12 Feb 1926
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1926
Page
1
Portable advertisement announces Just Landed In Your Town with Jack 8Mile's Homemade Ice Creams and local produce. It promotes local industry, a large stock of spring tweeds and Westlake Serges, then lists insect control products KIPEST and related sprays with prices, urging readers to keep homes free of pests.
The Marketta notes cattle and sheep yarded with mixed quality. good prime beef prices cited while lower grades soften. Wool auctions shift to London and Brisbane with Sydney paused. patterns indicate strong demand and ample supply for May sales. Rabbit skins rise in volume with varied bids and specific pelt values listed. A reader note recalls editor doctor contrasts and a quip on wordyard.
Mr M P Dunlop government secretary notes reply from the Minister for Agriculture denying funds for a Tamworth area experiment farm. He cites existing farmer cooperation schemes and 47 plots on private farms totaling 152 acres in 1924-25 for the Northern district and 52 plots on 220 acres in the North West, arguing more suitable if funds allow hiring more agricultural instructors. No immediate Tamworth farm is planned.
The notice lists Aurehinson's Adventure Story Magazine with a new African novel by Sir Rider Hag gard and an eerie tale The Creature that Walks Upside Down. Weldons Bazaar of Children's Fashions offers patterns and practical school wear with gratis cutting guides. At Armidale Hospital Committee Rev A M Stevenson opposes Art Unions as a fundraising method, moving to a vote that keeps its life in question.
Oddments in all departments are cleared from tables after the sale. A brief list of items is provided below for readers to reference. Prices and availability vary by department and remaining stock.
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