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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1935
Page
4
An elderly advertisement from a local paper announces a glass watchmaker and jeweller offering expert watchmaking repair services. The note invites customers to bring clocks, watches, and jewellery for inspection, promises prompt workmanship, moderate charges, and asks for recommendations. It also touts up to date drape fashions and reasonably priced services.
The Tullamore fire gutted seven shops in the main business block, with £10,000 damage. A Fibrolite asbestos cement cottage owned by Mr Houldstock survived the blaze, its fire resistant walls and chimney-free maintenance highlighted as proof of Fibrolite’s benefits for cheaper, durable homes. Readers were urged to request a free illustrated catalogue from Dames Hardie and Cay in Sydney.
Three men stranded for three days after their fishing boat was wrecked in a southeasterly gale off Crunulla were found alive Wednesday clinging to a rock ledge 120 feet below a cliff. Rescue was difficult as the roaring sea lashed the coast.
A review notes Australia has comparatively few snake bite fatalities while India reports 24,000 deaths in a single year. It cites 19,069 snakebite deaths in 1927, explains low footwear use, and mentions religious beliefs affecting snake killing. It also details government rewards for snake killings and animal mortality statistics.
Survivors told rescuers they were hurled into the sea when a huge wave swamped the boat. One strong swimmer headed for shore about a mile away, while the other two clung to a kerosene tin. They swam ashore under a nightmare, dodging sharks and fish as waves battered a narrow ledge. The trio waited Sunday, fearing discovery, then planned another dive the next day.
Practical advice for autumn soil work recommends deep digging with rotted manure and animal waste to entice roots. Emphasis on nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, plus lime from oyster-shell lime to convert nitrogen to nitrates and deter slugs. Also notes on pelargoniums, Zonale geraniums, and pruning chrysanthemums for next year.
A home cure claims eight bottles cost as much as one bought pre mixed. Mix sweetened water with a two shilling bottle of concentrated Heenzo to yield about a pound's worth of cough remedy. It allegedly treats coughs colds croup bronchitis whooping cough and influenza for adults and children.
The piece advises cutting back hard texture plants in October, promoting rest and robust bloom later. It covers lifting and dividing perennials like phlox and rudbeckia, pruning roses lightly after flowering, fertilizing tips, and encouraging climbers and hardy shrubs for a resilient garden display.
A bootmaker facing mounting pressure nearly quit his business as Stoddart and Hayward Ltd requested a free booklet. The company sought a promotional insert outlining the firm’s services and pricing, prompting him to reconsider closure while weighing potential support from the supplier.
Ad offers 9 for 10 shillings carriage free with reader discount on Roses. catalogue price 1 shilling 3 pence each, 14 shillings per dozen plus carriage. Readers may choose from listed varieties, with 3 red 2 pink 2 yellow bush dwarfs sent if selection left to seller. Specify Rose Collection 10 shillings and mention this paper.
A truncated OCR fragment shows references to a box at the Government Printing Office and mentions a lower court attorney. Details are unreadable, with no clear actions, dates, or names available.
Dairy and Lucerne Farm offers to purchase from the Minister for Lands selling as mortgagee of Owen John Rowland's Settlement Purchase 1920 6 Tamworth. The holding 89 acres near Peel River 14 miles from Appleby Siding on the Tamworth Manilla line includes house sheds wells mills fencing and property improvements. Deposit 150 pounds. balance in 80 easy payments. Tenders close noon Tuesday 9 July 1935 at the Department of Lands Sydney. District Surveyor Tamworth and Department of Lands Sydney. G F Allman Under Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that any wi Siiherawe R. H. HUDSON.
A dated caution from A. G. Doring dated September 5 1935 warns that any person found shooting trapping or trespassing on Inglewood will be dealt with per law and that all previous permissions are cancelled.
A fragment notes that property be dealt with under the law without regard to persons. The document is signed by Bruce Pare and references permissions and directions. The text is partial and legal in tone, indicating a formal instruction or directive, with emphasis on lawful handling and authority.
A substantial reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of any person or persons involved with venice stock baying poison or hazeldean. This reward excludes accomplices. Arthur Sulman offers the bounty.
Bagotville recalls a story of Albert Hersche, a Swiss immigrant who left home in the late 1870s after a family dispute over tree cutting. He moved to Richmond then in 1884 selected land at Bagotville to pursue bee farming and planted a small vineyard, a life marked by both tragedy and humor.
A self exiled settler who built a tin hut to survive fires befriends a curious beehive plan. A ferocious bull tears the ground around his home and attacks, leaving the man trapped and nearly dying of thirst. The bull is eventually killed by Geo Law, and the boy injured is taken to Ballina hospital.
The prospect of a nonstop air journey from England to Australia gains momentum as the latest aero engines show potential. Experts note advances could shorten travel times and redefine long-haul travel.
A series of cattle deaths near a hollow tree stump in the Bellinger River area were linked to poisoned spray left at the site. Cows licked the residue flowing from a kerosene tin arsenic source, dying after ingesting the toxic deposit. Ground remains show melted spray and glassy residue from earlier fires.
Preparations are underway to observe the 105th anniversary of the Sydney foundry established during Governor Philip's era. The event honors the site’s historical role and restoration plans are being organized by local authorities and historical societies.
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