Manilla District Shooting Calendar and Championships Note
The notice outlines a long running shooting schedule from April to September at various yardages 300 500 and 600 yards with two stages of seven shots per day and several championships including a three stage aggregate at 300 500 and 600 yards. Entries cost sixpence with prizes including an NRA Medal and various trophies. all members must be financial in the second quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sime
N.R.A
Tto
Municipal Council Arrears Report and 1937 Financing Plan
The council reviews arrears from the Rates Book for 1936 totaling £108 16s 8d, with General Rates £52 1s 4d Lighting £33 4s 4d Water £? The NSW Labour Department report on Employment and Unemployment is laid before the council. Council seeks permission to refrain from a £6000 loan rate for electricity in 1937. Tenders for agistment and reserve rights were opened. three bids received. Revenue since the last meeting amounted to £445 11s 1d across funds including arrears collected of £25 6s 10d.
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New
Couneil
Counell
B.- Wy
Easter Race Meeting Winners and Notable Deaths
Sarcherie won the Doncaster Handicap at Easter meeting with Silver Rose second and Evening Mist third. Mesteravon won the Sydney Cup with Sir Ross second and Oro third. The death notice reports the passing of Har Kitchener aged 91, brother of the famed English soldier.
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Sarcherie
Silver Rose
Evening Mist
Mesteravon
Sir Ross
Oro
Har 'Kitchener
Manilla Riders Highlight Local Cycling Meet At Boggabri
Manilla sent six riders to the Boggabri meet with strong showings in sprints and handicaps. Winners included E Townsend in the half mile and Coleman and Jones in the mile handicap, while Tamworth's Horan and Jones contended in scratch races. Manilla led the points in the Speedwell Shield with 64, followed by Boggabri on 46 as the Doohan Cup series continues toward a 20 mile final on the Tamworth road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Boggabri
Mds
Li Plett
E. Townsend
Tamaworth
Big Horan
Tamworth
Beyees
Harrison
Bob Mahoney
D. Devine
F. Lumby
Speedwell
Manila
R. Reid
Coleman
Browning
C. ‘Veness
Loseby
J- Cooper
H. Todd
Tamnworth Road
Carroll Defeats Leto In Fifteenth-Round Decision
Carroll defeats American boxer Jimmy Leto on points after a 15 round Sydney bout on Tuesday night. The long fight ends with Carroll securing the victory in the city.
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Carroll
Jimmy Leto
Sydney
Italians Defeated at Madrid in Mussolini War
All papers report Mussolini's troops routed at Madrid as Italy's resistance collapses under real combat tests. The defeat signals a decisive setback in the Italian campaign with heavy losses and demoralization across units.
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Mussolini
Madrid
Italy
Excursion to Sydney Anzac Day rail tickets offered
The Railway Secretary announces a special single fare excursion to Sydney for Anzac Day. Tickets will be valid for travel to Sydney on April 23 and 24 with options to alight at Cowan or any station on the line and return within five months.
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Secretary For Railways
Sydney
Cowan
Regula
Easter Weekend Sports and Camps Across Coastal Towns
Fine cool Easter weekend drew locals to Tamworth for bowls rifles and golf while Gainnedah Bogéaliri hosted other sports. Methodist Young People’s Club sent four to the Crusader Camp at Glen Innes and Presbyterians joined camps at Port Macquarie. Some visitors traveled by car to the coast for fishing and trains to Sydney were well patronised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamworth
Methodist Young Peoples” Club
Methodists Crusader
Glen
Innes
Sydney Show Sets Record Attendance and Gate Takings
The 1937 Sydney Show concluded this week with record crowds and high gate takings. Monday drew 186000 attendees, about 80000 more than last year, and by Tuesday night the total attendance reached 650000 amid favorable weather drawing large daily crowds.
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Sydney
Reward offer for information on theft and trespass
A substantial reward is offered to any person not an accomplice who provides information leading to the conviction of any person for stealing stock laying poison or trespassing on Eloura or Hazeldean. Printed for Manilla by Alton Richmond McLeod at Manilla Street.
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Eloura
Hazeldean
Arther Suman
Manilla
Newspaper Co
Alton Richmond McLeod
Manilla Street
Property Trespass Warning Issued by Clontarf and Arlington Figures
A public notice from A Baldwin warns all strich shooting trapping or trespass on Clontarf Forest Glen Porton properties after this date will face prosecution regardless of persons. Names listed include G Johnstone J Greer OR Carter and Brubb with references to prior permissions being cancelled.
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Strich
Clontarf
Ianington
Forest Glen
G. Johnstone
Bignall Bros
Arlington
J. Greer
Or. Carter
Forton
Brubb
Unclear Note on Authority and Property Rights
Fragmentary 1938 note asserts control over persons and property, claims permission revocation and enforcement without respect to individuals. No clear event, names, dates, or locations are identifiable from the readable text.
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Manilla Agricultural Society
G. FB. Grill
Vohn A. Bower
S. A. Noble
District
Court Street
Marfar
Canberra
Feros
Glitsos
Jack
John Shearer & Sons Ltd
J. T. Robertson &Co
J. and
A. E. Coupland
Manilla & District News
De-Luxe Royal
Sydney Pincombe Limited
Hunter Street
Royal Typewriters
Council
Clerk’s ‘Report
Leto
Turner
DUCO
Blanch
Sol
James Windsor Royal Butchery
O'Neill
Tatlor
J. B. Gilroy Motors
Stafford Street
Tan AE
Royal Hotel
Jack Kearns
Feleplone
A. Baldwin
Jolsonihy
Simca
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