29 May 1931
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 29, 1931
Page
1
Reports from the Shire and Municipal Councils, Mechanic's Institute, and Show Society summarize recent actions and upcoming events. The notes cover approvals, public notices, committee updates, and community activities across the local bodies.
An item published by Alton Richmond McLeod for the Manilla Express describes measures in Manilla, in North Wales Queensland, with 10,000 men at work on ongoing operations half full time and half intermittently. The plan is expanding quickly to absorb the unemployed.
In Young, a mayor from the Lazsarini line faces a council revolt. A suspended Town Clerk is reinstated amid heated debate. Aldermen vote 6 to 2 demanding the mayor’s resignation, while he defiantly refuses to quit. The scene draws 70 residents as proceedings near stalemate. The row hinges on discipline, ceremony, and control of the town government.
A special council committee led by Mayor McLeod proposed broad showground facilities at Manila Recreation Ground. Recommendations included horse and cattle yards, sheep yards, hurdles, ring, segments of picnic ground, fowl houses, caretaker facilities, stock assembly yard, potential pavilion, seating near the railway viaduct, tree work, and bylaws for the show with possible free ground use. The council adopted the report after limited debate amid a censure motion against the town clerk and mayor.
An incomplete clipping describes a man questioned about his wife and a tonic sold as Kruschen, noting customer reactions and prices at 2 shillings 9 pence per bottle. It mentions age references and unsettled details about the wife.
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