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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1914
Page
6
In Our Tailoring Department for the Gentlemen of Manila and District, Lesteg offers Spring and Summer materials with special pricing on suits, sacks and trousers. Prices include measurements and ranges from 14/6 to 75/ in various fabrics, with a large stock noted and address listed.
News and Notes reports that Anderson’s sculpture theses are on display through October, as writers and greeters welcome attendees. Classes are free and focus on artistic technique, with a process described as engaging and educational for the community.
The Manilla District Cricket Association held its annual meeting on Thursday night with four attendees, including President Mr Stod art and Secretary Mr W D Hart ley. Mr Stevens, the Shire Engineer, is praised for extensive travel across the shires and Mr Blair offers local service, signaling community support for rural development and upcoming events.
In a stream of brief items readers see wartime sentiment and local concerns. Topics include support for Austria and Britain, praises for fallen and prayers for Ireland, notes on Fremantle and Emden rumors, cattle and wheat adjustments, hypnosis at a local show, and calls for retrenchment. Public servants face wage cuts, employment must be found, and Manilla plans belt tightening for 12 months while urging resilience and industry.
A dream tale features a chaotic port rush with the word Newcastle appearing and a belief Portrush will win the Ep rom. The narrator claims luck through ritual and urges readers to donate a third of any winnings over £731 to the writer while recalling aSydney trip and a quip about Germans after battle.
Mr H Roulston visits his brother J Roulston and Rev A RR Pegler of Gunnedas, now driving parish work car. Bosward of Government Savings Bank NSW arrives to join Manilla citizens and cricket circles. Notes on Archdeacon Lewis’s Armidale seat shift, British troops in France, and local anecdotes including fish lore and a cage-keeper’s tale.
A Gascoigne entertainment at a hall featured an audience gaze at a performer who slept in a window for a day then awoke, while Professor Gascoigne induced a trance-like sleep in a pianist who played for hours. The event drew crowds, debates on influence, and several feats by performers under Gascoigne’s direction including strongman stunts and mock abuses, all amid lively, controversial demonstrations.
The Minister for Agriculture will grant sanction to destroy rabbits on Crown lands or reserves when a Tamworth P P Board deems it necessary to suppress rabbits adjacent to private holdings. Authority will be given in anticipation of amending legislation, with funds from the Scone Patriotic Fund totaling over 2500.
The notice warns about the fishing close season as drought bites South Australia. Farmers struggle to sell livestock with widespread stock destruction to avert starvation. In the far north, 30 head of horns were disposed of at one shilling each as drought worsens conditions.
Jamies Worth leaves Durham Court after half a century to retire with his wife in Cabramatta near Sydney. A stud master with Charles Baldwin, he oversaw notable horses including Silverton The Drummer Wilberforce The Tester and Caazoch. He praises The Drummer as Durham Court’s finest horse and notes racing progeny such as Darky Master Ade Drum Major Hastings Soldier Boy. Also mentions Manilla changes, Worth’s Manilla family ties, and a Narrrack court case.
Anticipations for the Derby by Card notes mountain Knight Irish Willow Green and others dominate training reports. Woorak and Aurifer lead trial times while final acceptances list Willow Green and Owen Roe among top contenders for the Epsom and Metropolitan races.
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