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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1951
Page
4
A vivid diary of Sydney power woes and shortages during a citywide blackout regime. The writer notes daily 5 pm to 7 pm outages, spillovers between zones, scarce candles and kerosene lamps, and ruined meals. The piece laments industrial losses, rising unemployment, and social strain from blackouts, shortages, and crowded city life.
J T Lang reports on Century noting rising newsprint costs and reduced pages for the SM Herald Sun Sunday Sun and DT. Despite smaller papers, the four dailies claim a sales windfall of about 3.2 million pounds, with higher ad rates and more columns per page boosting revenue.
Notice warns that any person trespassing fishing or shooting or interfering with fences or property on Oakhamp ton Upper Manilla without permission will be prosecuted regardless of status. All previous permissions are canceled.
Twenty questions cover the path of eighteen year olds entering Australia’s compulsory national service training. Interviews begin soon to match each recruit with suitable branches and roles. The process will assess education, work, hobbies, and abilities like swimming to place recruits in engineering, signals, or artillery tracks. Recruits will receive certification of registration, medical notices, and assignment dates weeks before call up. Training will be condensed under the National Service Act, with four to five year terms and staged camps, pay retention, and CMF commitments. The aim is to encourage voluntary continued service in permanent or citizen forces.
A NSW droving epic recounts D Coleman from 1902 to 1910, driving 4800 mixed sheep 5000 miles across western Queensland to Brisbane works, with 19,000 sheep sold and over £5000 in wages. The tale recalls Moore and the inland myth of Moses and the Tsralites, and notes Coleman’s death three years earlier. a deaf drover famed as Deafy Coleman.
Any person found trespassing or fishing or interfering with fences or other property on Kirkconnel Without permission will be prosecuted without respect to persons.
A notice warns that trespass or removal of wood from Curragundi property will be prosecuted without regard to the person. Special attention is drawn to a property adjoining the stock route, Peter Winter 14/72/51.
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