The Land We’re Living In Observed By A Farmer’s Dread
A reflective piece notes recurring natural plagues and human responses. It mentions rabbits as pests harming sheep and grain, the spread of bird destruction, grasshopper outbreaks from poisoned bait, and the broader impact on farmers, mining, manufacturing, and finance. It portrays farmers as resilient yet distressed by recurring calamities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buany
Rodier
Tambua
Noah
Tennyson
Forester Fined for Ringbarking Timber Near Kugowra
At Forbes Land Board sittings George W. Murray, leaseholder near Kugowra, was fined £300 on Forestry Department charges of illegally ringbarking timber on 3000 acres. The department valued the destroyed timber at £3000 in commercial terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Board
Forbes
George W. Murray
Kugowra
Forestry Department
Death of Mrs Blazer Linked to Molasses Cure
Mrs Blazer, once treated with molasses for a cancerous growth, died today after four months of improving then failing to retain the remedy. She had been considered hopeless four months earlier and grew weaker as the treatment ceased to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goulburn
Mra. Blazer
Why People are Poor A harsh critique of financial habits
The text blasts what it calls sour, lazy, and imprudent behavior that traps people in poverty. It cites poor spending, failure to save, reliance on others, debt before work, and risky schemes as core causes, with warnings about contracts, mortgaged homes, and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hany
Loo
Brief items from The Junction Mine and regional notices
The Junction Mine at Broken Hill closed with 260 men discharged. Other short notes include W W Young entering hotel business in Bathurst after defeat, Edna May on actresses marrying, milk removing ink stains, Tonga dissolving its small standing army, and local disputes in Geraldton with farm Spaniards strike incident. Additional items mention W S Campbell praising Mudgee lucerne, a Mudgee man seeking a wife, and a New Zealand tour diary entry by Frank W Frazer amid wet weather. A testimonial praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after throat issues from a writer at Soane NSW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction
Broken Hill
W. W. Young
Bathurst
Edna May
Indy
P.O
Frank W. Frazer
Soane
New Zealand
Wallington
Chamberlain
Layton
Leto Thugly
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Schute, Bell & Co. A
Bridge St
Sydney
Uighest
R. Houston McNeice
Ouro
Tonga
Geraldton
Farma
W. 8. Campbell
Mudge
N.S.W
Elean
A. N. Davey
Peak Hill
Tromr
Gee
ROYAL
FP. J. Graham
Aving
Station
O'Connell St
Huntebush
Oconnell Studeen
C. F. Stephens
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