Manilla Council Chases Bluett Memorial Award Entry
Manilla Municipal Council has completed and forwarded a 43 page Bluett Memorial Award entry to the Local Government Association. It covers 1953 council activities and town history, detailing major projects including tar paving, road equipment, library expansion, swimming facilities, rural electrification, water and sewerage extensions, park improvements, and a vacation Play Centre in cooperation with the National Fitness Council. The entry asserts ratepayers pay fair levies tied to benefits received and notes 1953 advances compare well with larger municipalities. award results expected early June. A separate note reports Kevin Johnson of Manilla Street fined £2 for offensive behavior after crackers were thrown on the Namoi River bridge by youths. no prior convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Local Government Association
Frank Chaffey
Namoi
Mandowa
National Fitness Council
NSW Amateur Swimming Association
Council
Poe
Manila
J. Stanford
Namoi River
Manilla Street
Blood Hounds on Broadway at the Palais Friday and Saturday
Damon Runyon’s Blood Hounds on Broadway screens in color at the Palais with Mitzie Gaynor and Scott Brady in a 20th Century Fox musical comedy. A Broadway hearted tale follows a bookie nicknamed Numbers Foster and a mob investigation, paired with the MGM comedy Dream Wife as the secondary feature with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon — Runyon
20Th Century Fox
Mitzie Gaynor
Scott Brady
the Palais
Technicolor
Damon Runyon
Runyon
Foster
Brady
Georgia
Miss Gaynor
Mitzi Green
Mike O'Shea
MGM
Cary Grant
Deborah Kerr
Walter Pidgeon
Lady Publican Farewelled at Royal Hotel in Manilla
A large group gathered in the Royal Hotel lounge on Tuesday night to bid farewell to Mrs. Irwin who has run the Royal Hotel for 14 months. She and her daughter left Manilla on Wednesday. Speakers praised her first class business conduct and popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Hotel
Irwin
Manilla
D. H. Kennedy
G. S. R. Park
Mandowa Shire
J. A. Byrnes
J. F. Byrnes
F. Coorey
W. J. Byrnes
Mrs. Irwin
Breaches Of Liquor Act At Manilla Hotels Headlines
Eight men found in the Imperial Hotel lounge after hours were not all charged. licensee John P. Thomas fined £10 with conviction not recorded under Liquor Act section 78B. Albert Clarkson of the Post Office Hotel fined £2 for Sunday liquor supply. Eleven more men fined a total of £19 for after hours liquor on licensed premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Thomas
Imperial Hotel
Manilla
Albert L. Clarkson
Post Office
D. H. Kennedy
J. D
Ckeefe
Kennedy
Sgt
O'Keefe
C. Gee
L. Sutherland
Sutherland
Locals Hold Armidale In Draw In Tight Football clash
Manilla and Armidale played to a 3 3 draw before about 1000 spectators. Manilla forged ahead with Allan Trehearne scoring and Manilla’s Goale late, while Armidale replied through Rawlings and steady forward work. The match showcased solid defense and bustling rucking with both sides pressing hard until the final bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Armidale
Manila
B. Flint
Browning
Flint
Bo Bennett
Co. Bull
J. Stanford
Brindle Baker
Stanford
Allan Trehearne
Madden
L. Orchard
K. Oehlers
M. Fletcher
R. Bishop
Rawlings
Moore Whitely
Jackson
Manillas
Goale
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Manchester
Col Border
Border
Erat Petere
Nett
Actill
Ccol
Dri
Onkaparinga
M. C. MacKenzie & Sons Pty, Ltd
Bluett
Kevin Johnson
Ma . B. Hodgson
Couusellor
Sir Walter Scott
John Ray
S.M
J. B. Hodgson
Clifford Gee
Lionel Sutherland
Wilfred Handsaker
Albert, Collins
Ernest Bushby
Vincent Sutherland
Mervyn Sutherland
Russell Young
Thomas Gee
Keith Sutherland
Robert Kelly
Reuben Matthews
Ates
Russia
Marcus Olivhant
Stoddart
Hayward
Footwear
Weariti
Sally Horner
Stoddart & Hayward Pty.; Ltd
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