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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
6
An old advertisement touts eight bottles of cough remedy for the price of one. It claims the potion cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, whooping cough, and influenza. A two shilling bottle of HEENZO is added to sweetened water to make a supply worth about a pound.
Country Producers Selling Co Ltd reports Memington sale results on June 24. Sheep 20 052 and 10 100 lambs, total 30 152 yarded from 80 600 listed. Wethers yarding up, quality improved with good prime wethers, hoggets scarce, fewer offers and stronger market tone.
A historical reflection argues that about 1 000 000 Australian workers rely on Arbitration, Wages Boards or Conciliation Awards with general industrial peace, while a militant minority favors direct action. It credits early leaders for shaping arbitration after bitter strikes and notes improved conditions under arbitration compared with other nations.
Clifton's Ltd hosts the Chevrolet Truck Show of 1937 in Manilla featuring the full range of Chevrolet utility vehicles and trucks. The exhibit highlights new driving comfort, power, load space, and operating features across models with demonstrations available on local routes at no admission charge.
Increased supplies of rabbit skins priced lower on average than last quota. Hatters show declines from 0.5d to 24d per lb. Ist winters to 110d Wy, 19 104d, and other grades down. Foxskins show strong demand with better grades up 5 to 10 per dozen. best skins up to 180 per dozen, hare skins firm at 1/6 to 4 per dozen.
Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd notes little to report this week in wool circles. Brisbane sales proceed with a firm market for well-grown wools, though irregularities exist in thin or poorly yielding lots. Prices are satisfactory, driven by sales and strong deep-stapled, well-grown sheep wool.
The first award raised wages for shearers and shed hands, though many expect only a small rise. Some NSW yards paid 18 shillings per 100 for pasturage, others in Victoria as low as 16 shillings. While many complain wages aren’t high enough, most workers prefer arbitration to direct action, preserving public support and standards of living.
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