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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1936
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment mentions several service dates and times such as 9/6 and 4/6 plus 4/01 and 7/6. It references NN service and G DL, but lacks clear context or complete details for full interpretation.
Manilla Hospital President J V Dowe outlines advantages of a systematic contribution plan. Annual subscription for a man costs £2 12s with family rates. single contributors pay half. Benefits include free public ward board, daily allowances in private wards, maintenance payments for dependants, and reduced medical fees. Posters urged to inform the public.
Macs Tea Rooms at the Palais Theatre area offer morning and afternoon teas with specialties in sweets, fruit, drinks, small goods, ice blocks, and buffalo snows. Mr J N Kennedy notes a critic who declined hospital treatment, sparking his high medical bill, and urges everyone to join the scheme to save costs.
The text recalls a lightning strike witnessed by Fred Mitchell at Leonard’s Park Halls Creek during heavy December storms. A ball of fire dropped from the sky and burned a small dead tree near his house, a sight described as striking. An anecdote ties the event to the Mitchell family, noting his son Jim’s childhood arm injury from the same tree.
Gunnedah defeats Manilla by a large margin with players like Coates Anstey Hargraves and Easterman starring in a high scoring game. Bowling figures show Vidler and Anstey taking multiple wickets as the match ends with a tally of 261 runs and several notable performances. The report also notes other features from Hollywood fashion and an Arnhem land expedition.
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