Down the Bogan and Rural Outlook From Molong
A rural letter notes continued rain easing the Bogan’s mood and urges farmers to keep busy with mixed farming. It discusses railway plans to boost markets, potential deviations west of Tomingley, and election of Balcombe Whitmill and Job to the Molong P P Board. The writer recalls Long Plain and the incident of a reporter insulted over calling women “pretty plain.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Balcombe
Whitmill
Job
Molong P.P
Long Plain
Plains
Orangeway
Sheep Dip Dangers Highlighted by Cruelty Society
Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals heard evidence on arsenical poisoning from sheep dips. Dr Laughlin testified a farmer lost fifty sheep after dipping due to unsound skin. Another farmer let 860 sheep run to grass. dipping on skin shed toxins into pasture fatally poisoning 850 sheep, two horses, one donkey, and poultry. Post mortems showed arsenic in intestines, while five sound-skinned sheep survived after three strong dips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
N.Z
Poisoning foxes by skinned rabbit carcass bait
An Errowanbang station employee at Carcoar reports poisoning a fox by lacing a skinned rabbit carcass with strychnine. The fox fed on the bait and died nearby, showing foxes may be killed by poison in skinned portions the animals would not touch when the rabbit is unskinned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errowanbang Station
Carcoar
No Use but We Can Safely Say Without
Fragmentary note states a cautious assertion, emphasizing a safe lack of harm or consequence. It limits details and preserves ambiguity while hinting at a broader context discussed in the source.
Brevities and political notes from New South Wales
Sydney hosts the Farmers and Settlers Conference on July 9. Reports mention polling centres for the Ashburnham electorate, drought effects at Forbes, and a nestle milk company representative seeking Australian sites. Other items note fines in Cobar, rainfall on the Northern Rivers, a calf suckling a sow, and various political movements and opinions across NSW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ and Settlers
Sydney
Cobar
Ashburnham
Cuddep
Bega
Sebastapool
Ceylon
North West
Canada
I. W. O'Sullivan
Nsw
Nestle
Condensed Milk Company
Australia
Forbes
Toms
J. C. L. Fitzpatrick
Liberal and Reform
Orange
Intelligence Department
John Flood
Lyndhurst
Wade
McGowen
Ashton
Labor Party
Bb. B. O'Connor
Settlement lease rules for age and status clarified
CORRESPONDENT asks if a 16 year old son can buy a settlement lease and whether a 22 year old single woman can do so. The rule states any person over 21 may purchase, except a married woman unless living apart from her husband under a court order. A 16 year old cannot purchase under that tenure. Persons over 16 may hold a conditional purchase or a conditional lease.
Hospital social note credits Veitch Wright and Morris for music
A hospital social report adds Miss Veitch and Professor Lyndon Wright with Misa Morris assisting in providing music. It extols diverse foods and appetite driven nutrition. It mentions Dr Sheldon’s Digestive Tables as a product for digestion and vitality and notes a sale by Thos Mand in Peak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Veitch
Lyndon Wright
Misa Morris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bogan
Bathuret
Railway Department
Tomingley
Public Works Committee
Railway Commissioners
MRS. M. Malouf & Son
Wtwell-St
James Fay
McDonald & Co
Rabbit Skin Exchange
Dalgety Street
Millers Point
D*waugh
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