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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1954
Page
6
Winter invites gardening as lawn weeding grows essential and pruning often done by nonexperts with good results. Daily light work improves a lawn and the vegetable patch asks for frequent sowings of varied plants and careful attention to budding pallets.
Pruning improves roses shrubs and trees with careful timing. Remove dead wood and weak growth then cut remaining limbs by about one third. Avoid heavy pruning unless special descent applies. Climbing roses standard roses and dense varieties follow similar but adjusted rules.
The article outlines planning a vegetable plot with a central wide path for wheelbarrows, beds about feet wide, and east west bed orientation to maximize sun. It recommends digging soil to depth, adding manure, applying lime if needed, and staggered sowing of turnips peas onions lettuce radish and more with continuous care and regular cultivation for steady yields through the season.
Wellington Shire Council heard from Gas Manager Mr W Munter that coal delivered to the gas works is of inferior quality with no prospects of improvement. For the period to June 19, Hunter reported 1,401,000 cubic feet of gas produced, using 107 tons of coal yielding 13,902 cubic feet per ton.
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