Aphis in Wheat in Molong Wellington Narromine Districts
Government entomologist W W Froggatt reports widespread aphid damage in wheat across Molong Wellington Narromine and Campbelltown areas. Early crops show paling and dying stalks while some fields recover after rain. Cold weather frost and parasites helped reduce aphid impact. later crops remain green but backward.
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W. W. Froggatt
Molong
Wellington
Narromine
Ple
Cumnock
Campbella
Badangora
Dubbo
Collybury
England
Bonnington's Irish Man for a Cold Trial
A promotional note invites readers to try Bonnington's Irish Man for a cold, claiming one trial proves it suitable medicine. The text also criticizes the bankrupt law as an asylum for inflexible individuals.
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Bonnington
Remarkable Twin Calves from Aged Scone Dairy Cow
A farmer near Scone reports his ten year old Durham dairy cow has just given birth to twin calves for the fourth time in four years. The cow, already mother to twelve calves with seven males, challenges a belief that only one sex can twin. The writer seeks parallel cases and notes potential continued prolific breeding if she lives long.
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Scone
Page
Legenhoe
Durham
Bishop's Poultry Lesson Sparks Mother’s Guarded Rebuttal
A tale from a coop story recalls a Bishop trying to teach women how to feed infants. He claims expertise but is met with sharp countering from a mother who asserts she has buried many babies and knows proper child care.
Famous Young Men and Their Early Achievements
The passage lists celebrated figures who achieved prominence young. It notes Bacon in Parliament at 23, Shakespeare leaving school at 14, Galileo at 19, Byron at 19, Wilberforce in Parliament at 21, Pitt the Younger at 21, Burns publishing at 27, Napoleon commanding in Italy at 27, Tennyson rising to notable posts by 33, and Brougham entering school at 7 and graduating head at 12, with later recognition.
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Bacon
Longfellow
Shakespeare
John Bright
Beatt
Galileo
Byron
Wilberforce
Pitt the Younger
Burns
Napoleon
Italy
Tennyson
Brougham
Electric belts lure buyers to costly scams
Misled district residents chased cure claims for electric belts after being told a more expensive belt was needed to work. An aged relative’s buyer sent extra money, only to find the device offered no real benefit, a Muswellbrook commentary notes.
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Antalpect
Sydney
Delte
Muswellbrook
Onzomtenz
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Aphis
T. Lusk
the People’s Tailor
Caswell Street
Peak Hill
David Jones
Geo
Clifford
Clifford Love & Compy
Clarence Street
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