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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1942
Page
4
Fragmented OCR recounts a chaotic scene at ABC with children’s theater and radio sounds. The narrative follows performers, a range of quirky items, and a disrupted broadcast featuring stage action, audience reactions, and dreamlike dialogue without clear coherent events.
Protection from downy mildew in cabbage and cauliflower seed beds is advised. Early spraying with a Bordeaux mixture made from zinc sulfate and lime is recommended as soon as seedlings reach one inch high, with careful wetting and coverage to prevent spread to young plants.
Australian motor vehicle data shows high retained value and long life across the Commonwealth. Registrations rose modestly to 43,165,590 new cars sold, with 31,524,354 scrapped in the period. From 1938 to 1947, 157,800 new cars were registered and 506,757 units scrapped, yielding a steady annual increase of about three new cars per unit. The States’ registrations totalled roughly 4.038 million, with memory of prewar totals guiding postwar recovery and fleet turnover.
Mrs. T. B., wife of a prominent dentist, reports using Digestic Rennies during pregnancy kept her digestion in order and free from serious troubles. She notes the remedy helped after extractions and praised its comforting effect for heartburn flatulence and biliousness.
Paul Cheyne argues war mobilization transformed Commonwealth factories and employment, with 6000 engaged in wartime industries and vast output for munitions. He notes postwar adaptation to peacetime needs, modern machinery, and the shift of labor to maintain production. The text also touches on silage feeding practices for sheep and agricultural notes amid transitions.
War pictures show a British naval action staged with Royal Navy support as a peacetime display. The piece, issued under Commonwealth information, depicts landing a force from a protected barge as Britain readies for potential invasion of Germanheld Europe.
Fragmentary report describes Libyan ground defences and British air activity over six months. It mentions 1 500 air attacks repelled at Nobyuk, British forces patrolling, and changes in raid strategy with a shift from mass attacks to different targets.
Fragmented wartime note reports daily air operations by British forces entering German airspace. The text is garbled with partial phrases about pilots, missions, and front line activity, suggesting sustained aerial pressure and patrols over occupied territory.
In Thyerell list Hatinlay a bullet grazed a nearby woman on a verandah and buried itself in a wall. Police are investigating the incident as authorities seek suspects and gather evidence.
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