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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1924
Page
2
An advertisement urges immediate orders for a high grade hand finished key pin head grey coated Christmas suit. It promises to hold until required and lists special prices such as Worth £8/10 and Special Zmap Poke £7/10.
The British Labor Cabinet moves to capitalize on a Liberal Conservative clash over the Campbell affair as Labour seeks a working majority in the House of Commons. The piece weighs past election shifts, Singapore’s impact, and the Russia treaty’s politics, forecasting a potential Labour government with Liberal support and wary imperial implications.
Catherine Clarke and Perew Godfrey were joined in matrimony at St Christopher's Church Lavender Bay Sydney by Rev Frank Cash. The couple is from North Manila and Wallahra with the bride wearing a georgette frock and white hat. The Godfrey home is Lane Cove.
Local notes report record crops and busy haymaking as Light rain fell on Monday and 32 post office receipts up to 9 am. News includes a Sydney car trip for the Burreds, N R A prize winner E Elely, Caulfield Cup results, railway cheap trains to Sydney, local consultations with Optician Knoll and herbalist Fairleigh, a major Manilla fire, a shark incident at Port Melbourne, and various obituaries and local events plus a Barmera cyclone aftermath and other small items.
General surprise followed news in Port Moresby that Mr. W. Blevin died at Popean Hospital after malaria related delirium. He had worked with Arca Plantation and later the Public Works Department as Roads Supervisor. He leaves a widow and a ten year old son. Funeral held at Kenodobu cemetery. Lt Governor attended. Mrs Blevin and her son plan to travel to Tamworth, NSW, with affairs overseen by Mr W. J. Hayes.
The NRA prize meeting at Anzac Range ends as riflemen return home across the Commonwealth. Elster of Quirindi wins the King’s prize, while Manilla shooters Forster and McLeod top the field with 331, as Davidson misses a key inner to cost £50. Local club seeks new members and renewed local interest.
Mr Geore McDonall owned a Jewett motor car destroyed by fire on Sunday night or Monday morning after an accident on the Barraba road about ten miles from Manilla. The vehicle, partly insured, was valued at £520.
Senior Instructor M H Raynolds reports high regard for Manilla flour when the mill operated, noting consistent quality and efficient yeast use. Local bakers confirm superior dough and loaves, urging regional wheat trials and collaboration to boost marketable flour in the Manilla district.
Mrs J O Donoghue died at her Roma Avenue Kensington home on Sunday morning after a long illness. A kind and friendly resident of the area for many years, she was widely esteemed by all who knew her. The obituary notes her long life and gentle disposition.
The report lists numerous doubles and singles results between Tan Ila players and Methodist opponents, naming teams such as Hartley with Mrs Venes, Gould, Barnes, Collier, Breen, Coates, and Gardner. Final note: Manilla won by four sets, 28 games.
The Realart film Through a Glass Window stars Max McAvoy with Raymond McKee in a tenement tale from Printelan. One thousand feet of canary film precedes the cage scene as a symbolic opener for May McAvoy’s feature. It screens Wednesday at Mechanics Institute Pictures.
A lecture on Mee J. Geddes Glen Quak property, led by Mr A Douglas, detailed results from wheat plots at Manilla. Varieties sown May 29 to 37 lb/acre showed good growth though stands thin. rust slight, bunt rare, and yields tentatively eight to ten bags per acre. Aimed at long term seed trials and disease control, with recommendations on lodging, timing, and soil management.
Ms. Bell opened the afternoon talk for senior pupils while Mrs. Burrell illustrated her platypus lecture with specimens and lantern plans. She engaged questions on animal life, donated a guinea for a school prize, and pledged a future lantern lecture.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the Rural School hosted Br Tollis supervisor of Agriculture who praised the vocational efforts. He singled out the farm plot and Mr Donovan for good work. Tollis with Mr McAlister discussed with the Mayor and Aldermen the need for supervision of the plot outside school hours and a satisfactory arrangement is hoped. The Council Parents and Citizens Association and the Department cooperate to secure this.
Early Tuesday, three shops on Strafford Street burned to the ground. Henry the blacksmith lost his shop, tools, and several vehicles. W Blair and Co. faced heavy losses with wool, skins, and stored goods destroyed. Schaefer's wool in Blair's store and Hartley's buildings sustained major damages. Cause of the blaze unknown.
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