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  2. MOTORING TOPICS

    THE JOKE MAKER and comic picture artist 40 years ago found in motoring a great deal of humor. The top drawing, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 130 words
  3. FARM AND STATION

    MR. Arthur (Dusty) Roads, whom I met this week, is an interesting old-timer. He was born at Second Valley 70 years ago. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 268 words
  4. Fast Times Expected At Lobethal

    Fast times recorded during practice this week indicate that there will be keen contests in the four ...

    Article : 453 words
  5. Big Possibilities for Flax Industry in Australia

    Following my recent article on the possibilities of flax growing as a good economic proposition in parts of this State, the following extracts from the November issue of the Journal of the Council for Scientific and ...

    Article : 499 words
  6. Vapor Lock In Hot Weather

    IN hot weather motorists should watch for vapor lock. This is caused by a rise in engine temperature, which vaporises ...

    Article : 99 words
  7. Merino Ram Cuts 54 lb. Of Wool

    I READ recently that Mr. David Weir, of Skirling Plain, Quandialla, New South Wales, exhibited at the Coctamundra sheep show about three years ...

    Article : 671 words
  8. Processional Caterpillar Takes Toll of Tree Life

    Recently I referred to the menace which mistletoe has become to the tree life of Australia. Another menace, not so serious, but still a bad one, is the processional caterpillar (Ochroeaster Contraria). ...

    Article : 491 words
  9. Search for Oil In Australia

    An area in the south-west of Queensland is to be explored by the Shell Oil Co. of Australia for petroleum deposits. Work is expected to begin early in 1940. To encourage the investment of ...

    Article : 202 words
  10. LAST-MINUTE APPEAL FOR SAFETY

    In a last-minute appeal to road users, pedestrians, and picnickers, the National Safety Council of South Australia asks for the observance of the ...

    Article : 246 words
  11. Oxygen To Ripen Tomatoes

    A NEW method for the quick ripening of tomatoes with the aid of oxygen has been developed by science workers in Russia. ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. DETOUR—LOBETHAL TO MT. TORRENS

    PLAN of the 81 miles Lobethal racing circuit over which the T-T. motor cycle races will be run on Tuesday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  13. Wombat Found in Sydney Park

    POOR OLD WOMBAT, he needed the drink! He was caught early one morning this week in Centennial Park, Sydney, and had been injured apparently in a fight with dogs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  14. Abattoirs Markets

    ON Monday, the last market for the year, 2,355 cattle were penned at the Abattoirs, compared with 2,075 at the previous market. The catalogue ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. Petrol Station Hours Over Holidays

    Garages and service stations in the metropolitan area will be open from 7 to 10 Christmas morning. Country supplies will be available as usual. ...

    Article : 81 words
  16. Show Dates

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 words
  17. More Protests Against 3d. Bag Dockage

    FURTHER protests by fanners against the cost to them of secondhand cornsacks have been received by members of Parliament. ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. Star Grass Might Become A Menace

    STAR grasses from Kenya, South Africa, have been tested in Australia by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and discarded for ...

    Article : 292 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 141 words
  20. Permit Necessary To Carry Passengers For Hire or Reward

    NOT all motorists are aware that under the Road and Railway Transport Act a person cannot carry passengers for hire or reward on any ...

    Article : 261 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 180 words
  22. Australian Sheep Successes in U.S.

    THE first seven prizes in the Polwarth class at the International Wool Show at the Golden Gate Exposition at San Francisco were awarded ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. Woodlands Farmers Short of Cornsacks

    WOODLANDS, Saturday.—As reaping progresses, some farmers are finding themselves short of cornsacks. This is due to crops returning better ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. Twins to Artificially Inseminated Cow

    A STRIKING result from an artificially inseminated Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cow is shown in the registration of twin calves—a male and ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. Iron Knob Tennis

    Central 7 sets 42 games. Carunna 5 sets, 24 games Imperials 7—51. Knobs 3-32. Centrals 5 set? 41 games. Knobs 5 sets 36 games; Carunna 9—60 Imperials 3—41. ...

    Article : 80 words
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