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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1914
Page
4
Customers are invited to view our complete showing of Panama hats in narrow medium and wide brim styles. Prices range from 6d to 40s with options for men seeking style and comfort. Place your Christmas order early to ensure delivery.
The piece outlines qualifying certificates and the exam process tied to state requirements with references to dates, fees, and committees. It mentions various entities and exam conditions, noting oversight by the Guuittey Mistrieta and other bodies, including a schedule around May and November deadlines.
News and Notes announces plans for a new show on Manila street with early start by D C Lightfoot. Mr L Hartley prepares the ir time and a bag impression circulates linking Adolph Basser to the front, though a corrected report notes Mr Besser is a long time naturalised Briton.
Adelaide based optician Adolf Basser of Challis House Ayuney promotes eye care with emphasis on correcting glasses and defective vision. He offers a special three month program at 1 percent discount on all optical work and invites consultations at Court House Hotel Manilla on Tuesday December from 9 am to 5 pm.
Stripping has commenced here with variable crop prospects and little extra help needed to harvest some fields. The Anglican Bazaar opened by Archdeacon Johnstone. business was slow at first but picked up on Saturday night as stallholders earned good returns. Wheat buyers from Sydney noted, and local mills may struggle to balance supply if seed is kept back. The cricket season may see Manilla participation. secretary Mr. Gosper departed for Warrhat week with hopes of a straight delivery, though length issues remain.
Mrs Langtree and Mrs Arthur Onslow collect warm shirts socks mittens and caps for the men of the 4th Infantry Battalion under Lieut Col A J Onslow Thomson. Donations of clothing or funds are welcomed to buy more items and parcels may be sent free of charge to a London depot for redistribution to battalion camps.
Commercial. Nathan Cohen and Soho Ltd report fat cattle sale with good quality hil loci and several pens of cows. Local buyers and northern patrons helped steady the market as supply exceeded ordinary day demand. Best bullock to £9 11, cows to 2 8 1b, steers £7 10s, heifers £6. Fat sheep scarce, 200 sheep and 1 lamb penned. prices rose on medium merino wethers to 14s, does to 10s 8d, lambs to 9s 6d. Store cattle about 150 yarded with mixed yearlings, young bullocks to £5 1s, heifers £3 1s. store sheep few, no sales.
A fragmentary theatre notices page mentions a Wednesday visit and a star programme featuring Hayes. It hints at varied acts and a god plot while also listing Mik Modice Howeberty and Mr. Penn among performers. The text is garbled with missing words and unclear context.
The damaged passage describes a horse named Urele Sam with leg injury findings from a veterinary exam. It mentions Thursday examination, uncertain recovery, and potential future work or racing plans. The text is garbled and lacks clear specifics or dates.
Mrs. Jamieson-Williams of Tamworth delivers a Sydney address arguing women’s fighting instinct aims to defend offspring not conquer. She cites ancient and modern examples from Amazons to Jhansi Ranee, praises Red Cross, notes women bear wartime burdens, and calls for peace through maternal conservation of life.
FP K Witchcombe leader writes on Britain’s fight for humanity and resolve. Australia’s Sydney Chamber of Commerce has raised and sent relief food to England, with over £60,000 worth of provisions shipped and more on the way. The war fund aims to reach £100,000 to feed Belgians and aid refugees. Districts are urged to contribute to sustain the imperial effort.
A London daily notes jokes about recruiting and petticoats for noncombatants. A member of the Expeditionary Force is overheard during evacuation and drowns off Fremantle. Tamworth Road pledges 100 to a patriotic fund.
A local cinema presents The Silence of Dean Maitland as a Monday night special with a clear screen version and an accompanying lecture by Allan McGowen. The program also features titles such as An Evil of the Slums Engagement of Convenience Their Little Ones Into Society and Out A Pool and His Money, with no extra charge and special arrangements noted for Manila week.
A very heavy hailstorm swept portions of Upper Manilla on Saturday with large hailstones and drifting snowlike effects. Three inches of rain fell Sunday, crops damaged, several residents insured against hailstorms, and sheds toppled. Mayhem extended to other western districts with high rainfall and lightning. An alleged forgery case opened in Barraba Police Court against Albert Ory Stevens, with warrants needed by Monday.
Municipal notice from Manilla lists revision of electors to be held November 25 at the council chambers. Deputy Town Clerk HM Clzz10 signs the notice dated November 10, 1914.
Mandowa Shire warns residents of Kevinton Court at Manilla that a meeting will occur on November 6 at 6 am to revise the lists for riding four and related Mandowa Shire matters. Wayland, Shire Clerk, signs.
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