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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 02, 1937
Page
4
An advertisement from Newcastle Tobacco Manufacturing Co promoting Flying Cloud tobacco and pipe mixtures sold in Manila. It lists 1lb tins and packets with prices like 8/6 and 9/6, notes moisture retention, and includes a district representative G. McKnight in Attunga offering Virginian and Australian leaf blends.
The article reviews hardy soft wooded shrubs and flowering bulbs for small gardens. It highlights Aselepigs Rubra and Cuphea Platyventra known as the Cigar Flower, plus Diplaens. It covers Vallota Purpurea, Sprekelia Hormosissima, Nerine varieties, and Spider Lilies. Also notes wilt resistant asters and Nastartiums, with care tips on planting depth and bloom maintenance.
Postal notices warn Christmas mail deadlines for the United Kingdom Ireland and Australia. Large parcels must be posted by early November to reach the GPO Sydney by six pm. smaller packets by mid November. All Irish Free State parcels require customs forms and sender details. Letters to the British Isles must arrive at the Sydney GPO by 3 am on November 7.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co auctioned 4486 bales with broad regional sourcing from Far West Central West and Northwest slopes. Global buyers from Belgium, Germany, America, Japan supported, price firmness noted versus prior day though fleece lines irregular. Catalogs next auction dates listed: November 3 and 11 with thousands of bales.
The October issue highlights adventures as life breath for healthy men and promotes Golden Gleam variety flowers from noted authors. It advises slug and snail pest control with 865 ground surface, suggests window boxes need renewal with rotted manure and fertilizer, and describes plant suggestions like lobelia phlox petunias nasturtium alyssum and surounding color displays for late summer planting.
The advertisement from Shepherd & Son Ltd offers garden seed packets including Asters Zinnias Salpiglossis Amaranthus Phlox Drummonds with vibrant varieties. It markets a “Better! Flower Set” for 2 shillings, promising brilliant colors and easy growth, with a Sydney G P O postal address.
Broddart and Hay Ark for Free Rocketet promote a single daily dose of RUR to treat rheumatism sciatica lumbago gout neuritis and other uric acid ailments with a money back guarantee. Testimonials claim wide Australian and New Zealand usage and auctions show sales to numerous districts including Quirindi Manilla Singleton Willow Tree Tamworth and Warialda.
The Country Producers Sell ing Co Ltd reports resumed Sydney sales with buyers returning from Brisbane. Continental buyers hold a strong presence as Japanesen interests loom, with some hope of higher values if Japanese entry boosts demand. The report notes current price levels favor Continental traders, ample on-hand stocks, and cautions against unsubstantiated market optimism. A catalogue will be offered on the 28th instant.
The report notes improved demand for fine wool despite dusty and faulty lots and irregular entries. Samples from Mudgee and the mid west displayed quality and good condition. Next sale planned for November 4 with numerous bales listed from Peake Manilla Bathurst and Mudgee suppliers.
Regional Missionary Congress attracts wide interest with references in papers from Ireland America and Australia. Philippine and Australasian participants are expected with bishops and vicar generals set to attend. Exhibits are organized by religious orders and societies including Ladies of the Grail and Holy Name.
H A Barraclough Ltd announces a motor tour visit to Manilla on Friday 6 November from 10 am to 6 pm at the Court House Hotel. The event is weather permitting and marks over thirty years of regular town visits by the firm represented by Mr MoM Steph? et ux?
A damaged notice warns of shooting threats and property crime across towns. It mentions penalties and a substantial reward for information leading to conviction, naming targets and local names in a precautionary public notice.
Caution issued by Manilla Newspaper Co. warning that ay persons found shooting trapping or poisoning or trespassing on property on Springmon Avenue will be dealt with by the law without respect to persons. All previous permissions are canceled and printed by Alton Richmond McLeod at his office Manilla Street Manilla.
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