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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1951
Page
6
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr McEwen explains how bagged wheat received higher advances than bulk wheat. He cites No.11 No.13 and No.14 pools with initial 6d or 6d per bushel differences, later adjusted to actual sales differences, and notes growers recoup costs of bags and cré used bags.
In a Northern Territory cattle run of 2000 three year old steers sourced from Burnett Downs and Narromine Tran Trangie and Dubbo, Commonwealth Wool Ltd arranged shipments from Dubbo to Sydney. Only two head were lost on the 4000 mile trek amid floods and bogged crossings at Whylandra. Reynolds of Singleton bid £33 per head, but the offer was refused by owner Mr Reynolds-Telford.
A noisy Candia meeting sees a ratepayer accuse a councillor of neglect over overdue rates and road access from Goolhi, while Queensland detectives adopt disguises and raids to combat rail pilferage. Wool thefts surge due to shortages and high prices, with losses estimated above £50,000 annually.
The Manilla Girls Sports Club plans two Vigoro matches against Newcastle at the Manila Recreation Ground on Sunday January 28. Newcastle will field 40 players with one undefeated home pipe team meeting a 12-member Manilla side at 2 pm after a 10 am start for the first match.
David O Selznick presents Since You Went Away at the Palais for Saturday and Monday screenings. The film stars Claudette Colbert Joseph Cotten Jennifer Jones Shirley Temple Monty Woolley Lionel Barrymore Robert Walker with Hattie McDaniel Nazimova and others in a panorama of American home life during wartime.
Warner Bros presents a midweek program headlined by the musical April Showers featuring Jack Carson and Ann Sothern at the Palais with eleven numbers. Columbia’s Johnny Allegro stars George Raft as a crime lord in a case about a massive U S currency smuggling conspiracy with Raft as undercover lead and George Macready as the chief antagonist.
Pennant teams No 1 Moore Scott Byrnes Blanch Windeyer McKay White Brady W Ri Grantham D Kennedy North Davis and No 2 Kelly Grant Clayton J T Abertel Woolfe L Bignall A Jackson Dyson Stewart J A Bignall Pittman Freeburgh Cass will leave the club house at 12 45 pm. Results show North beat Davis 31 25. Saturday night’s fixtures include Grantham v Byrnes Windeyer v Blanch Garlyon v Hayward J Miller v L Ridgewell and Friday evening play is listed.
The Manilla Show runs six weeks from now to the annual event with Friday and Saturday dates March 2 and 3. Schedules have been circulated and copies are available from the secretary Mr G2 P Grill.
Twenty outback children from the Far West joined a three week seaside camp at Manly run by the Far West Children's Health Scheme. Ninety could not swim at start. twenty learned to swim after the first lesson. The group traveled from up to 300 miles away, with police supervision and medical checks, enjoying voyages to Taronga Park and theatre visits while facing transport hurdles from flood districts.
Edward Parish argued his car was serviceable in Bishops Stortford England despite loose fenders and faulty steering. Magistrate fined £5 after police testified the vehicle showed major defects including a broken floor and roof grass growth.
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