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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1925
Page
2
Stoddarts Ltd announces a COMMON SENSE SALE starting Saturday July 18. The event promises discounts on a range of items and runs through the following week with storewide offers and special weekend prices.
At the Manilla Tobacco Growers annual meeting, President Thomas presided as officers were reelected and committees set. A letter from the British Australian Wobaren Company requested crop readiness details, with plans to establish experimental plots and seek government support to improve cultivation and pest control.
A historical notice details contributions to a combined effort led by Mr. Thomas Hseox. Cash payments listed include Coulton 150 AK and P Skinner 1 Skewes 124 ulin Guster WF Sulinan 50. Gifts of Wheat credited to McDonald Ho Moorehead Crowe and others.
Mr Hawker led a woolgrowers meeting backing a central authority to stabilise prices and reduce producer costs. The session debated co operative marketing, government involvement, and proposed amendments to Higgins scheme to gain wider support among associations and growers.
Wool sales showed a general improvement with a 10 percent lift in prices and steadier demand. Traders reported tweed and woolen goods benefiting from the uptick, while overall sentiment turned more buoyant in the Sydney market.
Mr Bob Bet rode a Harley Davidson with Clarrie Berry in the sidecar along a rough track near Bungendore. The pair reached the lap after ten miles in five hours despite a missing safety pin. Parents and fans aided the search for the boy.
A thief stole the church tennis gear, taking the net from its box and later breaking the vestry window to steal two tennis racquets. The culprit, named here as Mat, is identified and suspended to avoid public exposure, with a plea to return the items quickly.
The body of 12 year old KF Clade Northey was found Thursday near Glen Barra Homestead after being lost for 12 days. Police inquiry deemed death natural causes due to exposure following a long, disoriented search from Watson's Creek toward the MacDonald River. The boy, a resident of the district, had planned to join his family after boarding a Sydney-bound train but was last seen near Watson’s Creek. The body was moved to Watson’s Creek for funeral arrangements as an inquest concluded with a verdict of death by exposure.
The event at the Masonic Hall organized by the Methodist Church ladies featured Miss Connie Heywood and Mr W D Harting as speakers. Gifts, speeches, and church members’ thanks followed, with refreshments served by local ladies. Genuine Clearance Sale announced by Movers Von Ryne and Berty.
Fragmentary review notes a bite size cinema piece titled Story Without a Name featuring thrills adventure and romance. Mentions Nevins as producer and Mr John Iwon t in hospital with Miss McNulty arriving from London as a weather change hints at rain in May.
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