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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
3
The postponed quarterly meeting of the Manilla Barraca Circuit will be held at the residence of Mr and Mrs W D Hartey at 8 pm this Friday. Harvest Festival is set for February 6 and 7 with services Sunday morning and evening and a Monday social and gift sale in the Methodist Hall.
On Friday February 4 at 3 PM in the Presbyterian Church a special Lantern Service will present the Rev Victor W Coombes after 21 years with India's peoples He will recount India Call with pictures and stories including Jumbo the baby elephant Admission is free and a collection will be taken
Church notices list services in Manilla with Matins at 7.30 p.m and Evensong at 11 a.m led by J R Sutherland B Se Agr Rev C Dawson View Manilla and Rev R G White plus a reference to New Mexico Presbyterian services.
Morning Worship at 11 a.m. and Evening Worship at 7 30 p.m. Services in New Mexico at 4 p.m. Senior P F A meets Tuesday at 4 p.m. Harvest Festival services set for Sunday February 4 with a Lantern Lecture on February 4 titled India Cuf ing. Rev D F Roberts.
Matches scheduled include Byson and Mac leod versus Fisher and Coupland Kennedy versus Blanch North versus Swain with decisions due Monday.
The honorary secretary reports steady donations for ex Digger Tom Young who served in both world wars and is discharged without pension. The Returned Soldiers League backs the effort to rehabillitate him with tools of trade to support his wife and four children. A local resident donated £3 3s with pledge to reach £5 5s if nine more join. Lambs wood sundries and country support are arriving. An Euchre party and dance is planned for Saturday February 12 with open air play if weather allows and prizes donated. Australia Day holiday Monday January 31 includes post office arrangements at Manilla with extended hours and mail delivery updates.
Last week an English coastal unit scored a direct hit on a ship off the French coast twenty miles away. The vessel blew up and sank, marking the longest direct kill ever recorded in the engagement.
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