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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
1
The Manilla Express notes a year of advancement with links to Barraba, the shire system, railway survey plans, a Municipal Sale Yards site, a sanctioned Telephone Exchange, and a planned Cooperative Butter Factory. Wheat land expands, flocks and wool output rise, and locals view the year with gratitude as 1908 ends at midnight.
Exports of American canned meats for nine months show a decline of about a quarter of a million sterling. The House of Lords Extinction Bill provokes Nonconformists to plan a campaign to starve church schools and reform the Lords. Reports of plotting in Belgrade against the Serbian king and heavy snow at Landen also appear along with notices for medical specialists visiting Manila in January.
For the December quarter births total 32 with 15 males and 17 females, 4 marriages, and 11 deaths (8 males 3 females) were recorded. The tender by Mr. Fitzgerald at £1940 for the timber bridge over the Manilla River near the junction was accepted. Mr Langworthy invites ram buyers to Manilla with February sales, while The Express will be closed from afternoon today to Wednesday morning. A floral display at Turrall's corner on Xenas Eva featured Christinua bell Christmas bush holly and other plants.
A chaotic local page notes holiday closures with December shutdowns and January 1st reopenings. It mentions Mr H Pearson a postal assistant taking a weeks holiday and staff fatigue. Also reports a memorial fund for Alex South and a Christmas event with a barroom anecdote and a Manilla Face Club meeting.
The Local Land Board Office and District Survey Office were merged in January. The District Surveyor now controls administrative duties while the Chairman's role is purely judicial. Communicate with the District Surveyor to speed handling of inquiries. Also notes calendar delays and railway freight changes affecting track allowances and Christmas hospital events.
A reader responds to a prior letter praising a young band member's enthusiasm. The writer signs off as L and calls attention to the correspondent ITH H. and the ongoing discussion in the paper's columns.
A messy mosaic reports a miner entombed near Bakernield and a railway thief at Towns vile. It notes a maternity mystery in Paris, a criminal case in Geraldton, and various sensational items from weather to ships and fare forecasts.
Sydney beat Victoria by two wickets in a cricket match with 188 in the second innings. A man died burned in Christchurch after a suspicious house fire. Proposals for the North Coast railway from Maitland to Larrs begin at both ends. NSW Labor notes possible alliance with Deakin and Watson over pensions and land tax stance. A Bundaberg clash between whites and rain occurred. Julio Fuomey stabbed four times in the back. Slaughtermen’s Union votes to resume work under prior terms. masters’ conference backs, but not effective Monday. Gladys Dawes, daughter of Victoria’s Attorney General, drowned near Port Arlington when a boat capsized.
Australian horse Fitzgrafton won the Viceroy's Cup at Calcutta with Mallard and Master close behind. The report notes three Australians as top finishers and mentions other world events including a large Indian National Conference and anti trust prosecutions in the United States.
Christmas morning brings yells and babble as children wake to loot stockings and unmask waking parents. Early light reveals chubby fingers tugging knots on socks, while fathers and mothers rise before dawn. Toys clatter, bugles sound, and the house fills with the noisy delight of a holiday dawn.
Members of the Manilla Rifle Club held a successful Boxing Day shoot at the local range. Results across 500 and 600 yard events saw A Wilshire win first prize, C Taylor second, and Sid price among top scorers, with prizes donated by local supporters. A later note announced New Year’s Day small prize events and a medal offer for top aggregate score in 1907.
Reform proposes sweeping land tax changes with a minimum rate based on unimproved value. All private land taxed with exemptions limited to freehold owners. settlement leases and homesteads now taxed, income tax relief for lessees ends. Mandowa Shire expects over £2000 yearly from the new scheme plus government subsidy.
Sunday after Christmas 1908 with services in Manila and Akolan. Morning Service at 11 o clock, Sunday school and youth events listed. Vicar I Murrish noted. Presbyterian mention includes Akolan 11 am and Manila 7.30 pm. J H Baton listed as Methodist chaplain.
The piece muses on 1907 as a year of unknown history with possibilities of births and deaths, drought or plenty, and mixed fortunes in politics, business, and personal lives. It wishes readers a happy and prosperous new year.
Advert says clairvoyant consults at Court Clouas from January with a good general servant paid 12s per week. Apply to Mrs. Harry Burrell at Burrall's Bazaar Nayrta. She will be absent from town from Sunday 23ap December till Saturday January Ltd. Patients needing attention before the holiday are asked to call early.
Auctioneers Mawers 0. J. and P. Ornea announce a public sale at the Royal Tamworth on [date], of a choice dairy ing estate 18 miles from Manilla and Gunnedah, 4 miles from Tamworth, 590 acres with 148 acres freehold and 450 acres leasehold. The property includes river frontage, a new Blamestead and shearing shed, woolprean and yards, and a model dairy with a 100 gallon steam turbine separator.
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