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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
7
A welcome shower arrived Wednesday afternoon easing drought for wheat crops. District rainfall totals include Manilla 20, Marth en 18, Halls Creek 20, Rushes Creek 20, Keep 20 with further falls possible. Tamworth 20, Moree 6, Bourke 13, Bing 4, Coonamble 3, Walgett 7 reported overnight.
In Sydney on 3 4 5 instants the Annual State Congress discussed the Returned Soldiers League work and public funding distribution. Anzac Day becomes a statutory public holiday statewide, irrigation area settlements remain to be resolved, and reform measures for settler debt reappraisal are endorsed. The league notes repatriation trust limits, welfare efforts led by Dr Katie Ardill, and the Canberra tree avenue proposal for the War Memorial approaches.
Readable text fragments show names Monilla Barraba and Mackenzie and Sous Ltd with garbled content. no clear event date place or action available. Further context needed to produce a factual historical record card.
One month notice of policy change from Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company Limited and Australian Widows Fund Life Assurance Society Limited on the life of Edward Bowhan declared lost. Plus farm goods for sale including eggs at 7/6 per setting and day-old chicks offered by Ross Brown and W Cooke Manius.
Referendum set for September 4 asks voters to approve the proposed law altering the Constitution to enlarge powers for industry and commerce and to strengthen the hands of the national parliament. The question asks Do you approve of the proposed law titled Constitution Alteration Industry and Commerce 1926.
Ad claims include hospital and funeral benefits through a Commonwealth scheme, plus free medical attendance. The notice lists names Kelly and Rudd with marsh and Blevin, announcing business uptake of old patronage and new customers. It advertises milk quality, continuous supply, and punctual service at a local mill. Lions entries and pavilion schedules are noted with special trains and event dates.
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