15 Feb 1935
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1935
Page
1
A poetic tribute to Namor and Philanthropy interweaves with Manilla council business. The piece follows civic notices on street stalls, land fencing, reserve water service, and requests for a resident telephonist, plus road lighting and footway asks for hospital access.
Visitors to Manilla plan a stay at the Fort Office Hotel praising its complete beverage system and continuous hot water service in a fully modern, up to date setup.
Public notices warn of rewards and strict enforcement on Eldura Estate property. Arthur Sulman offers a substantial reward for information leading to convicting thieves, with warnings against poisoning, stock theft, and trespass. Bruce Park signs rescind prior permissions and forbids shooting or interfering with fences on Willamby. A. B. Hudson enforces penalties for trapping, poisoning, or trespass. Manilla Express notes its 87th year, invites meeting reports and support, and lists subscription rates and classified pricing.
Experts say pigs and figs dominate Australia’s fruit crop market with strong demand and high prices. Jam makers pay from £18 to £20 per ton for choice fruit, with yields up to four tons an acre. Growers face issues handling juice that irritates hands and faces during harvest.
The notice lists fixtures across multiple towns including Coonabarabran Uralla Inverell Quirindi Armidale Manilla Tamworth Gunnedah Moree and Barraba with dates in February March and April through May. It enumerates venues such as Glen Tnnes Uralla and Tingara with varied matchdays and events spanning late winter into spring.
A Cairns Express letter extols Yeppoon as a top Northern Beach near Rockhampton with 3000 residents, hotels, banks, and holiday crowds. Nearby mineral-rich Mount Chalmers and Mt Wheeler yielded copper and gold. The region also hosts meat works and cattle country supporting coastal trade and mining wealth.
The London Midland and Scottish Railway plans to run six daily trains to Scotland with 200 passengers each, replacing two steam trains with 600 and 700 passengers. The new coach carries 50 to 100 passengers, uses rubber tyres, tops 90 mph, and promises half the running costs of ordinary trains. First family member James H. E. Broughton, linked to the First Fleet, dies at Gilmore. Benny Broughton survived the Boyd massacre in 1809. A Dandenong shopkeeper loses a £5 note in a Christmas rush. A mechanic finds the note in a cash register during overhaul.
General Carrier lists agents for supplies of lig 7 and horse fodder. Arrivals by mas r driven and forwarded wool and wheat received and despatched per balance. Reeptr fly and radio on damaged tome 70 ivbikr. Fire issue a guard for house gate road in town.
Ald Coates pressed for lighting on a dark road from the station master’s residence to the municipal boundary and queried cemetery cleanup powers. The Mayor indicated work would proceed and noted cemetery trust issues. Ald Wilshire urged chipping the slippery footpath at the Court House Hotel. The Town Clerk outlined urban farm land valuations and rate limits, plus proposed rates for fire, water, street lighting, and sanitation. Revenue receipts and arrears were itemized, with a motion to set the rate at 8d in the pound and refer rate workings to the Finance Committee.
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