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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 17, 1951
Page
4
A-chap visits a small Gosford area store and asks for two tins of condensed milk and two pounds of salt to obtain a pound of butter. The clerk jokes he has no butter and salt while noting the lack of condensed milk recently. The piece links rising wages to strained council finances and looming rate increases, with councils bracing for public discontent.
Upsets dominated a tennis weekend with three set battles showing elevated play. Leyden overturned a late deficit to beat Sweeney, while Norvis, Norris, and MacDonald produced closely fought tests as juniors Jerry Smith and Bob Martin show promise at coaching school.
Manilla won 25 to 15 at the local oval on Sunday, eliminating East Tamworth from the competition. Tiny Bull, John Bennett, and Jack Stanford led Manilla’s attack, with J Browning kicking five goals and R Kelly, I Bennett, J Bennett, P Steel, and J Browning among the scorers.
Warning posted by Peter Winter stating that any person found trespassing fishing or interfering with fences or property at Curragundi will be prosecuted without respect to persons. The notice names unauthorized removal of wood as a prosecutable offense.
George Angus of the Commercial Hotel in Yass showcases a new accommodation feature a modern spin dryer and automatic drying room costing £1000. The unit, claimed to be first in a NSW country town, heated from 67 to 120 degrees in 15 minutes at a cost of no more than 4d per hour. The hotel handles about 150 sheets daily.
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