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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1925
Page
4
A Sydney surplus sale advertises reductions on a range of goods. Coates cotton reels, Piver’s powder, Johnson’s baby powder, tapes, ladies stockings and knickers, singlets, princess slips, Fuji silk fabrics, ground stripe silk, men’s shirts socks boots undershirts, sandshoes, flannel wool, boys shirts suits, and crepe priced from low shillings and pence.
The Central Council of the Australian Red Cross Society at Melbourne on September 14 1925 presents a farewell to Her Excellency Lady Forster praising her presidency and urging continued support as she departs the Commonwealth The reply from Her Excellency expresses gratitude for the union of six states and notes her travels and observations of Red Cross work across Australia She highlights the care given to veterans and the global reach of the Red Cross League citing historical origins and current membership figures
In Casino on August 20 a ball at the School of Arts drew a happy crowd, while on Barkers Street outside a clash led Neil Bruce McMullen to sue Clive Clayton for brutal assault. Clayton pleaded guilty with provocation. McMullen's nose was broken, surgery cost estimated at 30 guineas, and Clayton, a 19 year old farmer, was fined £5 with costs and ordered to pay substantial medical and other expenses totaling £52 15s 6d.
A Paterson River citrus grower blasts the public purchase price for oranges in Newcastle Maitland and coalfield towns. He cites a recent 180 dozen shipment earning only £1 19s 5d after costs, leaving under 2d per dozen. He argues growers bear all risks and work while shops price gouges.
Sir Samuel Hordern argues against Prohibition as a violation of liberty and common sense. He contends a zealous minority seeks to ban all wine, threatening chaos and undermining character development and temperance. He insists Prohibition cannot stand against a natural human right to drink.
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