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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1952
Page
6
The text outlines cattle handling for minimal stress during mustering and yarding, emphasizing patience and calm movement. It then shifts to irrigation and crop care, detailing soil moisture, weed and disease control, seed quality, and optimal watering schedules across seasons to sustain growth and yield.
The scheme has operated for years and now applies to four strains named I, Q2, QF and G4. These strains are particularly suitable for the Granite Belt region, where they were developed and certified for tomato seed production.
Officers of the Agriculture Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Senck provide guidance on irrigating lucerne. Water requirements of the era vary considerably across conditions and seasons.
A cautionary line advises drivers to remain aware that speed and distance are harder to judge at dusk and near bends or cresting hills. The passage emphasizes careful driving and situational awareness in reduced light.
Orchardists on the Granite Belt accelerate winter pruning as harvest ends. Vineyards begin pruning, winter sprays follow, and cultivation, clearing, and new plantings take shape in coming weeks. Six days May rainfall totals cited, with soil moisture adequate for about six weeks.
Brisbane markets report mixed prices for pumpkins onions turnips lucerne hay and fruit and vegetables. Prices show per ton and per bushel figures with variations by origin including Stanthorpe NSW and Victoria, plus agent notes from McDougall and Co describing a pig sale with about 180 pigs and strong competition among buyers.
Local tennis fixtures list Saturday matches across associations including St Mary's Greymare Mentone Wyandra byes and multiple men and women divisions. Captains must collect balls score cards and fees. teams Kia Ori Medames Stevenson Lang Jenkins Dempster are named. Sales and auction notes accompany the sports page with yarding results and prices.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Brisbane Stock Exchange entry with scattered abbreviations, names, and numbers. The unreadable text includes references to traders, items, and dates, but the overall content is unclear and contains many garbled terms.
The fragment lists players and nicknames across multiple groups and suburbs. It names Rogers C Farrell Poliouth Weligerth Stewart Maron Mrs Warner Mrs Numpson Sauls Johnson Shulity McKee Sete Murcetti Waldock McIntyre Watson Weber Arcadians Day Matakows Vieen Franc Fast Walker Neal Ogden Downie Yandvoya Mrs Miller Mrs Welsh Ogden Ogden Knnlay Morley Hospital R Matthews Johnston Sheldon Fagg Lesie Turner Johnston Reibert Jenkins Bowle Bowles Kerwin Lew OKs Batterdam Bowies Kearney Gainb dey Suburbs M Barnes Kerle Welsh B Welsh Lynds Taylor But ur Batterham Allpass Calas Handley Brodie Sutherland Huxley Mary esiwce teams for Saturday I Bourke Locke Morrison O Sren Mrs Fraser Maguire Morteon Wells Lindores Guinan McMahon Sexton Zagamt Burke Galvin Abood Ryan Mulcahy Moltatt Zagaint Roggen mp Baque Miss Ahern Aber Muth Muth P O allen Tanna Hart Indores Misses Galvin Phelan Byrne Booth Players unavailable contact Gerard Boura before Friday St Marys team for Sun day Three mixed v Music at St Marys 0140 mi Fr Leahy Galvin Cavanaza McGrath
Clifton and District Tennis Association fixtures show Hillcrest beat Clifton 46-33 and Giralda 44-32 over Greenmount 44-34 and Fair View 44-35. B Grade results include Greenmount 48-20 over Giralda and 50-30 for Headington Fi Mo over Felton East. Grade 2 has Clifton 49-26 over Mrs Sibley and Nobby 49-41 over Wahroonga. Third round timetable lists July dates with matches and byes.
Stanthorpe defeated Wallangarra in both competition games for the Vic Thompson and Jones Cups. The match reports list players such as Soares, Dempsey, Anderson, Sanderson, and Hamilton among others, with Stanthorpe winning comfortably in both games.
Stanthorpe won by 10 games to 113 as Hickey's team from Tennis Terfield visited Rummings for a Sunday tennis session. Numerous doubles and mixed matches list scores among Mesdams, Hamilton, Saywell, McNamara, Turner, Walsh, Grimley, Dempsey, Showyin, and others. Players from Mesdteams dominated several rubbers with varied results.
Loch Lomond boys lost 34 35 to St Aidan's at St Aidan's court. Individual doubles results show multiple tight games, with Strollers beating St Aidan's 49 to 37 on Sunday in a separate match.
The St Mary's tennis tournament draw lists Sunday matches on three courts with 10 am to 4:30 pm start times. Players include Knudson Ahern, Devitt, Dwyer, McGrath, Cavanagh, Schultz, and many others, with entry fee 2 and Gerard Rourke contact for notices. St Mary's beat Grey Mare 102 games to 3 sets 62. Allora beat Gladfield 41 games. Next matches set for July 6 at Warwick and Gladfield.
The Swanfels club posts a busy weekend tennis card with Swanfels versus Tannymorel at Tannymorel and Swanfels versus Avalwa at Swanfels. The Swanfels lineups include J Mikkelsen D Burmester Ho Mimms Johnston H Caunter J Bourke.
Brisbane reports the Queensland Government revoked the Wheat Agreement cancellation after Commonwealth consent to cover freight for imported feed wheat from South Australia. Prices drop by 1/7d per bushel to 12/2d for six tons or more from ex-Pinkenba, effective today June 26. Minister Power cites reduced costs for primary creditors and the need to align prices with new arrangements.
Brisbanes eighth and final Bris bane wool sale for 1951-52 offered about 9000 bales. Prices firmed—better fleece and skin wool up about five percent from Monday, top greasy price reached 120 1 per 100 pounds for five bales branded Welltown talwood and 156d for 32 bales Worbieccan scoured at Tirraconige Thompson. Local buyers and international interest from United Kingdom Continent Japan America and Australia supported strong competition.
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