Items of Interest from a Far-Flung Paper Sale and Society News
A miscellany of notes covers a March 30 Tomingley sale, tax and betting law mentions, Boer War and colonial figures, mining and employment stats, local council budgets, hospitals, and political moves in New South Wales towns. Reports include a court ruling on cheque receipts, a publican fined, and civic ideas like pig nuisance solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Hunter
Charleville
Queensland
Nyngan Creek
Sydney
South Africa
Commonwealth
West Australia
Foster
M.A.R
New England
Richmond
Wellington
W. Bennett
M.L.A
Executive Council
Goobang
Peak Hill Hospital
Phil H. Morton
Shoalhaven
Gamble
Molong
Liberal and Reform Association
Gardiner
Orange
Westfax Post
Mudgee
Town Gazette Admonishes Readers To Follow Local Trends
A fragmented note urges readers to mix with the community, support advertising and printing, and avoid bold opinions or offense to subscribers. It emphasizes staying in place and stories of local civics while criticizing independent thinking.
Mixed farming urged for small holdings by local lecture
James Watt of Fairy Mount Baldery spoke to the Cumnock P and A Society on mixed farming. He likened land to a bank and urged crop rotation with stock, noting rape and turnips clean and enrich land, reduce pests, and boost yields. He called for studying farming chemistry to decide stock type and grow compatible crops. Watts’s farm exhibit has won prizes at western shows.
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Cumnock P. and
A. Society
James Watt
Fairy Mount
Baldery
Ecturer
Danysz Plans Island Experiments and Europe Visit
Dr Danysz will extend island experiments at Broughton Island until October to observe disease spread and confirm its harmlessness to all animals. He will then visit Europe for months, leaving assistant Latapie to monitor progress while Dr Tidswell reports safety results to the Government.
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Broughton Island
Record Wheat Yield in Portland District
Mr. Joan James of Piper's Flat reports a record wheat harvest from a Government trial variety named Bobs. Five years after initial samples, rust and blight resistant wheat produced about 40 bushels per acre. Poor soil required heavy working and manuring, yet five sores yielded 45 bags, marking a district record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan James
Piper's Flat
Portland
Can You Blame Her And Digestive Tabules Ad
A dyspeptic husband provokes fault finding and the text claims his weakness stems from a sick stomach. It touts Dr Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules as a natural cure aligned with stomach fluids and promises health and happiness when taken, offered for sale by Gibson Bros.
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Gibson Bros
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Tomingley
Bee
Lindley, Walker & CO
Australia
Mark Lane
Lusk
People’s Tailor
Mingelo Street
Dpisdutte
NISRO
Gauss
Spock & Stato
Oconnell St
Homebush
Glark & GO
O'Connell Street
Svoxny
Pollard
Sayers
C. F. Stephens
Peak Hill
Journalism
Danysz
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