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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1951
Page
1
A newspaper ad lists stock such as Sheer Nylon Hosiery Navy Socklets three for eleven pence Blue Silk Slumber Nets and Organdi Throwovers with specials. It notes items like Navy Gloves Supper Cloths and Ladies Hand Bags with reduced prices and mentions lace length of 65 yards.
The note outlines a dress department listing for a special sale dated March 11 featuring a 36 inch corded spun fabric in rose pink. It appears as a fragment of a catalog or advertisement item. The readable portion cites product type color and size with no further details.
Jack Read, of no fixed abode, was charged in Manilla Court with breaking into the Manilla Co-operative Stores storeroom and stealing sardines and salmon valued at £9. Committed for trial at Tamworth Quarter Sessions on February 12 with £80 bail. Detective Moore testified to the evidence of the January 5 admission and location of the loot. Read admitted climbing the storeroom and shop door screws and signed a self written statement drafted by the detective.
James Egan of Tamworth appeared before the S M Mr Hodgson at Manilla Court on a charge of beating and ill treating Lilian May Bracken on January 15. He was committed for trial at Tamworth Quarter Sessions on February 12, with ball set at 100 pounds and orders to report to Tamworth Police twice daily. Evidence included a knife found during a search and witnesses describing threats and an assault in Manilla Street.
The Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a ten day school of instruction for 60 selected junior farmers from Hawkesbury or Wagga Agricultural College. It will donate six state championship trophies and provide transport for junior farmers from the Royal Agricultural Show to Hawkesbury College. There are over 300 clubs in the state with total 1949 memberships around ten thousand.
The Manilla District Rural School announced successful candidates for the Intermediate Certificate including Robert N. Arthur Fay Austin Helen Bignall Ian H. Coote Peter Goote Colin Cotton Margaret Ferry John McNamara Shirley Li Sing Frederick W. Wark Desmond D. Yates and Mr EBennedy. A separate note mentions Adam Brown labourer of Halls Creek reporting a sale of twelve tins each of salmon and sardines at 15 shillings per dozen by an unidentified man.
On grueling country treks runners discover that endurance brings steadiness and ease. The piece notes how steady pacing and controlled breathing reduce fatigue, allowing athletes to cover longer distances with less effort than expected. It emphasizes training discipline and mental focus.
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