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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1926
Page
4
An aged ad lists Sydney Saulpus Traders at 800 George Street Sydney with a Manilla branch and offers a wide range of goods including fabrics such as ECIALE COATS COTTON and FUJI SILKE, fabrics by the yard and garment basics for men women and children with varied prices.
A Manilla Growers League committee proposes a 6d per lb bounty for certain tobacco grades to offset rising production costs. They urge government aid to curb declines since 1923 and call for a £5000 reward for blue mould cure discoveries with local supervision. They argue Australia can match American leaf with support.
A fragmented historical piece recalls jokes and political moments from the Habeas Corpus era and later, mixing parliamentary gibes with sieges of Highland lore. It threads jokes about Lord Grey and Lord Norris, a Royal Commission move, and a notorious press gang tale, ending with a vivid Highland clan scene around McLeod and bailiffs.
A fragmentary verse describes Lochaber references with a speaker named Cornwell and mentions fighting, drinking, and sobriety in a rustic scene. The text reads like a regional ballad with locals and rallying cries. It preserves a period voice without full context or clear event.
Two men are dead and another injured after separate crashes at the Maroubra speedway. An eyewitness reports a driver, flying from a 90 mph impact, rose unhurt and casually drank from a water tap nearby.
A car plunged from a mountain road in Manning district but a lucky tree halted the vehicle near a deep gorge. The family occupants were rescued from the perilous position with no reported injuries.
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