09 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 09, 1942
Page
1
Caution notice published by Manilla Newspaper Co. states that despite representations by the Federal Government no information has been received regarding prisoners of war held in Singapore. The notice requests any available details from readers.
The piece outlines wartime finance with the Curtin government's instalment plan for the Second Liberty Loan, noting a record 260,000 bond applications and a £35,000,000 oversubscription. It explains lay-by style payments, deposits, and monthly instalments aimed at broad participation, stressing unity across social classes to fund the war. It also surveys morale and industrial strains in Germany, Italy, and Japan through returning diplomats and observers.
The Victorian Department of Agriculture promotes a pectin test to fix jam faults caused by uncertain sugar amounts and overripe or out of season fruit. Prepare fruit, boil until pulped, test juice with methylated spirit to judge solidity.
A fruit with proper pectin forms a firm jelly when sugar is added in advised proportions. If pectin is high the clot splits into two or three pieces, if poor the clot is weak and jam may be sticky. Add 1 to 1 1/4 pounds sugar per pound of fruit for a very good clot, or 4 to 5 pounds if clot is fair, and avoid under sugar for pectin rich fruit. If very poor, use commercial pectin per directions.
A colonial-era yarn recounts a camp of Blackfellows behind a Western town where a white man’s dog is seen as superior. The tribal king orders a dog’s tail severed in a ritualized display, leading to a howl and a sudden retreat before dawn. The passage reflects racial caricature and frontier tension in a distant, unnamed setting.
Teachers threaten a walkout at Springwood citing cold floors and exposure to wind and rain during lessons. Protests scheduled at Gunmedah Mountain View Halls Creek Rushes Creek Wongo Creek Namoi River on specified mornings and days, with no improvement claimed.
Thirty eight of a crew of 42 are missing from the second Australian merchant vessel torpedoed off the New South Wales coast by a Japanese submarine on Thursday last.
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