Tribute to J D Kennedy Leader in Manilla District
At Mandowa Council Friday a minute mourns the sudden death of John Duncan Kennedy a longtime solicitor to the council and principal in the firm still serving the council He led Manilla affairs from the 1890s serving 37 years as an Alderman twice Mayor and a foundation member of the hospital board committee He aided wartime and repatriation efforts and contributed as a Presbyterian elder and lay preacher His knowledge of land laws and Crown Lands Acts was widely sought R C Veness paid tribute at the Manilla Hospital Board noting his long service and enduring impact
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John Duncan Kennedy
Manilla
Manilla Agricultural Society
Mechanics Institute
Farmers and Settlers Association
Graziers Association
Kennedy
Presbyterian Church
Manilla Hospital
R. C. Veness
J. D. Kennedy
Veness
Boulder Canyon Dam Water Volume Claim
A claim states the Boulder Canyon Dam stores enough water to supply every person on Earth with 5000 gallons, illustrating the dam’s vast capacity and potential impact on global water supply.
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Boulder Canyon
Manilla Honors Late J D Kennedy Leader and Friend
An appreciation follows for John Duncan Kennedy who built Manilla's legal scene and community spirit over 56 years. He is praised as a scholar, debater, sportsman, and steadfast friend to returned soldiers, with calls to erect a main street memorial in his memory.
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Manilla
Manilla Bowling Green
Kennedy
John Duncan Kennedy
Police hunt cricket convict at Parkhurst prison game
Police rounded up a cricket convict who escaped during a prison team match at Parkhurst England while awaiting his turn to bat, triggering a manhunt.
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Parkhurst
England
Farmhouse struck by lightning kills fowl on Lile operation
A poultry farm near Lile suffered massive losses when a lightning strike caused the death of about 1500 goslings and 2500 ducks. The incident is described in archaic prose with garbled phrases but indicates a severe poultry mortality event in the era.
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Lile
Minor Prize Shared in State Lottery Drawn in Sydney
Mrs D Heaney and Miss Sing shared a minor prize in State Lottery No 2861 drawn in Sydney on Friday last. The prize valued at £40. Ticket number 30956. Both Mrs Meaney and Miss Sing are employees at G F B Grills office in Manilla street.
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D. Heaney
Sing
Sydney
Meaney
Miss. Sing
G. _F. B. Grills
Manilla Street
Tennis tournament earns praise from committee members
The Sunday event drew nearly 80 players with strong tennis throughout. In women doubles division one Gun ter and Kirk drew with Medhurst and Dyson after both teams won 39 of 48 games. Men doubles division one Grantham and Norris dominated, while division two saw Cocking and Witherdine claim top spot and Sutherland and Steel prevail in doubles. The second division marked the best roll-up and display of tennis this year.
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Mesdames Gunter
Kirk
Mesdames Medhurst
Dyson
Walter Williams Civil War survivor judged physically aged
Walter Williams described as 58 or 60 by doctors, in an assessment of his physical condition as a Civil War survivor. A London taxi driver was fined four pounds for refusing a fare to a Sheik of Kuwait, citing he was a foreigner.
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Walter Williams
Doctors
London
Kuwait
French Cartoonist Wins Best Comic Car Toonist Award
A Frenchman who won a prize for the best comic cartoonist of the year creates drawings at night in his home while working for an undertaker by day.
Australian youth to study priesthood in Dublin
Ronald Arthur Baker of Convent Parade Casino son of Mr and Mrs R P Baker and Brian Murphy of Grafton were selected from the Lismore Diocese to enter the Dublin seminary of Archbishop McQuaid. Ronald born in Manilla attended St Josephs Convent Manilla and St Marys Casino then St Col and completed the Intermediate and is to sail July 31 on the Strathairn to England before starting the September term in Dublin.
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Ronald Arthur, Baker
R. P. Baker
Convent Parade Casino
Brian Murphy
Grafton
Ronald
Lismore
Farrelly
Brian
McQuaid
Dublin
Ireland
Manilla
St. Joseph’s Cononet
Christian Brothers School
Wagga
Casino
St. Mary’s
Marist . Brothers
St.Coland
Australia
England
Het
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