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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1935
Page
4
Keith Baker 23 George Carter 22 and John Law rence Carter 21 labourers were charged with using gelignite in Middle Harbour near Roseville Bridge to destroy fish. Witness described finding detonators fuse and explosive remnants. Magistrate imposed £10 fines per defendant with an alternate 20 days' imprisonment.
A 1782 Royal George disaster tale recalls Kempenfeldt's ship listing during a parliament heel drift and capsizing with 900 to 1000 lives lost. The account, drawn from The Mechanic and Chemist (1839), notes the crew aboard when a sudden squall caused a catastrophic flood through open gun ports.
A damaged ad claims Kruschen Salts dissolve microscopic crystals and flush them from the body, promising relief from rheumatic symptoms and general suffering. The vendor asserts wives and husbands saw dramatic results and offers the product at 3 shillings 9 pence per bottle through chemists and stores.
The Royal Easter Show anticipates a record exhibition with around 2000 entries received. Prominent support comes from horse and cattle sections, including Clydesdales, hunters, beef cattle, and dairy products with late entry deadlines set for March and April across multiple classes.
The Australian Journal March issue features fourteen vivid short stories by Australian writers Georgia Rivers Rex Grayson Marjorie Pryor Walter Lyra Morris Wallace Dixon Henry Q. Lamand Mavis Newton and others plus features on fashion radio notes recipes puzzles and verse competitions. At sixpence it remains popular for its production quality and broad scope with a strong pattern service four free patterns and patterns include a tonic frock afternoon frock evening gown and a smart skirt published by Fitchett Bros Melbourne.
Within four months three men from Mt Tea to the Northern Territory have died. J B Fennigan was killed when a runaway car crashed into a tree. John Samuals was fatally shot at Pine Creek. Tasman Paterson, the third, was in the Terry movie that crashed into a bullock near Pine Creek.
A historical account traces the Royal George disaster from 1745 to later salvage attempts. It notes a 1783 salvage effort failing, 1817 dive surveys showing collapsed decks and decayed timbers, and Colonel Pasley using explosives to raise sunken timbers and most of the guns. Remnants are scattered across English shores.
The wealthy Sylvia Cawnton, longtime socialite daughter of George Cawnton and partner Cecil Rhodes, recalls a gilded prewar life. She describes royal presentations, European travel, and society circles, then hardship after divorce and a return to work in New York as a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl, later marrying Wheeler Williams.
The first annual report of Alarenes Haver County Council on the Nymboida hydro electric scheme shows steady progress and profit. In 1934 revenue reached £62,868 with £56,542 expenditure, generating a £4,836 surplus. Output rose to 9,726,901 units, up 27.5 percent, while major extensions costing over £226,000 were completed under budget. Projections anticipate expanding capacity beyond 8,200 kW by 1960 with new works and rural line extensions planned, and loans total £583,697 with £64,614 repaid.
The Chief Film Gensor Mr. O'Reilly reports progressive improvement in locally produced films and notes the cleaner films movement is influencing American cinema. He predicts delays in Parliament’s third report of the Am on whest American sculptor. A speaker recalls losing £40,000 pre war, down to £2000, selling property to pay debts, and becoming bankrupt after war money vanished in the American slump. George Cawston, founder of the British South Africa Company, died bankrupt in 1924.
Judge Beeby former NSW Labor minister turned Industrial Court bench addressed Segorrs over the weekend. He warned that repudiation would spark a drastic decline in production and living standards. He argued independence from the world could strand Australia in a generation, driving people to leave for better lands.
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