12 Feb 1935
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1935
Page
1
The Manilla Express announces its 37th year and asks for public notices and meeting reports while declaring strict action against trespass, stock theft, poisoning, and fence interference on properties. It notes warnings from locals and lists subscription rates and advertising prices.
Printed for Man ia Newspaper Co. by Alton Richmond McLeod. The Methodist Foreign Mission Board seeks to install wireless receiving and transmitting sets in outlying Papuan stations as part of a production effort. The note mentions United States reads in production and Great Britain is second.
Ghow fixtures list dates for Guyra Sommabarabran Halla Erell Glen Innes Quirindi Armidale Warialda Tamworth Ringara Gunnedah Barraba Moree with sequence from February to May. It notes runs through late spring with multiple daily events in each town.
Manilla residents debate local issues and plans for town improvement. Letters from the RSL and officials discuss free travel for ex-servicemen to Anzac Day events in Sydney. The council considers fish ladder inspection, road lighting, footpaths, and general town development including a shop project. Leave of absence for the secretary and appointment of an acting secretary are noted.
The piece celebrates the beloved Anne of Green Gables character and mentions a recently issued illustrated edition priced at 2/9. It highlights the book’s enduring popularity, the film adaptation, and the pleasure of viewing the movie, with a note on availability from Angus and Robertson in Sydney.
Publication notes Moore's Almanac for 1935 with new features including a law calendar list of courts petty sessions and government offices. It provides a postal guide a directory of post towns and a tourist section plus ecclesiastical lists educational establishments and societies.
Banks and Public Service batted first to 41 with J Salter top scoring 10 and T McMahon taking 4 for 11. Grady's XI were bowled out for 74 as R Brady led with 22 and 3 silvers. In the second innings R Brady took 7 for 27 as Banks and Public Service were all out for 39, giving Grady's XI a 10 wicket win in the end. series B and P 8, Grady's XI 3.
Oddly garbled OCR text describes J. T. Robertson and Co involved in general carrier and forwarding services with references to Atlantic motor goods, livestock, wool and wheat reception, despatch by rail, and shore agents for live and fire insurance. Mentions safeguarding measures and a note about maggot trouble.
A Cairns fishing trap crocodile incident reports a fisherman seized by the leg by an eight foot crocodile in Chinaman's Bay during a night visit. He escaped after the bite scars. In NSW Sheepbreeders news, a council proposes lowering stud registration fees, with scales by flock size, while Queensland Merino breeders form a separate association. The 1935 show expands to four days from June 19 to 22 with penning by 9 am and judging starting 10 am. Sales by British Breeds, Corriedale and Polwarth Societies may occur on show final day, provided regulations aren’t breached. The next NSW council meeting is set for April 30 to appoint judges and stewards for the 1945 show.
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