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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
6
The article outlines the evolution of local government in New South Wales from the Parish Roads Act era to the 1919 Local Government Act. It discusses expanded council powers, opposition concerns about centralization, and debates over administration, town clerks, and planning controls affecting sub-divisions and building regulations.
A farmer near Baerami found a large oil bottle hidden in a cave containing many banknotes in torn condition. The bundle is linked to a hush money route connected to the Thin docbalt gang, with local families affected by the scandal and economic shifts described in regional reports.
A garbled text fragment mentions expert Archie and government matters. It references a quiet fete and uniforms, with unclear names and details. The readable parts are too fragmentary to identify events, places, or outcomes.
Mer W V P Stewart of St Andrews Ready Tpsom Aneland NZ declines a prize of £10 linked to a private petition about St Marsares Hospital. He cites a poem about 8000 dead babies a year and asks to support the hospital widow and Frank Morton’s family as part of a contested charitable gesture amid Australian outrage.
The new Federal rules slash broadcasting fees to 85 for private initial licenses with a 47 reduction in year two. The rates aim to avoid penalizing rural users by adjusting with distance, favoring wider access to broadcasting services.
An elderly Port Macquarie resident recalls a convict era tale from his NW travels. He claims a Crown prisoner bore 500 lashes for minor breaches, with 200 regarded as light, and witnessed overseers flog convicts in town. The account, judged by locals as a curious survival of old discipline.
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