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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
4
The advertisement lists discounted items including white calico fabric at 34 inches, tote prices for bale pieces and singlets for ladies, cotton hose in multiple colors, silk hose at 3/11 per pair, honeycomb quilts with slip covers at 18/6, and various household goods with reduced rates. Includes Isle and gala price notes and scattered pricing in old currency.
A warning urges immediate action against cattle disease rinderpest spreading from Natal to Australia. Precautions include extensive public awareness, rapid expert deployment, and coordinated Commonwealth and state measures to prevent, detect, and contain the outbreak.
Clifford Scholes, son of A G E Scholes of Bubgowannsh, Albury, suffered severe injuries after a tiger snake bite and a second bite days later. The tiger snake killed a cat at Scholes’s home, and a separate story notes a chicken killed by a safety-pin injury. A Tweed District meeting discussed deputation to the North Coast Cooperative Company about a potential cooperative tannery on the North Coast.
In Australia Megara and Hoskins Iron and Steel Company begin erecting blast furnaces for what is claimed as the biggest engine in the Commonwealth. Parts supplied by Thompson and Cz of Castlemaine Victoria have arrived.
A 1924 forecast shows roads receiving a record share of public funds. Estimated totals include around £300,000 from regular sources, more than £100,000 from federal support, and about £1,000,000 from state sources. Per capita spending is projected near 15 shillings.
Fragmentary OCR details an air 1 on feet 4 crane from Harden and a 300 ton dry blower engine with components including low and high pressure cylinders crank shaft flywheel and crosshead bearing parts. The text lists tonnage for each piece and mentions transport by trucks for section parts.
The passage argues that funds confined to part of the state will not cover new road construction and that post construction maintenance will require ongoing government cooperation to prevent a growing burden.
Proposal to turn North West Island on the Barrier Reef between Gladstone and Port Alma into an industrial center to manufacture turtle soup and related products. Arguments cited include using turtle remains for phosphate guano. details remain unclear and contested.
A fragmented account recalls turtle byproducts and fisheries on an island, with oil, fertilisers, and smoked fish sent to Rockhampton. It mentions Portle soup once canned at the island by Henry Owen, opened at the Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton, deemed prize quality, and notes production slowed during war as Henry Owen expanded the business.
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