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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 01, 1930
Page
2
Local store advertises frequent displays and in store windows for winter goods. It claims to have varied and careful selections to meet all winter requirements. The note emphasizes domestic availability and local shopping.
Saturday hours am to 3.30 pm and Wednesday 9 am to 12.40 pm listed for E Simpson Glendearg Private Hospital located at 331A George Street Sydney. The Master Optician of the North and North-West will be in attendance at Mechanic's Institute for repairs and correspondence to Box B324P Sydney.
In Manilla the cost of living remains high due to overcapitalisation of farming and town properties. Land mortgaged at prices beyond earning capacity burdens farmers who face steep interest and production costs higher than world market values. The piece calls for wage improvements and legislation to reduce capitalization to allow local business to compete. It notes rents and values far exceed actual earnings and cites 1990 as already three months old.
A Manila gathering of the Diggers bids farewell to Rev W C Francis DCM as he departs to new duties in law circles. Local dignitaries and numerous Dig gers praise his service in war and community life, noting his kindness, leadership and unwavering support for parishioners and friends.
Wednesday saw many golfers contest the season's opener at Axtore with ideal conditions. George Dengate of Summerlab posted a net 69, while W O'Neil was close behind. On April 9 professional Will Correy visits for an exhibition against local players, followed by a moving picture lecture featuring Walter Hagen Joe Kirkwood Robbie Jones and others.
At the Tamworth Show Mr A E Coote took top prizes for turkey hen and gobbler while John Coote earned four firsts for Corriedale sheep and two ram champion awards. Francis Long received a generous gift from the Manilla Returned Soldiers League in gratitude for his service. Rev W Francie spoke, praising the Diggers and recalling wartime service with the 13th Battalion. Music and applause followed, with a rendition of Auld Lang Syne ending the function.
The Musical and Dramatic Society of the CWA Younger Set has postponed its meeting to Friday night due to the elected date clashing with events at Wongo Creek and Manilla. Also notes best leather coal for men priced at £1 15s at Robertal.
A brown variety intruder caused a disturbance during evening rush hour at the Court House Hotel. Customers objected, a quarrel followed, and the undesirable was carried out on a stick for burial. No inquest is planned. Also noted are retail items, a wool worsted trouser sale, and upcoming stage features at Roberta Bros with Mrs Brooking’s oil stove tribute and demonstrations drawing 100 attendees.
The Victorian referendum on No License resulted in a defeat for the Prohibition Party by 498,926 to 384,389 votes. The required 60 percent majority was not reached, losing by over 100,000 in straight voting. A related note mentions a noise complaint at Werris Creek where a man was fined £10 for operating a noisy engine without a silencer during sleeping hours.
Sir Adrian Knox chief justice of the Federal High Courts has resigned to enter business affairs after acquiring an interest via a bequest from an old friend. He believes a judge should hold no interval outside judicial duties. Grand United Annual Ball on Tuesday next April.
Fragmented OCR text includes funeral notices, community events, and political notes. Mentions a boy’s burial at Manilla Cemetery with services led by Rev. T Hunter-Barrott, a circus visit drawing a large audience, a youth music society meeting, and a bereaved wife announcing her husband James Thomas Martin’s death in 1928. Also references parliamentary referendum discussions and a murder incident involving a husband and wife.
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