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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
4
In loving memory of Jasper Chapman who died January 18 1903 aged 14. We think of you, Kit, and recall the farewell we could not say. Inserted by his loving parents and Kit Chapman.
A Parochial Council meeting at the Vicarage discusses funding for parish work with promises from B Chapman of Halls Creek and EK Chaffey of Comerton to collect in those areas. The annual meeting is set for Friday evening at the Mechanical Institute on the 20th.
Mrs F Mackenzie enjoys a short holiday in Armidale while Mrs HE Forster and children depart for Sydney for a break. Mrs F G Hartley visits the seaside in Newcastle along with Mrs W D Hartley. Sub-Inspector Summervaile, Maitland police chief for three years, dies after a long illness. L A B Wade, Sydney irrigation commissioner, dies of heart failure while en route to Trefie funeral. R McTirath, recently fractured thigh, travels to Sydney for rest, still using crutches. J R Heywood returns from Sydney where his brother F E B Heywood underwent throat surgery. operation deemed very successful.
At a Sydney Presbytery meeting a letter from the Leichherdt congregation minister requested changing his name from R. G. Heisler to Reynold Godfrey Reynolds. He asserts German birth and wartime treachery as reasons, and states gazetting will follow. Presbytery and Moderator approve lawful name change and plan church and press notice.
The coroner opened an inquest at Penrith on Monday into the death of Bertie Hdwin Strife of Croydon who died after colliding with a motor car while riding a motor bicycle. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
A return cricket match is set between the town team and the Church of England with games in Pearce Rushes Creek at 4 p.m. on January 17. Rev J N Phillips and U plan eleven are listed. Additional notes mention missing players and an interstate match where New South Wales defeated South Australia, plus arrangements for Quirindi’s Risne Stars to visit Manilla with a game starting at 10 o'clock.
The Reaper claimed Mrs. J. McPherson after an illness linked to an appendicitis operation. She died peacefully the night after the funeral, aged 33, leaving three daughters and a widower Mr. McPherson. The family’s loss drew sympathy from railway colleagues at the service. The eldest child Dutcl was away at Glen Innes during the holidays and could not attend the funeral.
A collage of items from a local paper notes a father going to war with “Good-night old chap” echoes, wartime sentiment, and a public meeting in Grafton urging a North NSW state separation. Other notes cover operatic company, wheat prices, stockmen activity, cricket plans, and spy concerns in Italy.
A string of brief items notes topics from a trawler missing Endeavour to a May war start. It mentions a water license granted in Wednesday, a Tamworth bank branch opening with J B Newman as sunnover, a Dalby fire destroying eleven shops and three dwellings, and sharks attacking Henry Bedee and his son while fishing near Wellington with their bodies later recovered. Changes proposed in railway trains to be cut down.
A growing sense that meat exports exceed fair domestic demand. Two summonses were issued against boys for entering a local garden and taking peaches. the cases were withdrawn. The boys received a salutary lesson. Also an important clearance sale at Mrs. P. A. Brady's in Rushes' Creek on Monday.
Lively fighting north east of Soissons on the Aisne and German offensives east of Verdun. Reports say 120 Germans massed at Metz and 1900 French killed and 1600 prisoners in the Argonne. Submarine sightings near Dover, airship rumours, and a German deserter count. Also probate notices in New South Wales detailing the will of Martha Jane Rutter and dates for accounts.
The Supreme Court probate notice for Mabel Macpherson requests probate after ten days with Henry as sole executor. An auction organized by J F Wearne and Jack Brady in conjunction offers farm stock and farming implements at Barraba with terms cash and professional auctioneers listed.
Poem praises Hall's Hall's Hall's butchers offering tender mutton beef chops steaks and sausages at low prices. It urges families to visit the tidy shop where service is friendly and groceries are described as neat and well priced.
A street-side sign proclaims meat sold at three dollars per pound cash only. Repeated lines emphasize CASH ONLY and payment on delivery, with notice posted directly on the block.
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