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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1924
Page
3
A fragmented reminiscence opens with travel by train past the Cattlereagh toward Warrumbingtess and a hall in Coobarabran. The narrator recalls a lively rural gathering, a court scene, market scenes, and a concertina musician, ending in a nostalgic poem about the pioneers who built a life on the western plains and the quest for gold and pride in their lineage.
The article describes Gaillardia grandiflora and related varieties with notes on plant height bloom abundance and ornamental use. It covers transplanting spacing soil preferences and seed sowing guidance plus a section on vegetable onions listing Early Brown Spanish Onion and other varieties. It also mentions a financial error in the Muddy Agricultural Society balance sheet and prize-money division due to secretary absence.
Romancy stands on flame lit heights and proclaims the turning point to our history in the war that made our nation reborn. Samuel Cornstal echoes the call as the nation awakens to a new era.
A notice states the matter of refunds being pursued with no response. The council is to be notified with a view to disqualifying the competitor for failing to address the issue.
An Agricultural Gazette article profiles Mees Gagic and Wir-like farmers in New South Wales detailing fallow surface consolidation as a foundation for wheat. It describes thorough soil work, bed formation, and subsoil consolidation using springtooth cultivators to create a firm seed bed and rapid germination under dry surface conditions.
Gagie analyzes ploughing and surface conditions in paddocks. Disc ploughing followed by shallow harrowing left coarse humps and wormed soil. Cracks and clods reveal moisture loss and incomplete decay, with eight months insufficient for wetting processes to act, while spring winds threaten further drying.
The Mail notes the schedule for mail arrivals and the closing time at the Wellington Post Office. The article outlines daily timing and any changes to procedures affecting patrons and mail sorting.
Daily services start at 6.40am from Sydney and 7.10pm from Western towns. Weekly stops listed by day include Arthurville Bodangora Baldry Pinger Pont Mt Aubrey Yeoval Curve Creek Cavew Finger Post Walu man Bournewood Goolma Gollan Lincoln Monteforee Spicers Creek Two Mile Flat and other local towns with times ranging from about 1.0 to 6.0 pm and 4.15 to 5.45 pm on weekdays.
Daily 690 pan, Western towns service at 6 a.m. with Monday to Saturday schedules listing Arthurville Bodangora Bournewood Curra Creek Caves Finger Post Goolma Lincoln Montefiores Spicers Creek Two Mile Flat Wanluman Mt Aubrey Yaoyal Boldry Mounties and other points. Mails arrive and depart via Orange with registered mails one hour earlier than ordinary time.
Text outlines a push for farmer unity through cooperative structure to expand influence and control over profits. It argues for self financed local units, distinct member hierarchies, and alliances with unions, aiming to link locals to state and national bodies and widen the reach of agricultural service.
The document endorses a growers only membership, share based and limited to one member one vote, with capital security for loans and joint guaranty. It emphasizes commodity as the organizational base, standardization and market intelligence to balance supply and demand, plus expert knowledge application. A pamphlet on forming local units is available free from the Department of Agriculture in Sydney.
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