06 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1912
Page
1
A fragment notes H. W. Watson of the ise Company inviting orders for stock, furniture, and home goods from Gurwood Street in Wagga Wagga, with telephone reference given as 2h.
An unreadable fragment indicates a plan to select land and communicate with or coordinate with a modern authority for full details of the area. The text hints at proper methods and timing but provides no concrete names, dates, or locations.
The Warfire names a British engineer officer for a two year service in Australia to organize communication services. NSW reports drenching sheep in autumn and nearliing foo for winter to curb worm effects. A 32 bullock carrier ships wool to Bourke weighing ten stone six pounds. A long list of regional notes follows including grazing incidents and local industry plans.
The article explains that Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a tonic and alterative free from alcohol. It defines tonic as a medicine that imparts strength and vigor and alterative as a medicine that changes unhealthy action to healthy action. It asserts the remedy achieves this with ter ifa medicine, noting no great difference without alcohol.
The column reports on vine regrowth at Rooty Hill vineyards and yields from old stock, lucerne yields at Glen Innes, apricot crops in Rodney district returning £100 from two acres, and Mildura raisin growers’ returns. It lists wheat rail shipments, wine exports, and grape quality with Syra and Malbec noted. It also covers drought effects on Maclean, Murwillumbah, and Lower Clarence maize crops, plus election cost totals in Victoria.
The Blayney district reports very high apiece crop yields with manure trials at Gil say's farm Dapto showing 8 tons 6 cwt on manured plot versus 1 ton 10 cwt unmanured. Murray valley grape outlook is fair with frost losses but strong fruit, while Canada buys grapes from Wahgunyah and Victoria contemplates apple exports to America. A new Water Commission levee plan for the Goulburn river costs £70,000 with a per acre levy. A fire cause investigation on the Bleamer Sloovie vessel notes possible cigarette sparks. Tweed sugar season yields 37 075 tons from 1 305 acres at 22 tons per acre, with cutters paid about £3 5s per day. Canada expands immigration policy to populate east provinces. Victoria ships trial fruit consignment to Vancouver to gauge export hurdles.
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