit Trees, and assorted sizes from 2 to 4 years, all offered at special dozen prices with notes on foliage and growth.
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