COMMONWEALTH NEWS.
-r O— (Received 20, 12.3 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 19. : The steamer Tofua made a record i run from Fiji, taking but 5 days o2 ) minutes on the voyage. The New South Wales .coal export for the first xjtwtier of the year decreased by 762,274 tons, valued at £395.831, compfarotf 'with rt*to previous corresponding (quarter. •NEWCASTLE, April 19. Tho Louisa Craig has foiled tor \ Auckland- _ .
An interesting experiment in thf ' eradication of Californian thistle Ut ■ been made by Mr H. H. Wall, at Man ntuke. Poverty Bay. That gentleman has trie* a solution of sulphate of iror . (green copperas), putting it on prettj i strong and applying a cupful to eacl plant Hefound that even with on< i application the thistles had died back, ■ and on taking them up by the roots h< • found the roots black right through ' Mr Wall (says the « Poverty Ba; ' Herald ") is satisfied that the sulphat* ' of iron, if ased systematically. wonl< '. quickly lead to the extermination o ! this noxious weed. Over 7,000,0001 bof tobacco m ' produced in the Transv a al in 1908- --' The surest regulating tonic ii ' WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19100420.2.35
Bibliographic details
Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5498, 20 April 1910, Page 3
Word Count
187COMMONWEALTH NEWS. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5498, 20 April 1910, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in