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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 15, 1936
Page
4
Travel service advisory from Commonwealth Savings Bank Australia promotes using a pass-book for safety. Money can be transferred, withdrawn, or deposited at any of the bank's four branches and agencies. Emphasizes convenience and security while traveling with lighter cash.
Paul Cheyne argues Australia should promote its tourist assets such as climate beaches and the Great Barrier Reef to attract visitors and boost domestic wealth. He notes the heavy outbound money from tourists benefits overseas producers and calls for marketing Australian natural assets to increase immigration and capital inflows amid a rising federal surplus of 3.698 million pounds for ten months of the financial year.
The story details how Phar Lap, the famed Australian racehorse, was poisoned by arsenic concealed in clay balls. Dr W J Stewart McKay, a Sydney surgeon and racehorse expert now in Lismore, asserts a backstory involving a trainer at Menlo Park and a stable in California. A Canberra inquiry may be launched by Sir Colin McKenzie into Phar Lap’s death.
In Australia experts discussed Phar Lap’s heart after his death with Dr McKay noting a thick black coating on the heart wall suggesting arsenic poisoning. The case spurred questions about racing and the public interest as the heart’s display drew attention at the Canberra Institute of Anatomy. At Gosford, Albert Taylor, former Erina Shire president, was fined £50 and disqualified for 12 months for overclaiming travel allowances.
An advertorial recounts a woman losing weight and inches after using Kruschen Salts. It claims gradual fat reduction without starvation, improves daily brightness, and suggests a lighter diet speeds results. Old-fashioned testimonial emphasizes internal cleansing and general wellbeing.
Mr K G Goddard of Wave Hill Station urges a railway to connect with Alice Springs or Mt Isa to unlock northern development. The Birduni Darwin Mount Isa route is favored for Barkly Tableland access and reviving Darwin meatworks. A London wool scheme and an advertising cost lesson also feature, along with Coonamble shearing and a vivid note on a windward livestock scene.
Tens of thousands watch as Rob Watts of Aberdeen enters the ring aboard his fast pony Norma. The horse and rider perform a seamless, lightning paced display as they steer and balance with perfect harmony against a steer, drawing gasps of anticipation from the crowd.
A steer breaks through a crowd at Hull Gallop, slipping past defenders with swift agility. Spectators flee toward the stand as cowboys pursue. Reg Watts leads the chase and plans extensive improvements costing 26. The tale includes a brick carrier at Condo who wins third prize in a state lottery before an accident drops a brick on a coworker.
Advertisement offers nine choice roses with carriage free. Prices listed as 10 shillings, one shilling per plant, with extra carriage. Customers select names and colors from available options including tans, reds, pinks, whites, and yellows. Orders require sending details by mail with paper reference and collection option.
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