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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
2
A bay gelding with a white near hind foot and a facial scar is held at the Manilla pound. The notice states the animal will be sold at noon on January 19 1939 if not claimed by owner John Blair pound keeper Manilla.
Thrifty buyers are offered better values from larger stocks at the Popular Corner Store. Featured items include 80 inch sheeting at 2 shillings 11 pence per yard, 54 inch sheeting at 1 shilling 11 pence per yard, housewife pillow slips from 1 shilling, pure cloth at 1 shilling 9 pence, ready-made unbleached pure cloth at 7 shillings 6 pence, and taped ends at 1 shilling 6 pence. The store pledges attentive service and value.
Manilla experienced a calm Christmas with little commercial rush. Shops stayed open until 10 p m on Xmas Eve and reopened only January 29. Rivers and weather dominated holidays with heat waves and record rainfall in nearby towns.
A public auction will clear Mrs. E. O. T. Bowman household furniture and effects at Strafford Street Manilla on Wednesday 11th January. Auctioneer is Mr. W. J. Byrnes with particulars appearing in this issue.
The first sheep sale of the year meets in Manilla on Friday January 20 with auctioneer Mr W J Byrnes inviting entries and early particulars urged for exhibitors and buyers.
A list of residents and visitors in Manilla and NSW during the Christmas and New Year period includes Cliff Turner in Brisbane visiting family, Ald and Mrs Davis touring southern NSW, Reg Chapman starting a job in Narrabri, and numerous Sydney and coast trips. Car accidents and illnesses are noted, with Miss Mavis Maunder celebrating her 21st birthday and other locals taking holidays to Armidale, Gosford, Port Macquarie, Tasmania, and Manly.
Municipality of Manilla warns residents on Railway Hill and southern areas of a daily electrical supply interruption from 4 a.m. to noon starting Friday 6 January 1939 for mains renewal. Town Clerk W Filsell notes Council Chambers Strafford Street Manilla. 5/1/1939.
Saturday and Monday showings feature Sonja Henie Richard Greene in My Lucky Star and Under Suspicion with Jack Holt. Wednesday adds Topper with Constance Bennett Cary Grant and Partners of the Plains with Gwen Gaze William Boyd. An auction sale of Rockdale property on Saturday week January 14 at 2 30 at the Mechanics Institute Manilla by A C Veness and Sons and W J Byrnes trustees sale under the late Benjamin Chapman estate details in advertisement.
This issue carries particulars on closing of entries for the Royal Show. The event runs from April 1 to 12 with details to be observed in the notice.
At the Manilla Show Committee meeting the unanimous wish was to again hold the District Exhibit at the 1939 Manilla show. Ed Nixon, in charge of the Exhibit, spoke and expressed willingness to stage it.
The Shire of Mandowa council registered gates under Ordinance No. 59 Local Government Act 1919. Barraba Kingstown Road near Baker's Creek Road junction is numbered 238 and another gate near Warrabah Homestead along the same road is numbered 239 in Warrabah Parish County Darling. J Coates Shire Clerk.
The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission lists an application by Greta Johnston for a pump on the Namoi River in Keepit parish Darling County for irrigation of 15 acres. Interested parties are asked to notify the Commission with support or objections by the stated deadline.
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