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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1941
Page
4
The author laments garden snails and slugs harming seedlings and tests remedies, praising Defender as an effective slug and snail control. Instructions describe building a south-wall seed frame, frame construction, and benefits for hardening sprouts, plus tips on soil, peat moss, and salvia varieties for sowing and ornament.
The sequence of reports covers substitute fuels for motorists, including embalming fluid and charcoal, alongside new restrictions on petrol tickets and kerosene use. It notes the R.A.C.A. brochure on charcoal depots, harbour tolls opposition, nitrogen tyre experiments, and a humorous note on a Hollywood writer’s missing steering wheel prank.
A local ad lists dahlias including Brockley Baldre Charmer Casula Ideal biscuit Ethel Carmine pink Judy Joy Davies salmon orange Casula Queen Canary yellow Leidens Miniature salmon pink Orange Flame orange scarlet Radiant Morn Bright buff Mau reen Abbott light apricot The Clown Orange red Little Darling pale pink Offered at 1 shilling each with carriage free. Six dahlias free for 6 shillings 6 pence, set of 13 for 12 shillings carriage free. Request the dahlia catalogue.
P. L. 0 Shepherd and 80N prg. LTD. Seed Plant and Bulb Merchants at 10 Clarence Street with postal Box 396088 G.P.O. Sydney.
The Manilla Post Office outward mails are listed for Sydney Tamworth Bor T.P.O. and other destinations with daily cutoffs mainly at 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. on specific days. A public holiday on Saturday, December 28 grants four days for Xmas.
A Royal Navy gunner observes an American anti aircraft gun mounted on a destroyer transferred from the United States to Britain. The portable weapon’s design and operation are examined as part of wartime equipment trials during the alliance.
Britain showcases new tanks in a military demonstration attended by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and visiting generals General de Gaulle of the Free French and General Sikorski of Poland, highlighting the striking power of mechanised forces.
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