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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1914
Page
4
Good news from the tailoring department with special spring and summer pricing. Assorted fabrics on offer with a guarantee to fit, including measure prices and a wide range of trousers and suits with specific numbers and old style currency.
In Monday’s council session, a 220 tree planting item was selected. The municipal monthly accounts were £39 134 3d. The chairman said this was more economical than in prior periods.
Barers for the army mark their proetere felt at the Homebush sales, held Thursday. Bidding proved brisk with rates ruled high as army operators and exporters joined trade buyers in keen competition. A line of steers from Mr. W Walker Craglee At bee sold through Winchcombe and Car Lee auctioneers.
A meeting of the RVRLUBCASAL Chapter of the Tarweorth theme is held in Quirinds with a Welwedar procession. A 9:30 am celebration at St. Albans precedes a Central Hall session. A Sunday school instruction demonstration by Archdeacon Johnson and others follows, with choral at St Albans and possible attendance by Japanese members.
A fragmented Express column teases Australis with a witty reference by Lor d Deimsford and promises to publish letters from prominent people and politicians. Readers are invited to submit contributions as the paper plans weekly updates and mentions reductions of a cited feature.
A vivid diorama shows tin soldiers, guns, ambulance wagons, Tass horses, and entrenchments captured by a boot window battlefield scene. A Union Jack flies above the model attracting young observers in Manilla.
The October Life’s War Number presents a three part study by Ir. W. J. Pitchett titled The War of All the Cer tures covering The Forces Behind the War The Scale and Its Strategy and The Study of the Actual Fighting. It notes Pitchett’s visits to war fronts and his history writing background. Also includes Mawsep’s Own Story part II and other war articles. Life’s special issue sells for sixpence locally.
Rev James Watson, fresh from the New South Wales and Queensland conference, spoke at Manila Methodist Church on Sunday about Methodist missions across German New Guinea and nearby islands. He noted German influence, urged learning in native languages, and praised Allied advances as German control waned.
At Apia a violent hurricane struck the harbour trapping several vessels. Calliope alone rode out the gale and safely escaped while others were driven ashore with severe damage. The feat was hailed as a triumph of British seamanship, with other boats sustaining heavy losses. Mech anics Institute billiard room opens with President A C Vensis and Mr W C Grantham playing on No 1 table.
A string of rural observations and opinions touches on wind and rain, poetry flaws, price talks for wheat, wool outlook, a dog shot and dumped near the police dock, books for young mothers, sidewalk safety, a new hospital room project, and hints of sugar export restrictions and chilled rabbits as gifts. The items reflect local chatter and concerns.
Nathan Cohen and Co Ltd presents a market summary noting fat cattle quality as best seen, with several regions operating. Prime quality opening sales were firm but overall market fell later. best cow £9 2s, bullocks £9 5s, steers £6, heifers £6, dealers £5 1s. Sheep supply fair, half shorn fleece varied from fair to prime, best pens sold slightly higher than last week. woolly ewes to 138, lambs to 15s 6d, woolly lambs to 15s.
A practice session of the united chairs occurred on Monday night. No further details available in readable text.
At Tamworth a cadet football trial led to a banquet hosted by Major Bartlett Taylor. The Manilla team displayed good sportsmanship, while Tamworth cadets and visitors were praised for orderly conduct. Speeches celebrated the winners, emphasized training, and toasted rugby football and the cadet corps. The cup valued at £12 was won outright after three years.
Three drunks appeared before the local Court yesterday morning. Mr. Cunningham urged that instead of drinking about town the young men would be better off at the war. He pressed why they did not enlist.
An opening season match at Akelan sees Hall's Creek host a visiting team from Ukolan. Both sides share a warm, sportsmanlike day with a feast after a day of cricket, 78 all out by the home side and 117 for the visitors, led by George Boyle's 65 and Harry Dimmock’s all‑round plays.
War dispatches from Sydney recount the Aisne fighting as the fiercest of the campaign, with Germans holding a strong line along the river while Allied forces press to cross. Reports mention heavy reinforcements from France and England, hopes of breaking the German grip, and a global effort to aid war-torn Europe.
Ten year old Robert Noel Russell died in Tamworth after an embankment collapsed near Peel River while he played nearby. Bystander William Alarke halted a cart load of sawdust, pulled the boy from under earth, and he was taken to Tamworth District Hospital in critical condition with internal and external injuries including a compound fracture of the right leg.
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