Rabbit Good Zerakt Tribune Praise Sparks Debate
Mr. Lewis scoffed at the idea rabbits were trapped and handled. He claimed enormous hunts were hand, grain-fed, and accurately recorded with wrecked plane details. A Wednesday petting and approach contest is planned on the golf course. The school Christmas party was held yesterday. The Herald Tribune’s recipes for Australian rabbits were rejected as unnecessary tinkering.
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Zerakt Tribune
Lewis
Herald-Tribue
Federal ministries through Australia's early Commonwealth era
A survey lists the ministries since the Commonwealth's proclamation fifty years ago. It details baron, Deakin, Watson, Reid-McLean, Fisher, Cook, Hughes, Bruce Page, Scullin, Lyons, Page, Menzies, Chifley and Curtin periods, plus Forde and Padden references and the 1949 Menzies term.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Baron
Deakin
Watson
Reid-McLean
Fisher
Cook
Hughes
Bruce-Page
Scullin
Lyons
Page
Menzies
Padden
Curtin
Perods
Forde
Chifley
Manilla stock sale yields high prices across cattle and sheep
J Byrnes auction yard in Manilla reports 550 cattle sold at an average near £20 per head and 2700 sheep at 58s per head. Fat stock dominated, with 34 truck loads moved out, and top lots included Herefords from Pine Cliffs and Glenriddle Barraba cattle. Numerous prices for fat cattle, vealers, cows and calves, and store stock are listed, reflecting strong demand across many properties and buyers.
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Vv. J. Byrnes
Manilla
Fremont
Pine Cliffs
Carada
Glenriddle
Barraba
Hereford
Killara
Vailele
Sorrento
Leuton
Cuerindi
Coolamatong
Tyrone
Glenbrook
Stonefield
Croydon
Halls Creek
Ingleden
Wilgavale
Carlowrie
Craigneish
Mandowa Shire Engineer Report on wartime road repairs
The Shire Engineer reports an exceptionally wet season hindering maintenance across Mandowa Shire. Creeks, soakages and flood damage disrupted traffic on roads including Pillerine, Cor Ella, Upper Manilla, Middleton, Dunmore, Hails Creek, Bungendore, Lower Somerton, Attunga and Yarramanbully. Repairs by Garryon and Herman crews, plus local labor, faced repeated floods and unsuitable equipment. The Namoi Road and Tarwonga road required repeated fixes, while Trunk Road No 63 faced contractor plant shortfalls and the proposed cancellation of contract 2/49 with fresh tenders sought.
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Garryon
Tarwonga Road
Porer
Bungendore
Retreat
Smith
Manilla
Soakages
Boggabri Road
Tamworth Road
Alpals, Sores clash at No 2 Oval next Saturday
Cricket action set for No 2 Oval with Alpals facing Sores at 1:45 pm. Local lineups include Evans Bell Dyson Weatherall Coleman Bushby Wicks Wicks Coote Forward Flets Pengilly Wark. Also notes on road works, contracts, and a 1950 traffic census along Manilla Barraba section.
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Alpals
No. 2 Oval
K., Evans
J. Bell
Dyson
R. Weatherall A
Coleman
K. Bushby
S. Wicks
M. Wicks
Coote
B. Forward
B. Flets
Pengilly
F. Wark
Health Inspector Reports Sanitary Pass in Manila Municipality
Health Inspector Mr John Blair submitted the monthly report to council. Sanitation in streets including Court Kennedy Hill South Stoddart Vie itor and Railway Manila Street was satisfactory with no seizures or condemned food. Weeds such as Star Thistle Bathurst Burr Noogoora Burr and Galvanised Burr were addressed though some remain in Southbrook. Mint weed is less prevalent this year due to saffron thistle growth. One plan for a blacksmith shop at Strafford Street and Alexander Lane is submitted for council direction.
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John Blair
Manilla
Court
Kennedy
Than Hill
South
Stoddart
Vieitor
Manila St
Namoi River
Southbrook
New ABC Station Planned Near Glen Innes
Postmaster General H L Anthony informs the Glen Innes Upranch of the Northern Farmers Union that a proposed new radio station for New England will be located at or contiguous to Glen Innes.
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ABC
Glen Innes
H. L. Anthony
Northern Farmers’ Union
Radio
New England
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Bagzing Tims
Manilla Harvester CO
Bly
Jst” Ite
Cooper EE Res Peotart
Ita
A. C
Veness & Son
Coomt Engineering
M. Wethers
M. Wetlers
Owes
Messrs. Warner
W. H Crowley
Hagan
Johnston
Fitzgerald
Fagan
Carter
Byrnes
Armstrong
Jones
Veness
Eckert
Atkinson
O'Leary
Pilon
Bignall & Sons
Gurd, Hall, Roberts, Gore, Boyton, Doring, Simpson, Thom & Sons
Blanch, Ratliff, Grantham, May, Porter, Berry, Costelloe
Skewes
Glenriddle Pastoral Co
Kywarra” Estate
Misses Baldwin and
Wilson
Mesdames Woolaston and
Carey A
G. Nicholson
Department of Agriculture
Shire
Mandowa
Hobden
Owiay
Berriman
Rushes Creek
Boral-Tarpoly
Department of Main Roads
Manilla Barraba
Mantus
Tarpoly Bridge
Mr. P. Hunt
Trundie
New South Wales
Fordson
Ustralia
Westrella”, Trundle
N.S.W
Gilgai
P. Hunt
A. C. Veness & Son
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