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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 30, 1926
Page
2
Weekly fashion notice announces special reductions in model gowns with marked price.
A Manilla letter criticizes municipal neglect on traffic, nuisance, and mosquito breeding near the railway viaduct. It urges appointing a full time health officer, inspector of nuisances and sanitary inspector, capable of enforcing sanitation wages and duties amid multiple roles.
Attunga residents demand uninterrupted phone service after the exchange closes Saturday afternoon. In sickness and accidents the town cannot reach Manilla or Tamworth. patients are taken away for treatment. A line from the present trunk could link Attunga to Tamworth at modest cost.
Written by Wesley Heywood from notes of a lecture by Mr J W Watson at Tichborne Parken on wheat culture and the value of superphosphate. The article notes superphosphate aids root development, yields, and disease resistance while stressing careful cultivation and district-based application. It discusses quantities by rainfall and soil, with a Western focus on Parkes and broader Australian use.
A letter to the editor criticizes Mundowa Mandowa Shire for granting Clerks power to re assess land ratings. It questions clerks qualifications, reliance on owner returns to government departments, potential corruption, and calls for Farmers and Settlers associations to seek a fairer assessment method.
New York reports a Harvard University student named Ansell consumed 48 soft boiled eyes in 40 minutes for 20 pounds. The astonishing feat drew attention to a bizarre eating stunt in the city.
Australians win by 37 runs after scoring 197. Oldfield top scored with 46, Macartney 45, Ryderes 19, Richardson 18, Hen 13, Muasley 11. Macartney took 3 wickets for 27 and Everett 4 for 41.
Rain lifted prices with an estimated 6 shillings per head increase at the Homebush sale. Overstocked farmers sold fair condition sheep for 4 to 5 shillings as markets improve, with prospects of a firmer winter stock and better market rates ahead.
The passage argues that super wood offers a major advance, with fallow fields reasonably well prepared and much experimentation remaining to reach a maximum standard. Super wood is expected to improve wood quality over years and make a dev sersan profitable where otherwise a loss would be shown.
The paper will skip Tuesday April 6 and publish Friday April 9 instead. Advertisers are advised of the Easter schedule. Mr F E Heywood, who presided at the Great Home Mission gathering linked to the Methodist conference, received a congratulatory letter from the Conference president praising his handling of the meeting.
Tragedy and cultural events appear in the week’s notes. Master Pictures advances The Parasite to Mechanics’ Pictures this Wednesday. Community items report horse poisonings, worn streets on Manilla Street, the Country Woman’s Club rest room plans, dengue affecting aldermen, a vaudeville night, and Scott’s pilots' pricing with tax.
Dengue spreads through Manilla with staff absences at Stoddarts Limited and Mackenzies Limited. Dr. Rayson and Mr. Duval fall ill as the Meghanics Institute and Parents Citizens Association event is postponed for three weeks due to weather and illness. Cricket matches are slated: Manilla hosts Wollun on Good Friday and Tamworth on Easter Saturday with the same team.
Announcement for an annual meeting to be held on Wednesday April 7 at 8 pm. The notice also identifies M D Mackenzie & Son Ltd as appointed distributors for Shirleys Fertilizer with stocks on hand.
Mr. Norman Strachan received word of his mother s death at Kogarah after a lingering illness She was 54 and her husband an ex police inspector strong in the country centres Visitation and funeral were held in Sydney with Mis Norman Strachan attending the service.
Mrs W Clarke of North Manilla died in Sydney after long illness. She was 69, eldest daughter of the late Sgt and Srv Norriy of Elori, born at Mucki Station. Survived by husband Mr W Clarke and a large family including Mrs Woolfe, Mrs P Godfrey, Mrs Gare dner, and several Clarke children. Funeral held in Sydney on Saturday.
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