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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1915
Page
8
The notice promotes Hatherlain's Cough Remedy for treating whooping cough or neglect. It claims early, frequent doses liquify tough secretions, ease expectoration, reduce coughing, and counteract pneumonia risk, urging readers to buy from chemists and merchants.
A Sydney council borrows £300 600 at a rate of £4 10s 2d to fund street construction, praised by officials as a major achievement amid unsettled conditions. Protests by unemployed youths lead to tensions at the Treasury while newsboys' wages and newspaper distribution face shocks from rate changes and competition.
Facing a serious decline in rail traffic due to drought and war, officials plan to reduce Railway Department expenditure. Train services will be trimmed so that public transport keeps expanding, challenging the notion that NSW railways operate on a purely commercial basis.
The piece laments delayed railway development hindering settlers who felled timber for economic gain, notes a 30,100 pound weekly railway department shortfall due to wheat drought, and warns Sydney’s shift away from German goods while food prices and rents rise. It contrasts higher living costs with rent burdens and criticizes middlemen as essential yet blamed.
The Association for the Relief of Travelling Stock calls a Sydney meeting to address brutal deaths of livestock in transit. Over two years about 45,000 cattle and sheep died on railways. sheep lose weight in winter. Flemington saw 731 stock killed in a single day. Penrith line reports cattle deaths in transit. Public interest grows as officials reportedly too ready to receive information.
Public figures including Harry Lauder and E H Taylor discuss banning stoc and the need for rural refrigeration centers to aid Travelling Stock relief. Bathurst Freezing Works manager Fraser supports the idea while Moss of the Animals Protection Society condemns cruelty and indifference toward animals. C A Hodgeson notes possible railway support and Express backing for country abbatoirs.
The Egyptian Gazette reports Australian troops marching from a broad military road to the racecourse area near the pyramids. Camps are set with tents in rows, provisions stacked, and bugle calls heard as soldiers, vehicles, and camp activity fill the valley. A midnight edition is issued to deter money changers from exploiting soldiers trading Australian notes and sovereigns.
A boy led a three month old foal through Toowoomba platform onto a train. The foal was placed in the upper dog box of a yard van and observed by crowds as the Warwick sweeper train stood nearby. Destination believed Clifton.
A compact notice notes Stock's strong performance amid wartime economy. It emphasizes growing activity, industrial vitality, and national effort influencing trade and production trends. The piece frames the era as busy and resilient despite conflict pressures.
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