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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1915
Page
7
The Manilla Express for Saturday April 17 features a short story published by special arrangement. Readers are invited to enjoy a tale crafted for the weekend edition.
Crichton Emlay, a London novelist, becomes obsessed with three odd sisters who move opposite him in Chelsea. Neighbors mock them as the Three Disgraces while Crichton wonders about their true identity and motives amid a social whirl surrounding the Browning Gardens.
Farmers ask about using molasses and sugar foods for dairy cows and horned stock in winter. Molasses is safe but laxative in excess. cane and beet molasses differ in composition and odor. Nitrogen values may be overestimated, and recent studies hint molasses can slightly raise milk fat, while other foods may affect milk yield and quality.
A farmer applies fertilisers to soil to supply nitrogen, phosphate, and potash needed by crops. Fertilisers like nitrate of soda, superphosphate, kainit provide food stock for growth, matching the crop’s intake as it develops.
A ten year average shows that allocating one fifth of a farm to clover in a proper rotation and applying manure boosts grain yield on the remaining four fifths beyond that of an entire farm without rotation. Many farmers doubt the practice though. Soils in older farming regions have become acid and farmers neglect lime to sweeten soil for closer rotations.
The article explains that one acre of topsoil weighing about 1,000 tons receives a small fertilizer dose yet yields a large effect. It notes 5 cwt of fertiliser per acre equals roughly 9 ounces per ton of soil, with only about half an ounce of nitrogen per 35,400 tons of soil, yet the impact remains remarkable.
Science notes report sixteen new electric passenger locomotives placed on the New York Central main lines. They are the most powerful passenger locomotives, each able to haul trains of fourteen steel Pullman cars at 60 miles per hour on sustained runs, while lighter trains reach up to 85 miles per hour. All wheels, including loading and trailing trucks, carry motors, maximizing tractive effort.
Captain Laplume, director of the elephant training station at Api, described experiments in raising and training native African elephants for domestic uses. Since capturing his first elephants in 1900, he has grown a training program that now has 18 elephants perfectly trained for agricultural work such as carrying and cart traction.
A newly discovered Teffanel device uses horizontal stone shelves in coal mine tunnels to absorb heat from burning gas and halt propagation. Trials in Germany and the United States aim to prevent explosions from spreading beyond initial workings, by cooling igniting gas below the ignition point.
The article explains Parsons steam turbine usage in ships, noting 12,360,000 hp in use and 2,000,000 hp added last year, with most in warships. It highlights gearing advances enabling economical turbine operation and improved maneuverability, detailing four downgear systems including hydraulic transformers and electric drive.
Wireless telegraphy is adopted to send urgent messages from aircraft to headquarters. A light set with a 23 hp petrol motor powers the system. Messages travel via a cable reel under the landing gear, trailing sixty to one hundred yards, with a weighted end to hang when visible.
A collage of quotations on effort and character. Perseverance brings results. wisdom pairs with kindness in action. Reflections from Carlyle and Scott explore daily renewal guilt and lasting consequences, urging measured, thoughtful conduct.
The article notes that German armies use dietetic specialists who plan rations such as 26 oz fresh bread or 17 oz biscuit 13 oz fresh meat 7 oz smoked meat rice or flour 1 oz salt and coffee or tea with sugar. Portable field kitchens follow troops, cooking hot meals, but when lost, soldiers revert to maize and horseflesh found in prisoners’ knapsacks.
Native Gurkhas and Garhwals serving with Allied Forces in France show varied tobacco habits from leaf twists to improvised pipes. Loyal, fearless soldiers, the Garhwals inhabit the Himalayan region famed for scenery and hunting. King George awarded a Victoria Cross to a Garhwal Rifleman for conspicuous bravery.
The text mentions boy cadets at Dartmouth and naval training under Admiral Cradock aboard the Hope. It references rejoining ships, submarines, and losses, with incomplete phrases about arms, schools, and wartime events.
Berlin cinema trade journal reports German airman used a cinemagraph camera for high altitude battlefield images. The method, secret to the German Grand Staff, allows precise film copies in hours aiding artillery and infantry by revealing enemy positions and optimal times to advance.
The Russian war leader General Russky, sixty, drives victories across Europe. Known for decisive assaults, he led the assault on Lemberg and earned early fame as a two war veteran. He served in the Russo-Turkish War and as chief of staff in the Russo-Japanese conflict.
Historical exhibit in Berlin features the Plongeur Marine Germanys earliest submarine built by Bavarian artist Wilhelm Bauer. Iron hull dated about 1800s. It sank at Kiel after thin sides failed under pressure and was raised during Kiel Canal excavations.
A compact portrait of the 17th Lancers, nicknamed Death or Glory Boys, with skull badge and motto Or Glory. Highlights include Crimean War charges, Balaclava rescue feats, V C for Sir Evelyn Wood, Zulu and South African War laurels, and Private A V Sworn’s Legion of Honour at seventeen. Also notes Russian confiscation of Warsaw gas works and German stockpiles.
Heligoland, described as Germanys Gibraltar, sits 28 miles from the mainland and guards the Elbe and Werner rivers. Once a seaside amusements hub, it was transformed since 1890 into a heavily fortified base with cement cliffs, fortified harbours for torpedo craft, and room for five Zeppelins housing gas supplies.
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