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    South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

    Paper Making

    A proposed paper mill is discussed in the Observer,
    14 June 1851, page 4e,
    12 July 1851, page 5f,
    "Paper Making in South Australia" is in the Register,
    28 July 1851, page 2e.

    "Mr Tolmer's Discovery" is in the Observer,
    5 July 1856, page 5c; also see
    19 and 26 July 1856, pages 7e and 7f,
    3 and 31 October 1857, pages 5g and 5h,
    28 November 1857, page 1f (supp.).
    Register,
    14 September 1857, page 2d,
    15 June 1870, page 5c.

    "Australian Paper-Making Material" is in the Observer,
    29 May 1858, page 5h,
    7 November 1868, page 10g.

    Information on a fibre factory using "sea-coast flags" as raw material is in the Observer,
    29 January 1870, page 7d.

    A report from a select committee of the House of Assembly on "Paper Fibre" is in the Observer,
    3 September 1870, page 13g,
    "Indigenous Fibre Plants" on
    17 September 1870, page 9b.

    A proposal to manufacture paper from Psittichoschaenus erythrocarpus, a tussocky grass growing "plentifully on the sea coast", is discussed in the Advertiser,
    13 September 1870, page 2d; also see
    Express,
    2 February 1872, page 2b.

    "Paper from Wattle Bark" is in the Observer,
    5 April 1915, page 28e.

    A proposal to manufacture paper is in the Register,
    19 February 1916, page 8h; also see
    Chronicle,
    6 May 1916, page 14c,
    Register,
    19 October 1916, page 8f.

    "Paper From Straw - Should Local Mills be Built?" is in The Mail,
    15 June 1918, page 3b.

    "Papermaking from Eucalyptus" is in The Mail,
    27 August 1927, page 10c,
    "Paper from Pine Trees" in The News,
    30 May 1928, page 4f.

    "Paper Mills for South Australia" is in The Mail,
    5 September 1931, page 2g.

    "Paper and Cardboard Making by Australasian Cellulose Ltd" is in The News,
    16 July 1937, page 7a.

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    Poultry

    "Early-Day Poultry and Eggs" is in the Register,
    3 July 1919, page 6f.

    A poultry show is reported in the Register,
    23 September 1864, page 3d,
    8 September 1865, page 3b,
    Observer,
    3 September 1881, page 12c,
    1 September 1883, page 12a.

    "Poultry Stealing in the Suburbs" is in the Register,
    21 and 29 September 1866, pages 2d and 2d.

    "Notes on Poultry-Keeping" is in the Observer,
    7 March 1868, page 9d.

    Information on the industry is in the Register,
    9 November 1875, page 6b.

    The opening exhibition of the SA Poultry Society is reported in the Register,
    23 September 1876, page 7d; also see
    25 and 27 August 1877, pages 6e and 6f,
    Observer,
    30 September 1876, page 9a,
    1 September 1883, page 12a,
    Register,
    14 July 1883, page 5b,
    5 October 1883, page 6f,
    16 June 1905, page 6f.

    "Artificial Incubation" is in the Register,
    9 May 1878, page 5b.

    "Round the Poultry Yards" is in the Observer,
    2 August 1879, page 10d,
    9 and 23 August 1879, pages 9g and 9g.

    "Hatching Poultry Wholesale" is in the Register,
    28 September 1880, page 5b,
    29 October 1880, page 5b.

    "Gossip About Poultry" is in the Register,
    22 August 1883, page 7d; also see
    25 August 1883, page 6b.

    "A Suburban Poultry Farm" is in the Chronicle,
    10 January 1885, page 14e.

    A model poultry farm is described in the Advertiser,
    1 September 1887, page 3d,
    Chronicle,
    22 September 1888, page 14f,
    "Poultry for Export" on
    4 February 1895, page 4e.

    "Export of Eggs" is in the Register,
    6 November 1891, page 5c.
    A trial shipment of eggs to England is reported in the Observer,
    12 January 1895, page 4d,
    Advertiser,
    6 February 1895, page 4h; also see
    10 July 1895, page 6b.
    "A Coming Industry - Poultry and Eggs for Export" is in the Observer,
    26 August 1905, page 13d; also see
    9 March 1907, page 16c,
    Register,
    3 February 1908, page 6g.
    "Eggs for England - New Industry Booms" is in The Mail,
    14 August 1926, page 1f.

    The export of frozen poultry is reported upon in the Observer,
    18 November 1899, page 28a.

    "Cold Storage of Eggs" is in the Observer,
    9 March 1901, page 6a.

    "How to Raise Chickens in South Australia for Export" is in the Observer,
    26 July 1902, page 12e.

    "Money in Poultry" is in the Register,
    4 February 1903, page 6e.

    A complaint about "Poultry Stealing" is made in the Advertiser,
    16 December 1903, page 9c.

    "Poultry Industry in South Australia" is in the Register,
    16 June 1905, page 6f,
    7 December 1905, page 6i,
    14 and 15 August 1906, pages 8f and 8c.

    "A Coming Industry" is in the Register,
    23 August 1905, page 7b.

