21 Feb 1936
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1936
Page
1
The 1936 show runs Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19. Special train tickets from Tamworth to Manilla and intermediate stations start March 16, with return valid to March 20. Various prize classes listed include Espion Merino Ewe, Draw Mare prizes, White Leghorns, other breeds, a Fant h Collie class, Dorset Horn corrections, and schedule notes.
For sale in SELO on 10/20 a portable 4 HP Cooper petrol tractor in excellent working order. Overhauled recently. £165 or easy terms. Cheap.
The article narrates the Manilla district's vast NW landscape from Moree to Boggabilla, notes drought with only three inches of rain in some places, and describes Goondiwindi and Yetman towns. It covers river features of the Macintyre, rail links to Brisbane, and local life including race meetings, banks, and baths. It closes with detailed Manilla sheep sale figures and forthcoming auctions and notes.
Inspector's report notes house to house inspections across the municipality with satisfactory sanitary conditions. One fortnightly case of scarlet fever reported and managed under Public Health Act requirements. Emergency relief works described. road from Manilla to Boggabilla via Yetman praised as first class and well drained, 196 miles completed in under four hours.
The page lists emergency relief road works in North Manilla at Namoj Street over streets including Charles Barraba and River streets, with work progress noted on several sites. It also notes Germany banning Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times amid disputed moustache remarks. Notices warn trespass, reward for stock theft and poison cases, and general cautions about shooting or fence interference at Willamby with penalties under law.
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