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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1942
Page
2
A short notice lists bag types available for shoppers including leather canvas and cottage weave options with page coordinates or references. The fragmentary item emphasizes universal bag ownership and shopping practices from a historical newspaper segment.
On April 21 1942 at Rural School Mr C R Tanner Technical College instructor discussed charcoal pit construction for producing charcoal from Manilla district timber. He named stringy timber red gum box iron bark and walk as best suited and noted charcoal production as simple profitable with scarce petrol and advancing producer gas as a remedy for power needs.
Mandowa Shire Council weekly session discussed an open letter from Manila Labor League president J Cole protesting hiring a non returned soldier as inspector while a returned man’s application was rejected. A reply from the Returned Soldiers League endorsed the council’s decision and urged action to assist returning servicemen.
Mir. OI Caner, instructor at aut roth Mehnival Calligen, discussed gas production and energy challenges at a Rural School. About 200 attendees viewed demonstrations and tests on topics from pipe construction to purification, with two sessions scheduled for Friday morning and afternoon.
Mrs Sara Jane Veness aged 71 died at her Hill Street residence in Manilla after a long illness. Born at Moore Creek Tamworth she was among seven children of George Coulton and his wife. Survived by husband A G Veness and three children Colin Austin and Mrs G Redmond. Golden wedding in 1891, funeral held Monday after service at the Methodist Church with Rev T Tadd officiating.
Members of Mawilly District Rural School’s Junior Red Cross raised funds for sick children and families in need. Marie Robé organized a tuckshop with help from others, sending money to aid health care, milk, and comforts. the Juniors also support Red Cross Homes for more thorough care.
A obituary tribute praising Mrs. A C Veness for her devotion in the Methodist Church and her warmth in private life. It notes her exemplary church service, family influence, and wide-reaching personal impact among clergy and friends, concluding with prayers for her memory.
A fragmentary passage contemplates human knowledge under a divine order, likening Earth and Nature to an open book. It evokes a noble type and a ripe era with a friend in God, suggesting a guiding divine event shaping vocation and existence.
Mr George Coulton died at Tamworth Base Hospital after a pneumonia attack on Tuesday April 14. He was a prominent Manilla district identity with over 50 years in the area. Survived by two sons and two daughters and siblings including Jim Coulton Sydney and Miss A Coulton Manilla. Funeral held at Manilla Cemetery on Thursday April 16 with Rev A Battersby officiating.
In the Supre me Court of New South Wales probate jurisdiction a tacit will dated 1936 is to be probated for Thomas William Beaven late of Manilla and formerly of Dulwich Hill Sydney. Fourteen days after publication is the notice period for probate to be granted to Eisie May Filsell the executor. Creditors must send claim details to solicitors R A Shorter and Tobin at 60 Bimney Street Sydney.
The Enginees reported maintenance work on Wim hmtrne Lane with stone and netting, drainage repairs near Namni Ri Road cemetery, Sandy Gully clearout, Craw Mountain B-mile repairs, and attention to crossings on Corellia Pil Terine Wimbourne and Moon avan roads. Gunnedah road repairs near 6 syde, cutting of burt on route progress, Wyrwarden school maintenance starts next week, Shire depot rending repaired, and grading on Manilla Rog gabri road after wet weather between 1 and d mile.
A Manila district voluntary worker appeals through the editor for public help in improving paper salvage efforts for the war. She urges separating clean paper from garbage and using dedicated containers to speed sorting and dispatch to mills, noting financial aid to local patriotic bodies depends on salvage tonnage. The note also reports Red Cross meetings and roadworks progress in nearby areas.
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