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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1906
Page
1
A Brisbane Courier supplement quotes Queensland poet George Hasez Evans on land settlement and production. The verses urge city dwellers to embrace rural work, argue Australia’s strength comes from the land, and call for a home for every willing heart with the axe’s ringing iron.
Short pars from a late issue note heavy rain at Lismore and a fatal bull attack near Standthorpe district Qld. Other items include naval tonnage plans for Japan, medical advice on acids for rheumatism, a cricket match injury, and varied global notes.
The notice lists Methodist Church of Australasia services at Manilla with times 11 and 7.30, and a 3 p.m. session at Upper Manilla conducted by Rev. A. M. Ogivie. Additional entries mention Rev. James Green at Jkolan 11, Mr F. E. Heywood at Rushes Creek 3, Mr. Johnston at Borah 3, Mr. A Ohick Ferraba end 7.20, and BR Clark.
A bull driven to Flemington saleyards bolted into Goodstreet caterer Frank Lockwood’s dining room during lunch, wrecking piano and crockery before it burst through a window into Latrow passage and was later secured and taken to the saleyards.
The account recalls the February 6 1851 Black Thursday in Melbourne describing fierce north winds like a furnace, a tornado like blaze, and a country engulfed in flames. It notes widespread destruction of livestock and property, charred remains, and the drought conditions that worsened the disaster.
Taw Right Rev Dr. O'Connor Bishop of Armidale sends a message to friends before leaving for Rome and Ireland. He thanks Catholic and non Catholic supporters for loyalty sympathy and assistance during his missionary life and episcopal tenure and prays for peace with God and neighbors.
The NSW wheat harvest of about 19 million bushels is imagined as a wheat pyramid towering over Sydney's General Post Office. The model pyramid would be 450 ft high with a 530 ft rope length per edge, weighing about 590,900 tons and blocking George and Pitt streets.
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