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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1938
Page
4
A brief list of ingredients appears to be for a simple recipe. It includes one cup flour one cup nuts one tablespoon butter and scant one cup milk. The fragment suggests a baked or dessert preparation. no method or cookware is provided.
An irrigation of gardening guidance promotes Iceland poppies and Virgiliea Capensis as quick growing shrubs for year round display. It recommends seed boxes four inches deep with drainage layers of pebbles and peat moss, plus rich soil for robust flowering and cutting quality.
Instructions cover soil preparation sowing and covering seed pressing mist watering and care to prevent damping off. Describes peat moss as ideal covering and mentions Sunray poppies with large seven inch flowers and the Improved Coonura pink strain with wide color range from shell pink to deep cerise.
Late season sowing advised for best results with pansies. Advertises Engelmann’s Giant Roggli Giant Masterpiece Trimardeau Cassier’s Giant Blotched as superior strains with prices per packet and a deal: set of five for four shillings post free.
Lehute Bell Badgery Limby Ltd reports wool auctions to resume in Sydney on Monday after a two-week suspension to allow a Brisbane series. Northern centre activity followed Sydney closing rates with mixed demand from Continental buyers and Yorkshire. Brisbane opened with slight price easement, London sales showed about 5 percent gain from November levels, while home trade dominated and inferior lines fell.
The Country Producers' Selling Co Ltd reports subdued activity in local wool circles with competition mainly from Continental buyers. London and Brisbane notes show lower values than the 1937/8 season, Japan purchases minimal, and prices weaker especially for inferior wools. Sales resume Monday 24th with auctions on 2nd 10th 21st February and 1st March.
Paul Cheyne notes that for the year to June 1926 Australia imported newsprint valued over £2 million. Local manufacture, spurred by L R Benjamins and the Commonwealth Bureau of Science and Industry, now supports four mills producing 70 000 tons annually, employing 1 200 with £250 000 in wages. New pulp production and plant extensions reduce costs versus 1928 9 and boost employment and trade balance.
The notice states our next auction is fixed for Tuesday February 1 bringing forward an attractive catalogue.
The statement envisions stronger security for the nation and workers and argues that such measures would bring many more of life’s comforts within reach for everyone. The tone reflects a broad social promise tied to policy changes.
Mr B Maunder Radiola distributor plans to attend the Interstate Radiola Distributors Conference to be held at Sydney Town Hall on February 7 8 9. The event promises the largest gathering yet with exchange of ideas benefiting radiola users and listeners. A concert broadcast from Sydney Town Hall by 2OH will feature voor music and a full orchestra plus the Royal Philharmonic Choir with artists including Miss Marie Premier Miss Eileen Boyd Mr Tsador Goodman and Mr Stinley Clarkson.
Alfred John Sinps fined £10 for driving a motor vehicle under the influence. Hig Heenge’s case was canceled and he was disqualified from holding a license for 12 months. This marked the Barraba Petty Sessions first use of the new Motor Traffic Act.
A collection of humorous misstatements and garbled quotes labeled as schoolboy howlers. The items include claims about the tropic of Cancer, sea connections, James I’s claim to the throne, monogamy, Romulus and Remus, Noah’s wife, Caesar’s appetite, Magna Carta, gravity in London parks, gastronomy, quinine, and the appendix as a mysterious book part.
Sydney witnessed a grand pageant drawing about a quarter of a million people. At 9 am the reenactment of Captain Phillip's landing at Sydney Cove was staged, followed by a nightlong procession. Police managed crowds as the city showcased milestones in the Commonwealth's development.
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