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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 16, 1932
Page
4
Thoroughly renovated guaranteed pianos with good tone quality priced from £65 upwards with £5 deposit and easy terms. Write to Paling's, 338 George Street, Sydney, or see locally for particulars.
Legal notice announced by Manilla Newsnaner Co declaring that hunting and shooting with fences will be prosecuted without regard to persons. All previous permissions are withdrawn. Published by Alten Richmond McLeod at the Manilla Express office on Manilla Street, Manilla, New South Wales.
The Rooneys, a simple laboring family, face town chatter as Pat Rooney wins a municipal poll in a prank that turns real. Mrs Rooney, eager for social ascent, imagines a grand banquet and a banker, while Pat endures an uneasy night with an empty home and bewildered pride. The tale follows their confused joy and comic misrule as neighbors tease and misinterpret the outcome.
Edward Montgomery Perrott said he was kidnapped after visiting a city firm and driven to Darlinghurst where two men bound him and threatened multiple times. He signed cheques for thousands of pounds after coercion, was moved to Bondi, and later freed when detectives interrupted.
Reports say control of national broadcasting may transfer to the Post Master General's Department when current agreements expire in June. A top advisory group urged Mr Cleary be offered chairmanship of a new broadcasting commission, though Cleary declined due to other duties. The Bathurst Sunday sport conflict intensifies as critics condemn commercial Sunday sport. In politics, Dr Page’s stance on ministerial portfolios is seen as endorsing a party shift, while Victorian officials react to the customs department issue and Mrs Rooney faces disappointment over a failed plan.
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A cricketer recalls appealing during a match when conditions were poor. The batsman claims the opposing captain allowed him to be dismissed after protest, while players from both sides endured crowd heckling until the protest stopped and the rest of the team continued to bat without incident.
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