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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1915
Page
8
On and after this date the fees for Training Horses on the Rasecourse will be IQs per month for each horse PAID IN ADVANCE. Reductions allowed. No person can enter the comes without permission. otherwise they will be summoned without respect to persons.
Notice from H. Geddes warns that any person found trespassing on paddocks after the date will be prosecuted. No excuses or respect of persons will be shown. The message includes a reference to Jags 1 and the year 1914.
A damaged OCR note from November 4 1914 mentions trespass action tied to a public safety incident near a fishing area. The legible fragments reference enforcement steps and local authorities. Missing surrounding context limits detail but indicates caution and official response.
A Stock and Station Journal column honors John Laws Trefle, praising his integrity and public service. It notes his role in breaking cable monopolies, aiding agricultural development, and his unselfish nature. A memorial fund is organized by Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart’s committee to support his widow and children and education, with donations sought through Sydney addresses.
The Adelaide bread price has been raised to five pence two farthings per loaf. Sir Samuel McCaughey MLC, the Riverina pastoralist, has promised one hundred pounds per month to the National Belgium Relief Fund during the Contipuate of the war.
Central News says a Zeppelin was destroyed at Liege on a raid return. Casualty lists for March 11 show 264 British officers killed and 401 wounded. Germans driven mad by fire in Aix-la-Chapelle. Boissons cathedral damaged. Near Bagatelle French and German forces clashed with heavy losses on both sides and trench mines.
Sir Edward Grey argued that Germany viewed all things as lawful and demanded subservience from others. He urged a conference to avert Balkan war, noting France Italy and Russia supported a proposed gathering and that Britain sought no triumph or intrigue. Germany bore responsibility for the war as it prepared for conflict. The Allies aimed for European nations to develop freely with full liberty for all states.
The fortress of Przemyśl capitulated to Russia after shortages of food and ammunition left the garrison with little ability to continue. Russian troops advanced from Kraśnica on the western front and pushed the defenders toward a ring of forts. A dawn sortie by over half the garrison followed a massive artillery bombardment, with twenty thousand shells fired daily, before the garrison was overwhelmed. The Czar attended a thanksgiving service at Grand Duke Nicholas headquarters as celebrations erupted in the Russian capital.
Fragmentary report notes heavy Soviet resistance during a siege with casualties described as averaging ten per day. Garrison estimates shift from 90,000 in September to about 25,000 currently, indicating severe losses and strategic impact on defenders.
Two British airmen were compelled to descend owing to engine trouble and were interned in Holland. They flew from Calais over Ypres Roulersa and Bruges reconnoitring, running the gauntlet of German shrapnel and rifle fire.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Allied forces slaying Germans near Bruges and Ghent, with troops gathering at Antwerp. German leaders fear a premature Allied advance as Veer line holds or falls. Italian railway transport halted, Bulgaria and Roumania cited, Dalmatia trade disrupted per Paris paper.
London banker Sir Edward Holden analyzes Germany's wartime finance. He notes Reichsbank controls, credit banks, and insured funds backed by property rather than gold, boosting German liquidity yet masking currency depreciation. He warns the gold position may not end the conflict within a year, urging caution on the war's financial horizon.
Louisa Law son of Gympie leaps from a mail train at Booval Queensland and is killed. It is believed she did not realize the train did not stop at Booval and she jumped off as the train passed through the station.
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