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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
2
A weather drenched Sydney column highlights relentless rain and wedding wavelets while critiquing domestic service pressures, housing costs, and migration. It notes Olive Morrell and Wallace amid social gossip, sketches autumn fashion trends from long coats to kimono bodices, and observes rising use of soft gilts and silk fabrics, with dressmakers reporting plentiful silk odds at low prices.
A common sense suggestion describes placing a bar of iron under the pan on one side to push fruit away from the center and reduce stirring. By moving the bar periodically the fruit shifts toward the thicker side, helping even cooking and limiting center burning.
Conference of state health leaders reports no evidence that the Danysz virus will effectively destroy rabbits under natural conditions. It suggests limited grounds for further mainland experiments in an enclosed space but urges cross-state consultation if pursued. Also notes no proven method to disseminate the virus for rabbit destruction.
A nostalgic tour through early Bathurst and western New South Wales life. The narrator recalls long-vanished inns, mail coaches from Penrith to Wellington, famed characters like John Dargin, Anderson’s Honest John, and the French contractor Serisier. Anecdotes cover racing, governors, Wentworth and Gardiner disputes, and colorful locals such as Willie Williams, Fred Morgan, and Bungary.
A partial OCR fragment notes Hungary slipping from a jacket like an eel, leaving the garment with two constables as he fled toward Nanima at a Botany Handicap pace. The item ends with a prompt To be Continued.
At Bathurst Experimental Farm, Mr. R W Peacock reports 97 acres yielded 1667 bushels total, an average of 17 bushels per acre, despite a dry season with 1072 inches of rainfall. Federation led with 26 bushels per acre, followed by Taragon and Cleveland. numerous varieties ranged 9 to 23 bushels.
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