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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
6
A garbled OCR excerpt describes sleep and meals in a somber tone with mentions of evening repetition and heavy meat. The text is fragmented, with distorted spellings and missing context, yielding little clear narrative or identifiable persons or events.
A garbled excerpt presents a late king speaking with his eldest grandson about his studies and propriety. The fragment hints at questions of lineage, education, and parental respect, but the text is unclear and partially unreadable.
A damaged OCR fragment describes an interaction with a king and an unnamed individual. The text is garbled with quotes and misordered phrases, mentioning a trawler and a crown scene but lacking coherent facts or names to identify. The record preserves the partial dialogue without clear events.
A garbled口 text shows a canvaser confronting Farmer Giles and a dispute over a petition. The scene includes a stubborn elder, a woman called a toovinle and implied social tension. The readable fragments hint at a local quarrel or community petition being contested.
A dawdling suitor tries to charm a vivacious woman as chatter stalls. The fellow, bored and perplexed, is pressed to speak by a lively debutante. In a final quip he pretends to prefer the old-fashioned nightgown over fresh talk.
A lone lecturer in Tolitewese addresses a crowd with political talk that is interrupted by a heckler. The exchange grows comic as the interrupter challenges payment and social norms, noting his own hat counter and a plan to test the room's mood. The scene ends with light banter and mutual misreads.
The Lancet reports a surgeon who claims success in correcting ungraceful noses. He classifies noses into five main types and describes procedures under local anesthesia. Procedures include removing excess tissue and cartilage, reshaping the nasal framework, and adjusting the septum to restore normal proportions.
A fragment notes privileged access to the King's daily routine and secret correspondences. It hints at mystics and prophets offering prophecy, warnings, and grand promises, with private access seen as valuable yet limited to trusted circle around the monarch.
An aged mother scolds her violent son for bad habits as he smokes. She chides him, saying he should be ashamed and may be harming his health. He admits he smokes, while she urges him to quit to improve his well being.
Notes from the Department of Agriculture offering guidance on tree care and best practices for farmers. Authored under the oversight of Minister W. C. Grekame and related officials, the piece outlines seasonal tips and official recommendations for rural readers.
A distant reference notes success with dry sarbanous treatment to prevent bunt in wheat. A correspondent asks how to apply frostmest to the seed mixed with copper carbonate. The reply: copper carbonate must be thoroughly mixed in the seed to be effective, but current advice is to continue bluestone and lime water for now. It recommends gradual adoption once proper machinery allows even distribution and thorough mixing.
Describes multiple eradication approaches for blackberry vines including trenching to four inches, caustic soda solution application, and brine treatments. Warns against certain poisons like ersenite soda and discusses risks of fumigation gases around bats, noting repeated treatments and soil effects.
A historical account portrays a fox camp in a Wauchope orchard with flying foxes perched high and restless. The scene features barking, flying, and clashes among bats, plus discussion of methods to control them using gas or wire barriers and poisoned fruit, noting the impracticality of gas and the cost of wire deterrents.
The article describes four Australian species of flying fox, focusing on the grey headed flying fox common in New South Wales. It details its grey head with reddish yellow neck and shoulders, large size, social roosting behavior, nocturnal foraging, and the fruit damage to orchards including Moreton Bay fig trees. It notes how bats bite ripe fruit, causing crops to fall and spoil, and their clumsy ground movement as they climb and take flight.
A fragment notes dangers at a fox camp near Bell- Boone with barbed wire and streams interfering with movement. It mentions the risk of disease and the remote prospect of success in cases involving a flying fox camp. Potential fatalities implied by the era’s wildlife issues.
A report on poultry breeding notes that egg size and shell texture show strong maternal influence across generations. Experiments in Ireland and other countries reveal heavy laying hens produce larger eggs, while egg color, texture, and shade often mirror the dam. Two hen lines yielded distinct egg qualities over generations.
A correspondent recalls the arrival of Chinese eggs in England seven years ago, noting Baribari Ball, president of the Irish Zoological Society, brought them from the East. The initial samples were discussed at breakfast with Osuneil members, who valued them yet doubted vendors' guarantees that the eggs were twenty years old.
A new story titled The Goddess A Demon unfolds with Marsh style mystery and eerie atmosphere. The tale hints at occult danger and archaic folklore shaping a chilling narrative.
In a crowded scene the household swoops between marriage consent and legal doubt. Townshend, Peggy Cathcart, and Mortimer discuss a tangle of marriages and truth as Detective Mellish reveals forged documents linking a dentist’s tooth mystery to a broader web of deceit and arrest.
In this fragment from Chapter X21 Coxcavaton, Will Tamas and Charles Oathcart face trial after amid suspicions of fraudulent enlistment and ties to the Butcher Ring. Kesteven’s danger and the intrigue around Wrottesley point to looming charges while White and Landau figure in related lodging and neighborhood connections.
Text appears as garbled OCR with names and phrases partly unreadable. It includes phrases like Jeng Tien Reed Townshend and a quoted line about something coming tomorrow, but most content is unintelligible and lacks coherent facts or context.
A fragmentary report describes parliamentary squabbles over a bill. A speaker mocks Chamberlain while others debate his past record and stance. The text references political blunders and tensions between experienced and new members.
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