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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
4
Bolanifla Express and a North Western representative advocate for justice to the Commonwealth in a Saturday meeting on June 1. The event centers on governance issues and regional outreach, with attendees from local organizations and government offices.
Public notice announces Mandap goat and King birth day observed as a holiday while AML business Plac es unit Danke closes for the day. Thunder and dust affect Wednesday afternoon with a line of rain and a brief wind event. Rain totals include 22 faint inches locally and heavier rains in some areas. The Rain register notes 25 points and 27 points elsewhere. Improvements planned for Stoddart and Co. drapery department and Wunderlich dome ceiling will be erected with emphasis on lighting.
Abundance of grabs. We would call the attention of stock owners to the Vertisement on this issue of the auction sale of Springfield. We are aware that it is well situated with good substantial improvements and abundant feed. owners may offer immediate livery so a buyer could behave.
Reports from Manilla cover billiards tournaments at the McChannies Institute where Stewart and Kickham clashed before a large crowd with a possible championship rematch planned. The Manilla Public School contributes to the King Award fund. golf club activity increases as members organize. Produce prices show wheat at £10 per ton, lucerne hay £7 10s, corn 72, lucerne hay for 2G 108.
Our Corresponde reports a farewell party for Mr A Franks who led Keepit Public Chest for 18 months. Pupils Garnet Porter Arnold Porter and Thomas Thorpe presented a gold medal. Miss M Marr and Messrs Curry and Franks sang. A late supper followed until 5 a.m. in Moydeld.
A fragmented report notes a football meeting about town versus country players joining town teams. It mentions a junior match at the Tocat ground, a Thursday night chalk talk, and a union resolution to limit country players to reduce competition. Delegates are instructed to push groundwork for rules to prevent cross-town player clashes.
Stowpay match set for Monday at Luca ground with Wallabies represented by Leake facing junior team Sturdurde. Listed players include Oy Potts A.Page b Jones Lt Untig fredwiths B. Davis Vi Adama G. Lambert N. Moffat A. Rowland J etoo T. Taylor H. Mosh an B. Barker R. Standting Boer M'Donald A. Warden Moxhan Gevin R Holly 8. Moore W. Dolony I. Osborne V. Conglly Avesighth Py Corrigan halt P. Batley Cs Stewart F Longworthy Ta uuington Gee Bu Rimington 7 Bettizon B H. Smith C Venewo Smeegemles Basil Hall C Lancaster We Palilure
The readable fragment notes fewer than 237 applicants for three blocks of land within a mile radius of Goit's Harbor. It mentions a wartime union decision and a desire to prevail this season for small stations and holdings, with water and tax references unclear.
Reported line by line cricketer notes describe Australia winning by an innings and South Africa batted back, with Matthews achieving a hat trick and Bardelay noted for three centuries. The piece lists players like Pegler, Whitty, Kelleway, Hartigan and Matthews, and references records against England and South Africa.
The Mechanica Institute will host a series of University Extension Lectures arranged by the Literary Committee led by Mr. Macy Kenzie. Lectures begin Monday August 26 with Dr P A Todd on The Buried Cities of Pompeii Herculaneum and continue with topics on everyday life of the Romans and wireless telegraphy by various speakers through September 9.
A jumble of street names and events mentions Empire Day honorees, Manilla street cricket hopes, and a shooting club meeting. References to Mr Englert's gobila, H Dimmock, and local society notices appear with unclear details and scattered names.
Community notes debate rate increases for electricity and sanitary services in Mantua and Mis. nile. Residents discuss garage systems, improved values, and the push for municipal progress including street and lighting upgrades while opponents fear higher taxes and disrupted homes.
The Barkers College youths Lindsay Smith aged 17 and Dudley Macdougall aged 16 are named as NSW cadet reps bound for Canberra. They’re described as fine specimens, with Smith 10 inches tall and Macdougall around Ig tall, sons of a grazier at Dungog and a party clerk at Mudgee respectively. They will depart Sydney by the Sub Vic next week for the voyage awaiting their duties. Bilis and Mr Macverre have donated 25 pounds for the Library while Sydney notes an upcoming change.
Fragmented newspaper column satire and chatter about French and English affairs. The piece weaves in odd quips about France and a Linotype error, mentions a cockatoo reaching age 105, and riffs on travel and a Manila bird. It preserves local tone and humorous digressions.
Notices detail dissolution of the firm Jenne Vincent and Cecil Vincent with accounts due by March 30 and request balance within a week. Directors election results from Tamworth district show multiple names and votes. Church activities include boy choir training by Mr. A. G. Pearce, forthcoming June meeting, and a new church site proposal at Vanilla Creek area with plans to commence building next year.
Mr. B A Bashkin receives a commemorative position and departs with his wife for New Zealand to begin new duties in operations. He has long been associated with Anglican revival work and is widely liked for gentlemanly conduct. The ceremony at a wedding last year drew notable figures including Miss Olive Chapman Miss Mildred Hurley and others.
Members are notified of a general meeting of the Manilla Mechanics Institute. The date is Tuesday June 11 at 8 o'clock for purposes including discussing a proposal to boost the institute. Secretary Munthy Trustees Mechanics Institute.
The Municipality issues a public notice under the Local Government Act 1906 requiring all households to provide watertight garbage tins for collection. James Doak is designated to remove garbage within the municipality with no charge per removal, payable to the contractor. penalties apply for noncompliance up to £5. Signed J D Kennedy, Council Chambers, 20/5/12.
Fragmented wire service text covers alleged crimes and trials, a fatal tram accident in which a 13 year old boy died after being struck near Gongae, and court verdicts. Reports of 1712 floods in Hungary and disorderly strikes hint at wider unrest. A church hall talk by Miss Toshaet is noted with sparse attendance.
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