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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1951
Page
1
A Manilla reader objects to an Express article urging higher charges, arguing ratepayers face an 80 percent increase with little municipal progress. The writer notes Aldermen own only one house, builders lack materials, and Tamworth draws residents away, warning of a rough future if sewer and rate hikes proceed.
The seventh stage of the Swinton handicap over 600 yards yielded below par scores despite good conditions. Notable scores include Langdon 70, Hall 65, Doyle 58, Callgate 54, Hall 58, Yates 52, and Nott 53 with Glover and Pevey also near top marks. At Inverell the North West Union shoot saw about 30 participants, with W G Hall winning multiple prizes as a dyro and in open grade. Next Saturday features two 300 yard practice shoots.
Whirlpool a Laura style mystery thriller stars Gene Tierney and Richard Conte in a suspense tale of a wife tormented by kleptomania who seeks help from a hypnotist, while a psychiatrist and society backdrop frame the drama. Also promotes My Sister and Leave It to Henry and On the Town at MGM theaters.
The Farmers and Settlers monthly meeting notes welcoming two new members A Harris of Hails Creek and J Stafford. They plan to write to the Railways Department thanking for trucking yard ramps removal, request rescission of the Wool Tax by June 30 1951, and urge action on flood damaged fences. Also discuss Manilla District Hospital nurse accommodation and summer rabbit poisoning ad.
Local cricketers from Crickett! Stores prepare to face Upper Man ina at the oval. Team members listed include Witherdon W Cook McKinnon R McDonald and others as part of the 12th squad.
A defendant with a wireless set faced a ten shillings fine and one pound costs for using a wireless without a licence for two weeks. Those who failed to renew licences were fined four pounds plus one pound costs at Manila Court last week.
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