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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1916
Page
4
A long OCR list records names of military personnel with statuses such as killed in action wounded and returned. The fragment includes surnames Brimemay Bennett Fuller Fitzgerald Farrell and many others with scattered notes of honors and injuries. A military funeral is noted at Manilla with a long accompanying list of attendees.
The Australian Wheat Board discussed financing the coming harvest last week with farmers anxious about advances. Wheat will be pooled as in 1915 16, with about half of 1916 17 crop still held by the board and sale unlikely until late 1918. An advance of 6d per bushel is proposed, possibly split into two or three payments to avoid a £20,000 immediate sum. Commonwealth Bank to handle financing.
A speaker for Mr C Wollett argued that growing banty resistant varieties like Bunyip is not a reliable solution to Take-all. The expert contends Bunyip remains susceptible and stresses the Merald recommendations: cultivate and keep land free of host plants, then fallow and sow immune oats to prevent Take-all.
Report states a hospital ship labeled No 48 was sunk last week by German forces. The announcement mentions related wartime measures and notes daylight saving adjustments will be introduced soon.
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