Australian Gardener praised in new 23rd edition
A reviewer lauds Brunning’s Australian Gardener 23rd edition for revised content and an expanded index. He notes it remains indispensable for gardeners, with updated chapters on cactus culture and extensive seed sowing tables. Massey Roberson and Mullins publish at 107 11 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
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Jwslie H Brunning
Howl Fis Te Wuthar
Ith
Brunning
Massey Robertsen
Mullins
Khaabeth Street
Melbourne
Christmas Turkey Delights Newedd Household
Mrs Newedd enters the dining room with a proudly displayed turkey calling it the first Christmas turkey. Mr Newedd admires the bird noting its shape and stuffing while joking about its hollow condition.
Melbourne Poem Celebrates One Hundred Years
A poem by Grace L. Rodda venerates Melbourne’s century of growth from colonial settlement to a proud Australian city. It describes the young town maturing under British influence, producing noble sons who defend homeland, and pledges allegiance to England as the colony’s enduring faith and tie to the crown.
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Melbourne
Australia
England
King
Grace L. Rodda
Sunshine Anglers Win Bay Competition Trophy
Last Sunday the Sunshine Anglers fished their first bay competition. Lowman, new member, won the trophy with four flathead and one roughie weighing 41 lb nots. Andrewartha was second at 1 lb 11 oz. The next event is a two day trip meeting at Tilden Coliban reservoir with weigh in Sunday 4 pm. Referees P Simpson and L Cooper. Trophy donated by Mr T E Robinson.
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Lowman
Roos
F. Andrewartha
D. W. Greenham Uhid
Lowe
A. Klix
R. Bullen
J. Tate
L. Cooper
B. Craddock
T. E. Robinson
Third Wanted Young Briggs Reunites With Jane at Village Dance
A long separated pair meet at a village dance in June. He teases that a charming girl should be married, while she quips that two people await her and the man. The witty exchange centers on life choices for women and social expectations.
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Briggs
Jane
Sunshine Harvester Works Rifle Club Shoots at 900 Yards
Sunshine Harvester Works Rifle Club held a 900 yard range shoot with fair attendance and favorable conditions. A young marksman named E Wright scored six balls and inners but finished with two misses for no clear reason. Next Saturday the event moves to 500 and 600 yards.
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Sunshine Harvester Works Rifle Club
E. Wright
Oddities and Odds from a 19th Century Lane of News
The column blends curious notes from far and near including armour trade in London and biblical manna in Algiers, a Cambridge professor on bridge strength, play street closures for children, locust fertiliser schemes in Tunis, a Westminster scandal in straw hat fashion, a string of tragic dates in France, the decline of woad as a British dye, and Jusserand shaping wartime fashion for American uniforms.
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Tunis
Westminster
House of Commons
Joyce
Limerick City
Gambllers
France
Mons. Maginot
Mons. Girand
Doumer
Submare Promethee
Jusserand
Washington
America
Peelers V C Secures Shrine Attendance Role
Sunshine resident Mr W Peeler V C has been chosen by the Shrine of Remembrance committee from about 400 applicants for a duties post as attendance at the shrine. A popular local sportsman and former Sunshine District Cricket Association president, his Victoria Cross act in 1917 at Ypres involved single handedly wiping out an enemy machine gun crew.
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Sunshine
W. Pevlar
V.C
Shrine of Remembrance
Peeler
Sunshine District Cricket Ausociation
Peele
Ypres
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Henderson and
Graham
Oregon
Hampshire Road
Town Hall
Uge Onle
Ivy
Roughie
Ted
Smith
F. H Tiny
Neville
C. Dage
Hyett
Ghoz
Craddock
H. Taylor
Lay
C . Dage
H Taylor
L Smith
Greenham
Tay
BREAM
FOX
Fox’s Quality Stores
Mr Rex
Seven Dials
London
Oran
Algiers
Cambridge
Manche
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