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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
3
Garden notes advise timely planting of dahlias and beans while detailing watering, staking, and shading for young plants. It mentions zinnias, phlox, chrysanthemums, and spring bulbs, stressing steady moisture, rich soil, and use of manure. Emphasis on avoiding overwatering and providing supports for vines.
A Sydney seeds advertisement from L. C. Shepherd & Son offers sweet scented nasturtium varieties in bright double and single forms. Notable names include Jove, Goldur Glam, Scarlet Gleam, Gleam Hybrids, and others. Packets priced individually or as paired sets with box 86088 GPO Sydney.
A beauty expert prescribes holiday hair tips to resist sea wind and salt. Advice covers hats, rinsing, cold water shampooing, sodium carbonate powder, and daily setting to preserve waves. Dry hair may need extra conditioner and careful brushing for a polished look.
The article urges cool storage of bulbs for next planting season and describes bright hot dry color displays from Portulacca Verbena Zinnias and Petunias. It discusses soil care lime from sea shells, slug control with Getsem, and growing Zinnias for quick, low-maintenance blooms plus beans like General McKay for climbing variety and Feltham Prolific for prolific bearing. Continuous sowing of vegetables every fortnight is advised to maintain supply and shade for tender crops like lettuce.
An Australian optometrist and opticians listing appears for H A Barraclough Ltd at 485 George Street Sydney. The fragment mentions site and customer sight emphasis with general advertising tone.
List of regional shows and picnic races in New South Wales towns with dates in April to June. Includes Bathurst, Cumnock, Dubbo, Wellington, Coonamble, Trangie, Warren, Macquarie, and Bligh events spread across late April to mid June.
Fragmentary text mentions a girl in a big car and a late night delivery of ore in a car. It references a product Charmosan Cold Cream advertised as an anti wrinkle cream with myrrh and jasmine, priced 2/6 for a big box. The tone resembles a lurid advertisement and spoken interjections.
Robt and Betty decipher a buried Hopeton treasure using a coded tale from a little pictures story. The pair trace landmarks from the crest to a wood two miles away, hoping the mine holds a hidden cache, then puzzle over a drawing of trees and a hooked line as the next clue.
A woman recounts three years of dizziness and hot flushes before trying Kruschen Salts. After 18 months she reports improved health, reduced dizziness, and weight stability. The ad claims six salts stimulate liver and kidneys, cleansing the body and restoring normal function. Kruschen is promoted as a worldwide remedy sold at 2 per bottle.
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