25 Jan 1952
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1952
Page
1
Mandowa Shire Council adopted the Estimates of Income and Expenditure for 1952 and set a rate of 44d in the pound on the U C V. The minimum assessment was fixed at £1, and the 44d rate matches the levy from 1951.
List of Manilla district students who passed the 1951 Intermediate Certificate Examination. Names include Trevor Water, Brenda Cotton, and others from Manilla Rural School Tamworth High School and Christian Brothers College Tamworth. Details on subjects and certificates to follow from each principal.
Cricket teams to play Attunga No 2 oval on Saturday with lineups including H Martin P Wither din Faulks G Rowe M Dyson P Bell Dally Sing B White J Russell R McDonald W Cliffe and Wray Cooke (12th). Alpals set to meet Halls Creek at Halls Creek listing Jack Bell D O'Brien F Wark C O Rielly B Fett D Thilfe D Coote M Roberts S White R Weatherall B Pengilly.
Church services listed for England Manilla Rushes Creek Somerton Hajls Creek and Hajls Creek again show times for litany evensong and combined services. Rev V C Duncom Rev J A Emmis Rev John Mitchell are named with times 7 30 am 9 30 am 3 pm and 7 30 pm across Presbyterian Methodist and Hajls Creek locations.
A satirical verse targets Prime Minister Menzies and Prime Minister Evatt addressing taxation, pensions, and inflation. It references Canberra Perth Sydney and coal miners, lamenting depres sion era hardships while invoking national leadership and wartime debt issues. The rhyme combines political names with ironies about financial strain and public works.
At the Palais the Technicolor musical To Get By is announced as the Tuesday and Wednesday next attraction. Star billing includes June Haver William Lundigan Gloria De Haven Dennis Day and Harry James with Thelma Ritter Steve Allen and Danny Daves aport and Jeanne Crain Dan Dailey Victor Mature and Reginald Gardiner as guest stars. The film features two dozen year era songs and production numbers set in New York venues and studio sound stages including Roxy Theatre night club radio studios and a Harbour of Missing Men subplot with Richard Denning and Barbara Fuller.
Industrial growth in rural areas includes a Grafton brewery planned at 400000 pounds and a baby food factory at Off's Harbour costing 5110000 pounds, signaling a push to expand production capacity and local employment.
Mandowa Shire Council reviewed three letters on road conditions and safety. O G Baldwin urged action at Greenhatch Crossing Somerton while H Burgess, operator of Manilla School Bus Route, described dangerous sections and called for repairs before school starts. The council agreed to advise Baldwin and have Engineer Jochimson consult with Division of Main Roads about a bridge or crossing. Burgess highlighted numerous risky spots, but the engineer reported only rough patches. major works would wait until current tasks finish.
At Admiralty House on January 1 Roy Kippax, director of Blind Services NSW, was awarded the MBE becoming the first blind man in the state to receive the honour. The citation notes his decades of service and leadership in rehabilitation, education, and welfare for the blind, including founding clubs and teaching Braille to prisoners, soldiers, and the deafblind.
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