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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1944
Page
4
Allied forces push through the Siegfried Line achieving a definite break through with village clearances beyond the fortified frontier. The report notes American troops advancing and securing territory previously held by enemy defenses.
Casualties total 9461 from the outbreak of war to end of March. Of these, a large portion were killed. The report tracks the RAACPs casualties and notes many were fatalities.
The account describes a shy young woman in a crowded scene facing a sharply dressed man who drinks and mocks the moment. A response from Jin claims reassurance as he covers himself with kilts, revealing undergarments. The piece reads like a quirky anecdote from the Winelaan Chronicle.
A Bebert conscript tale from L Alouette details a boy named Bebert who sues a lion cage as disguise for service. His mother visits and Bebert performs eagerly, leaping on his bars before two hungry lions. A lion warns the crowd to keep quiet to avoid exposing their ruse.
The Commissioner for Railways Me T J Haytigan reported a record turnover for the year ended June last, with a profit on operations of £6,965,849 and a 4/11/8 percent return on capital. Passenger journeys totalled 250,565,753, boosted by reduced coal supplies and crowded trains. goods tonnage fell slightly due to service restrictions to conserve coal for defence and civilian use. Working expenses rose by £192,288, including £1,000,000 for track maintenance and £2,000,000 for rolling stock renewals.
In Astra the author argues for an inland land reform plan to reclaim Australia’s arid regions. He details water-based strategies, cites Bradfield as a critic, and asserts inland areas can become fertile, support a growing population, and counter desertification threats.
Miss Baldwin warns trespassers and wood removal offenders will be prosecuted at Brebb's Estate. All straying stock will be impounded. Previous permissions are cancelled.
Caution warns against trespass, fishing, shooting or removing wood on property near Mosavale Upper Manilla. Substantial reward offered for information leading to conviction for wood removal, gate interference, rabbiting or trespassing beyond cemetery on Crow Mountain Rd Brooklyn. Notices signed by A M McDonald and Mies A B Bowman with L H Sneesby, Upper Manilla.
A partial clipping warns that any person trespassing to remove wood from Clon starf after a specified date will be prosecuted without regard to persons. It cites cancelled permissions and signs off with MANILA Newspaper Qo attribution and publisher details, including Alton Richmond Macleod and Manila Street, Manila N.8.W.
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