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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1928
Page
3
A year end reflection notes the district endured a harsh season but Christmas celebrations remained strong. Children enjoyed generous Christmas Trees and Father Christmas visitations, while the old year closed amid smoky dust and rough weather. The writer hopes 1928 brings better days and prosperity for all readers.
Vernier reports on a Register bulletin about changing targets for 200 yard events. Victoria proposes a new standard inner and outer dimensions while Bisley targets keep three sizes up to 600 yards. Some riflemen argue reducing the 200 yard bullseye affects scores but 500 and 600 yard targets remain large.
The Watervale Branch of the Agricultural Bureau questions Peach Curl Leaf's causes and soil prevalence. Geo Quinn explains Exoascus deformans fungus infects tender leaf tissue as it emerges from winter buds, with spring spore germination suspected but not fully proven.
The report details how curl leaf fungi attack peach leaves early, the best preventive spray in Burgundy mixture using blue stone and washing soda, and the need to apply before leaf bud scales relax. It notes autumn spraying on Elberta peaches also helps, mid winter sprays fail, soil type and cold snaps influence incidence, and infected buds perpetuate the disease.
A woman says she admires two men. He asks who the second is, prompting a brief exchange about role models and recognition. The dialogue hints at personal esteem without naming either figure.
A baker's cart driven by W Hill for Mr B R Muldoon at Gladstone bolted from Gaol hill near the Commercial Hotel. The cart somersaulted, breaking both shafts and throwing W Hill J Stafford and D Higgins to the ground. They suffered facial and body abrasions and received medical treatment from Dr Stewart.
Australian eggs will not face immediate changes under the British Merchandise Marks Act. Minister T Paterson said the London committee refused to recommend compulsory origin marking until British egg quality improves, allowing shipments from Australia to continue bearing the word Australia on packaging.
A reflective meditation on how gentle speech heals a wounded heart and lifts a weighed-down spirit, urging the reader to choose kindness as a powerful, priceless remedy.
Wirrabara end of year report recalls a dusty, wind driven day with roofs torn and fences blown. Local incident includes a store break in at Manning’s while owners holidaying at Port Pirie, and the Laura cricket team beating Wirrabara by two runs with Walter and Morcom among the top bowlers.
A new grid controlled glow discharge tube by D D Knowles of Westinghouse makes a 3000 pound sedan start when a hand shadow passes a window spot. The device, demonstrated in New York, reacts to near contact and shuts off upon further shadow, using about one nanampere of current.
A miscellany of quips and proverbs from January 1928 notes a change of ownership for the Areas Express while offering pithy maxims on work money and social manners. It blends humor about ambition debt marriage and daily life with a nod to progress such as widespread wireless licenses and the Arctic reach of telephone service.
Letter to the editor describes a perennial veldt grass from South Africa that Germinated in Western Australia and grew over four feet high. Officials and journalists praise its drought resistance and nutritive value, predicting it could outpace Rhodes grass and aid stockowners in dry districts. B Harrison of Cudgera Park offers further information.
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