    "A Fortune in Eggs" is in the Express,
    1 February 1906, page 3g,
    "A Trial Shipment of Eggs" is in the Observer,
    18 August 1906, page 44a; also see
    Register,
    13 December 1906, page 4e,
    5, 14 and 25 January 1907, pages 10f, 4g and 6e,
    27 February 1907, page 9a,
    9 April 1907, page 8a.

    "Egglaying Competitions" is in the Register,
    21 May 1906, page 8a.

    The poultry industry is reported upon in the Register,
    1, 4, 13, 14 and 25 June 1906, pages 6b, 7e, 6f, 6a and 5b,
    4 July 1906, page 6h,
    14 August 1906, page 8f,
    14 and 22 January 1907, pages 4g and 4f,
    28 February 1907, page 7a,
    11 and 18 June 1907, pages 8e and 8i,
    13 and 19 July 1907, pages 7f and 9c,
    19 and 23 August 1907, pages 8g and 8h.

    A trial shipment of eggs to England is reported in the Observer,
    12 January 1895, page 4d,
    Advertiser,
    6 February 1895, page 4h; also see
    10 July 1895, page 6b.
    "A Coming Industry - Poultry and Eggs for Export" is in the Observer,
    26 August 1905, page 13d; also see
    9 March 1907, page 16c.
    "Eggs for England - New Industry Booms" is in The Mail,
    14 August 1926, page 1f.

    "Cold Storage of Eggs" is in the Observer,
    9 March 1901, page 6a.

    "How to Raise Chickens in South Australia for Export" is in the Observer,
    26 July 1902, page 12e.

    A complaint about "Poultry Stealing" is made in the Advertiser,
    16 December 1903, page 9c.

    "A Fortune in Eggs" is in the Express,
    1 February 1906, page 3g.

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    Silk

    Information on silk culture is in the Observer,
    16 September 1848, page 2c.

    "Cultivation of the Mulberry Tree and Rearing of the Silkworm" is in the Observer,
    6 July 1850 (supp.).

    "The Growth and Manufacture of Silk" is in the Register,
    5 March 1856, page 2d; also see
    19 April 1859, page 3d and
    Observer,
    5 September 1857, page 7b,
    17 October 1857, page 5g,
    23 April 1859, page 7f.

    "Production of Silk" is in the Observer,
    14 September 1861, page 1e (supp.),
    "Cultivation of Silk" on
    19 December 1863, page 2g,
    "Colonial Silk" on
    3 February 1866, page 7f.

    "Sericulture" is in the Register,
    9 April 1864, page 3c; also see
    3 and 5 May 1869, pages 3g and 2e,
    Observer,
    1 May 1869, page 9a-e,
    19 June 1869, page 9b,
    3 July 1869, page 9a,
    13 October 1869, page 9a,
    Register,
    24 June 1869, page 2e,
    5 and 24 July 1869, pages 2e and 3f,
    25 November 1869, page 2g,
    18 December 1869, page 3c-d.

    Also see Advertiser,
    14 July 1858, page 3d,
    17 May 1869, page 3a,
    16 June 1869, page 3a,
    Observer,
    25 June 1870, page 3b,
    16 July 1870, page 4g,
    17 September 1870, page 9d,
    22 October 1870, page 8e,
    31 December 1870, page 7h,
    4 March 1871, page 11b,
    8 April 1871, page 9a,
    23 September 1871, page 6c,
    7 October 1871, page 9d,
    25 November 1871, page 8b,
    25 January 1873, page 9b.

    "Silk Supply Association" is in the Register,
    24 June 1869, page 2e,
    5 July 1869, page 2e.

    "South Australian Silk in London" is in the Chronicle,
    27 July 1872, page 8f.

    Also see Register,
    24 April 1873, page 2e,
    30 August 1873, page 3d,
    Observer,
    26 July 1873, page 9b,
    6, 13 and 20 September 1873, pages 11e, 18f and 9b,
    27 December 1873, page 9b,
    18 July 1874, page 9c,
    Farmers Weekly Messenger,
    17 July 1874, page 3d,
    21 August 1874, page 8d,
    Register,
    4 February 1875, page 2e,
    1 May 1875, page 9e, 9 November 1875, page 6d.

    A sketch is in the Australasian Sketcher,
    16 April 1874, page 29.

    A meeting of the Adelaide Silk Industrial Association Ltd is reported in the Observer,
    4 August 1873, page 11d,
    18 July 1874, pages 3g-9c .

    "Silk Growing at Littlehampton" is in the Observer,
    19 December 1874, page 9g.

    A visit to Mr E. Thorup's silkworm magnanarie at Gawler is reported in the Advertiser,
    16 December 1876, page 5e.

    Information on the industry is in the Observer,
    23 March 1878, page 9a.

    A description of Dr Cleland's silkworm magnanarie at Parkside is in the Register,
    30 November 1885, page 7b; also see
    Advertiser,
    8 December 1887, page 7b,
    19 November 1895, page 7e.

    The silkworm industry is discussed in the Register,
    27 December 1895, page 3g,
    Observer,
    15 February 1896, page 6a,
    10 November 1917, page 19d; also see
    The News,
    25 October 1928, page 7f.

    "The Silkworm Season" is in the Register,
    29 November 1909, page 4i.

    "Silk in South Australia - Early Activities Recalled" is in the Register,
    20 August 1924, page 10c.

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