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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1944
Page
3
The Church of England reports Rev. V. C. Duncombe and Mrs. Duncombe leaving for Sydney for annual holidays. The Right Reverend J. Moyes MA DD will visit Manilla on February 13 to consecrate the church.
The Methodist Quarterly meeting planned for Friday night in Sydney is postponed because Rev. BR. White is absent. Mr White will return to Manilla by the weekend.
Church services listed for Manilla Somerton Rushes Creek and Wongo Creek show matins Evensong and worship times. Names include Rev White Rev Doncombe Mr Sutherland and Mr Heywood with various vicar appointments and Presbyterian morning and evening worship times.
A special meeting of the Manilla Sub-Branch of Returned Soldiers voted to open a fund to assist E. E. Tom Young, a WWI volunteer with the ALF later in WWII service. The drive, supported by the Returned Soldiers League, seeks public donations to support his wife and four children. A social and euchre party will cap the benefit at Memorial Hall on Saturday February 12.
Bowls matches fixed for Saturday with pairs James and Byrnes versus Swain and Blanch Kennedy versus Podmore Fisher versus North Fisher and Coupland against Dyson and Macleod. A heavy rainstorm last Thursday dumped 140 points of rain central to Suleor with damage across The Braew Kon area and adjacent properties. Allies were driven from The Braes banking area as floodwaters rose. Manilla saw steady rain with little wind and two hours of downpour, while western districts had lighter falls. The Namoi river valley remains flooded.
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