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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1934
Page
1
Caution notice states that any person found shooting hunting or interfering with fences on Willamby will be prosecuted without respect to person and that all previous permissions are withdrawn. RW Tudson signs the notice.
Manilla district column notes Mr. T. P. Ulm piloted the Faith in Australia on a 15 hour New Zealand to Australia run, marking a rapid airmail era. It contrasts slower mail journeys of the past with modern air services, praising rail and air links as peacetime security and efficiency.
Nurse Elizabeth Mary Jackson, aged TS, longtime Gunnedah resident and nurse for 45 years, died last week. Widow of a jeweller, she outlived her husband by over 30 years and left five children including Walter Jackson of Manilla. Survived by Shaw, Porter, and Read relations. remembered for charitable work and devoted nursing service.
An island eruption debuts a dramatic firework display from Burning Mountain obliterating a village and reshaping the isle shore. Swimmers await a mail tin as a steamer avoids the area, while residents fear loss of huts, plantations, and pigs, yet no lives are reported.
The Farmer and Settler reports prizes for a sheep breeding event run by the Upper Manilla Agricultural Bureau. Winners include Uncle Wisewandering ewe, with first place awarded to Mr We on Wildaas in the main section. Second place went to Mr d Peoxser and Mr Ad Robs trety Seed. 1st in the under 3,000 crown class went to Peake unl Dupre and Middle ton with AO A Byrnes 2nd. Eligibility for the Manilla district winners to advance to the championship remains undecided due to other entrants not yet judged.
An old advertisement touts a peppermint cough remedy named Woody Great Peppermint Cure. It claims twenty years of savings for Australians using a home throat and chest remedy mixed with concentrated essence and sweetened water, suitable for babies and adults, promising purity and cost efficiency.
A lecture at St Matthew's Hall Manly features Lord Tennyson and Sir Henry Parkes in discussions on Federation. The speaker praises Tennyson as a patriot and influences on modern speech while urging Australian leaders to seek guidance in his philosophy. Also reports a crab invasion near Corner Inlet with fears of further spread to Port Mthert waters.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Woods Great Peppermint Cure and failures related to Concha and Coldsweer with unrelated phrases about policy and names. No coherent event or clear entities beyond these scattered words.
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