Manilla War Memorial Park committee meeting notes progress
A Manilla War Memorial Park Committee meeting in the Council Chambers drew representatives from seven local organisations the Mandowa Shire and Municipal Council. Ald Grill welcomed delegates and outlined plans for a park at Manilla and Court streets with a playground facilities a shelter shed brick memorial gates lawns paths and seating. The group discussed financing with £5 000 estimated cost and £207 19 6 in hand. They decided to raise funds by direct appeal and to have local organisations host events and the Manilla Race Club seek a special racing date for the appeal. D O'Brien was named nominal secretary with a June meeting planned.
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Ald
G. F.B. Grill
Manilla
Court Streets
Wednesays
Grill
R. A. Browne
W. L. Bingham
R. F. Hardcastle
CWA
Assn
D. O'Brien
Meeting Cancelled and Branch Annual Meeting Set
The regular monthly meeting of the Manilla branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association scheduled for Friday March 25 has been canceled as it coincides with the Manilla Show. The annual meeting of the branch will be held on Friday April 2.
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Manilla
Farmers and Settlers Association
Street Stall Permits Granted By Municipal Council
At Tuesday’s council meeting three street stall applications were approved for Manilla Football Club on 20 March 1954 Mothers Club on 3 April 1954 and Roman Catholic Ball Committee on 15 April 1954. An additional application from the RSL Ladies Auxiliary for 15 April 1954 was granted after the Catholic Ball Committee’s earlier submission.Bookings for four stalls may be made six weeks prior to the stall date. The Town Clerk was authorised to accept tentative bookings up to a set period beyond six weeks to accommodate simultaneous requests.
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Manilla Football Club
Mothers Club
Roman Catholic Ball Committee
RSL Ladies Auxiliary
Catholic Ball Committee
Manilla motion on gate sharing falls short at Tamworth meet
Delegates from Manilla and allies gathered at Tamworth for the District League meeting. Manilla proposed sharing season gates 60 40 home away, citing higher travelling costs for smaller clubs like Manilla Quirindi Werris Creek. The motion lost 10 votes to 8 as Tamworth vice presidents swung support, keeping clubs to their own gates. Bull named coach. training at Showground Tue Thu Fri. two imports from St Gheorghe to settle in Manilla.
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Manilla
George Russell
Jack Bell
Tamworth
Quirindi
Werris Creek
No. 1
Oval
Walcha
Armidale
Uralla
North Tamworth
Bull
St. Gheorghe
Cricket Match Lineup For No 2 Oval Sunday
Wongo Creek faces Barraba on No 2 oval Sunday with Spicer Stevenson Annis Brown Thompson White Hardcastle Hawker Leach Porter Large Blair Blair Co Bell in lineup. Barraba squad on No 1 oval includes B Berry Hawker Geddes Byrnes Mace Stanford Mort Martin Jo Mullane Smith Berry.
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Wongo. Creek
Barraba
No. 2 Oval
Spicer
J. Stevenson
J. “Annis Brown
J. Thompson S. White
D. Hardcastle
E Hawker
G. Leach
B. Porter
P. Large
C. Blair
J. Blair Co. Bell
No. 1 Oval
B. Berry
H. Hawker
G. Geddes
P. Byrnes
R. Mace
J. Stanford
Mort
H. Martin
Jo ™ Mullane
Smith
EK. Berry
Mayor Thanks Girl Guides for North Coast Flood Appeal
The Municipal Council praised Manila Girl Guide Troop for a house to house collection that raised £29 19s 2d. The council donated £5 5s 0d at Tuesday's meeting, acknowledging the girls’ fine effort and thanking them.
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Manila Girl Guide Troop
Halls Creek electricity extensions meeting held
Town Clerk R A Browne and Electrical Engineer R M Johnson addressed about 35 residents on proposed rural electricity extensions to Halls Creek. They urged completion of questionnaires, noting signing does not bind landholders to install and that costs will be prepared and submitted to the Council for resident consideration.
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Halls Creek
Hails Creek
Browne
Hoppers Strike Manilla Area in Grasshopper Invasion
Swarms moved from Rushes Creek into Manilla on Wednesday morning causing damage to market gardens. By nightfall most hoppers had left. a few light swarms reappeared Thursday morning. Shields were fitted to cars and the Manilla Bowling Club protected the green as the main swarm followed the Namoi River toward the area.
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Rushes Creek
Manilla
Namoi
Halls Creek
Church Services Listed for Manilla Area
Church of England and Methodist schedules show services at Manilla and Milliwiindi with units at 1 30 am evensong 11 am and 7 30 pm Bible study plus Yoruba listings. Presbyterian notices mark Sunday School at 10 am and services at Manilla 11 am and 1 30 pm with Somerton 3 pm under Rev John Mitchell. Yugoslavia’s oil output has risen tenfold since 1939.
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Church OF England
Manilla
V. ‘Cy. Damcombe
Society
Ser‘Milliwindi
Hid. A
Presbyterian
Somerton
John Mitchell
Yugoslavia
Centre Gardens redesign plan and fence removal approved
Centre Gardens at Marilila Street will be improved by removing unsightly shrubs and cutting back obstructive growth. A future fence will not be restored, and the water pipe along the gardens may transfer to the mover if approved. Council also approved buying a motor mower for street garden upkeep. Also noted, South Africa sheep numbers reached 35.2 million, a ten year high.
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Gadens
Marilila Street
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Flannelette
OR Williams
NACO
M. C. MacKenzie & Sons Pty, Ltd
Manilla’s War Memorial Park
Manilla War Memorial Park
Mandowa Shire
Girl Guides
Centre Gardens
South
Africa
Aia
NCO
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