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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 28, 1926
Page
2
Stoddart's Hardware Department promotes a summer sale with a wide range of safe practical goods. The ad lists meat safes, galvanised chests, gauze, fly control products, wire traps, and spring hinge seagrass chairs with custom fitting doors. It highlights new stock and low prices for seasonally needed items.
A historic Bayhurst gathering linked Manilla producers with Sydney consumers to improve marketing and relations. Key speakers included Jock Gurden and Bishop Long, with a government booklet offering industry data and calls for higher tobacco industry development in Australia and New South Wales.
Mrs A Osborne died aged 97 after a long life begun in Sussex England in 1824. She migrated to Australia in 1889, endured shipwreck and three months at Capetown, settled in Sydney, married William Osborne, and helped establish early church life. She leaves four children, 19 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.
A Saturday match saw the Presbyterians lose to the Methodists by 33 games to 44. The report lists numerous mixed doubles results with scores such as 6-5 and 6-3, highlighting multiple pairings and players like Mrs Miller Miss Roberts and Mrs McLeod. Dempsey and Tunney boxings are noted alongside a Sydney paper quote and economic concerns about cooperative manufacturing and price adequacy.
Report from Attumga Ceiket Attunga details a Saturday fair cricket match where the village man of five years, a dark horse bat, scores 69 for the victorious side and 26 for a rival, with Neville retiring on 90. It notes plans for a local team, a council tie to Shire Valley, and a petrol pump installation by Mrs A Joseph near the village store.
Rain fell over the weekend refreshing parched soil with showers through the day. Much of the wheat crop is emerging or nearly ready, promising an early and abundant harvest. district figures show widespread rainfall with Manilla and nearby towns recording strong totals.
The season opener featured Kennedy and Brady with notable pool batting. Kennedy played stylishly and timed several shots, while Brady remained undefeated at stumps. Arthur White and Archie kept the bowlers busy, with White taking six wickets across the match.
Maurice Gerald's Dramatic Co failed to appear at Memorial Hall on Thursday night causing disappointment among many who travelled long distances. No reason was given for the absence. Namoi Independent Cricket Club held its annual meeting on Friday electing officers including President D W Barew View and Secretary Treasurer J Brady. Delegates to the Union were J Baswick and A E Porter. The club plans holding a hall social soon.
Mr don Matthews owner of Paji San challenges Mr IW Pearson to a race between their horses Amounis and Paji San with the winner taking both horses. Matthews remains convinced he can win the Epsom with Paji San.
Advertising column notices list events from September 30 through October 29 including a Pound-yard sale meeting of Colts Cricket Club at Mechanics Institute, tender closings for F and 8 carnival booths, Rushes Creek dance, Salvation Army concert, Merrymakers Teastume Concert at Memorial Hall, Farmers and Settlers Carnival, and Manilly Methodist Church Annual Fair.
A railway collision between Hyrock and Brewarrina 396 miles from Sydney derailed two ballast train trucks near Taree. Several passenger carriages overturned leaving three injured. Report cites recent heavy rain as cause. Injured include W Chon Baldimore with concussion F Burke Bathurst with a broken collarbone E Saunders Sydney with wounds and concussion J Williard Bathurst with shock.
The House of Commons reimposed coal emergency regulations for another month amid the London crisis. Mr Baldwin warns that settling miners' and industry concerns is impossible in hard times, noting earlier offers could have been accepted. Dempsey and Tunney clash in a savage rain soaked bout with Tunney winning on points in ten rounds before a crowd of over 120,000.
Eight thousand German firms failed in the first four months of 1926, versus 10,000 for all of 1925. The British commercial secretary notes Germany endured the severest postwar inflation phase in the past 16 months, yet shows remarkable recovery. D. A. Soutar won the New South Wales professional golf title, defeating T. E. Howard. The Producers and Consumers' Conference closed at Bathurst with broad consensus and praise for results. A large quantity of Barraba wool was destroyed by fire in the Marvtta railway disaster.
The first draft of the Redistribution Commission's situation map is near completion and will differ from the original guidance map. Shocks are anticipated for several members as city electorates are realigned, with the commission to travel to Newcastle and Karri Kurri to assess population-driven needs.
A caucus meeting backed a motion to appoint a committee to investigate bribery charges against four prominent Parliamentary Labour Party members. The plan contradicted Premier Lang and his wings in opposing the commission appointment.
Mechanics Pictures presents a film Why Women Love adapted from The Sea Woman with a cast led by Blanche Sweet and Robert Frazer. An added comedy feature accompanies the program as heavy rains break a drought across western Queensland easing pastoralists’ losses and saving thousands of sheep.
The Medical Research Council reports on 46 000 cancer deaths, finding open air workers face cancer risks 200 to 300 percent higher than expected, with miners around forbidden smoke showing fewer excess cases. The study notes stomach cancer risk among wool and cotton workers and highlights the broad occupational link to cancer.
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