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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1936
Page
6
A 59-year-old woman under doctor supervision reports losing forty pounds after four bottles of Kruschen Salts. She records weekly weight drops from 17 stone 4 pounds to 14 stone, ongoing with a fifth bottle as weight loss continues. The ad asserts Kruschen aids internal organs to expel waste and poisons, reducing fatty tissue.
Practical gardening notes cover planting dahlias for Christmas, pruning fruit trees, spraying roses for green aphids, dividing perennials, selecting gypsophila Bristol Fairy, replanting winter annuals with summer varieties, lifting cyclamen for next season, and celery cultivation with seed sowing in sand, trench preparation, manure, and careful transplanting. Also advised are turnip sowings of Early Milan and White Stone for quick pungent flavor.
Church notices list multiple denominations with service times across Cobram Strathmerton Katunga Numurkah Waaia Numurkah Baulkamaugh Naring Wunghnu Congupna Kaarimba Bunbartha Youarang Katamatite Dunbulbalane Youanmite and nearby venues. Clergy names include Archdeacon G W Carter Rev Smith Rev Haynes Rev Philp Rev Hemingway and Mr Parker Mr Vale.
Notice offers free 7/6 packets of R U R Rheumatic Remedy to unemployed relief workers and pensioners who mail 4d for postage and a testimony of their case to R U R Pty 841 George Street Sydney R USA. Includes a money back guarantee certificate and booklet request from G Bitcon Numurkah.
A dense list of vegetable and crop names appears as guidance for sowing and planting. It specifies sowing times for French beans asparagus beetroot broccoli cabbage Chinese cabbage carrot kohl rabi leek onion lettuce mustard cress radish spinach cucumber melon capsicum marrow squash pumpkin tomatoes and potatoes cabbage beet onion lettuce.
A deputation led by Hon. G. J. Tuckett pressed Minister for Water Supply Mr Old to start a drainage project for Tallygaroopna Wangau districts to curb periodic flooding from Nine Mile Creek and temporary drains. Old pledged a broad drainage program but warned landholders to fund maintenance. The plan seeks £15,000 grant from the Employment Council. total cost estimated at £17,000 with phased completion and future rate for upkeep.
Dr Mackerras of CSIRO summarized investigations on the sheep blowfly problem. Primary strikes are caused mainly by Lucilia caprina, with green flies more damaging than brown ones. Secondary and tertiary flies affect previously struck sheep and carcasses, while control focuses on reducing fly numbers and breeding for resistant sheep. Protective measures include crutching, careful dressings, and targeted baits, with bio control showing limited value.
The Leader lists current postage charges for international and domestic mail. Rates shown include Australia and New Zealand at 1d, United Kingdom via France 1d, United Kingdom via another route another penny, other British possessions at a similar rate, and U.S.A. plus foreign countries with a separate charge.
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