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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 17, 1915
Page
4
Post and arrival times listed for various localities including Manilla Tamworth Barraba and Glendon with days of operation. Notes on late posting penalties parcel closing times money orders and registered mail rules appear amid the timetable.
Direct Motor runs between Manilla and Tamworth weekly with departures from Manilla on Monday Wednesday Friday at 699 pm. Tamworth departures occur after arrival on Sunday Tuesday and Saturday, with Glen Imes mail drop service and fares listed as 7/6.
A fragment mentions a hairdresser near Municipal Council Chambers and a sale notice for Selle the Beet, indicating a local commercial or public notice item with place names and a sale reference.
An advertisement from W Singleton Veterinary Stables of Manilla promotes farm animal care. Services include tooth extraction, wound care, eye treatments, cattle and sheep stock medicines, and dental work. Prices 2/6 per head with guarantees and on-hand medicines for stock sent across Australia.
London dispatches describe Italian reservist mobilization and Greece easing war limits while reports from Paris claim French and British forces advanced at Neuve Chapelle and Notre Dame de Lorette. German setbacks include losses near Champagne and Austro front retreats. Allied actions include submarine interception and demand for medical staff, with broader war rhetoric across Malta and Egypt.
The Commonwealth divisional officer says a polling place has been set at Upper Nemoi to serve many electors in the Manule subdivision, meeting the convenience of a large nearby voting population.
A quirky column recalls a naval anecdote where a seaman, after losing his bucket, salutes and apologizes for the mishap. Another Gloucester incident reports a carrier attacked by bees, a horse killed, and Moore narrowly escaping. The Teatdents vote to present Moore with another horse.
W Legh, president of the hospital, praised Glen Innes Experiment Farm’s managed farming. Figures presented by R H Geonga detailed last year’s production: 3000 bushels seed oats, 1200 wheat, 1800 maize, 180 tons hay, 100 tons straw, and 1300 chests of fruit plus substantial potatoes, pumpkins, honey, milk, butter, and wool. Net profit per acre estimated at £4 10s per acre. Wool sale at auction on Thursday 9923 showed a firm market for merino and crossbred wools with 1744 sales across many consignments.
Ill health from improper ingestion deranges the body. A few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets strengthen digestion, stimulate the liver, and regulate the bowels, removing the miserable feeling of faulty digestion. Used by many, sold by all Obunish storekeepers.
In Gosford a landlady sought police help after a boarding house dispute over payments and receipts. She accused a boarder of theft and defrauding her with forged receipts while the case touched on broader wartime rumors and mistreatment of women.
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