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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1934
Page
11
Prominent medical authorities urge use of preventive medicines to maintain health rather than waiting for illness. The idea of paying doctors to keep people well gains support as a practical, regular health arrangement. Houses are guarded against fire, and similar care is urged to prevent disease outbreaks through timely preparation.
The reminiscence recalls Gentie sunk in a hollow during a storm that flooded streets and altered roads along a hillside, while brickyards, lime kilns, and a growing town faced erosion and labor. Veterans like the Giddings brothers and Jamies Gibby are named alongside a wartime past in Belgium and local figures such as John Haynes MLA. The piece notes a shift from bustling days to a decayed scene with Reynolds hotel and Rosewarne’s store abandoned, and praises a banquet for Haynes guiding a new bridge.
A fragmented collection from rural Australia embeds drought talk, farm struggles, and local color. Blake returns from the west as Blinks queries rain, Jimmy Hooker’s farming, and drought coping ideas surface amid odd dialogue about livestock, eucalyptus, and market-level hosiery. The piece touches on farm distress, social scenes, and small-town humor through conversational vignettes.
Motorists urged to signal clearly and yield, NRMA warns of dangerous tailgating and road hogging. League of Chivalry rally planned in Morecambe England raises vows to modern highway courtesy and safety.
A Hartley elder recalls a lively gathering with John Hurley noting a bar brawl over a broken bridge. The talk blames Department neglect for the failed span and laments wheat loss after the Dubbo Morrygoen line diverted traffic. Citizens criticize the Great Western traffic decline and electors praise Whiteley’s long tenure despite town woes.
Seasonal guidance on protecting grapevines from powdery mildew and disease, including July spraying with a copper or sulfur mix, and a detailed iron sulfate and sulfuric acid formula. Also reports on manuring trials in the Murrumbidgee area recommending superphosphate and later sulphate of ammonia, with possible potash on sandy soils.
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