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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1936
Page
4
A February issue of Everylady's Journal recounts a 20 year old Torquay incident where a guard punished several Dartmouth naval cadets with a daystick after a pea was fired from a pea shooter. The tale claims one cadet was the prince, later King Edward VIII.
Pitt Son and Badgerys submits 3,170 bales from Southern to Hunter districts with North wools showing short length but good bulk. Top price 304d per lb for Vale Beder from Yasselip producing a stylish and long fleece. Australian Mercantile Land and Finance reports 5,377 bales with mixed condition, strong demand from Yorkshire Continental Japan and America, maintaining firm merino and crossbred values. total sale 5,968 bales with 4,937 at auction and 556 private uncatalogued.
Cycling executives from Perth journeyed to Sydney to study board track construction while NSW features Canterbury and Ashfield tracks. plans for two Western Australia boards at Perth and Collie. Western and Eastern states push to stage cross‑country carnivals. details include visits to Pratten Park and Canterbury Velodrome, imports of overseas riders, and record attempts as part of a broad national expansion. Also notes storm fatalities at sea aboard Ulysses and Davis Cup team departure to America. Hour price drops.
Goldsbrough Mort and Company describe a first sale of 4676 bales of wool from Southern and Northern Slopes Central West and Riverina districts with prices and buyers listed. A separate review outlines erosion committee actions, Catchment Areas Board duties, and protective measures for Burrenjuck and Macleay River areas, contour banking, windbreak trials, and land protection in NSW.
The retiring Institute of Surveyors president Claude Wilson urged closer settlement with assured water supply and immigration. He warned against opposition as Australia must use unused land and emphasized water conservation as vital, noting the approach would be paramount in the state.
A NSW discussion on closer settlement covers land use, mapping, and water supply. It emphasizes aerial surveys, crown land appraisal, and headwater dam strategy. It notes a policy favoring land from private subdivisions and orderly transfer with focus on land for farming. Bankruptcies in NSW decline from 1984 to 1985 with reduced liabilities and assets.
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