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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1925
Page
3
Queensland railway workers strike causing widespread travel chaos at the NSW border. Special trains filled, many passengers stranded as services halt. Strikers seek a 36 hour week wage rise and right to hold work meetings amid mass protests nationwide.
The Divisional Returning Officer for New England announces a reprint of the Commonwealth Electoral Rolls in about two weeks and urges electors to verify current enrollments. The state government discusses expanding secondary education facilities and possibly raising school age from 14 to 16, with earlier war-era loan interest rate trends showing a decrease.
The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital plans to equip each of its 520 beds with headphones for in room radio listening. A Kent Street electrical firm donated a receiving set to allow all patients to listen, replacing shared loudspeakers. The Alfred Hospital Melbourne aims for 300 headsets after already having 250. The Radio Broadcast Bureau urges hospitals statewide to install receiving sets.
Altered from Friday to Saturday due to a clash with the Church of England fair opening. The Red Cross street stall will now operate on Saturday to avoid conflict and maintain community aid efforts.
The sale lists 7 bullocks, 8 heifers, 27 cows and other items with varied prices ranging from one to five pounds. Councils and storekeepers plan ration tickets. food access rules resemble wartime England. Rockhampton disputes committee acts to curb price inflation. Treasury seeks to contact holders of £10 million War Loans about a conversion loan.
Church of England sale of work advertised with weekend events. Notes mention Sam Ellis and setting details for eggs. Memorial for Wilshire Carter honors a mother and grandma with daughter-in-law Ethel and Jack and grandchildren Iris Pearl Anita Mabel Carter. Lord Stonehaven and his two children sail on the liner Nester to Australia.
The fair runs Friday and Saturday with the Mayor opening at 7 30 pm on Friday. It continues Friday night and reopens 10 am Saturday. A market tea starts 3 39 pm Saturday with stalls including Guild, flower, sweet, cake, jumble, produce, hoopla and fish pond amid hopes of a large crowd. weather permitting. A separate report notes a storm near the Luchu Islands, Japan left three dead, 192 houses destroyed and 110 boats sunk.
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