12 Nov 1954
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1954
Page
1
Advertises 48 inch flooring and 49/6 yard floor rugs with many patterns. Prices include 29/11 42/6 69/11 and 9 x 10 6 inch or 9x12 sizes. Carpet squares and reclass ts listed with a £38/2/6 tag and other numbers like 1 49/19/11.
Returning Officer J Wilcox declared compulsory voting hours for the Tamworth Electoral Division referendum. Hotels will close, voters must cast ballots on retention or extension of closing hours from 6 pm to 10 pm. Polling booths will operate at Manilla Council Chambers Banoon School Halls Creek F and 5 Hall New Mexico Fagan Woolshed Upper Manilla Public School Winfold Homestead Whongo Creek Lyndhurst.
A bishop argues on November 13 that extending hotel bar closing hours is a moral issue. He cites personal experiences in Sale and Bingara showing no “swilling” or overcrowding and warns longer hours may lead to increased drinking, lost wages, and home sorrow. He urges the public to vote against longer hours and to back real reform.
Rev H J A Emms argues against extending liquor hours urging consideration of effects on families homes and traffic. He cites past voting trends and comparisons to other states noting accidents and social harm while urging voters to weigh community impact before casting ballots.
Tamworth Musical Society will stage a test production of Going Up at the Palais Theatre Manila on Monday night. Cast of over 50 features Marge Graham Bernie Riordan and Bill Walker with music numbers including I Want a Boy and Touch of a Woman's Hand. Produced by George Bailey with Shirley Burke guiding the choreography. Newcastle equipment supplied the cockpit prop. Inverell Council refuses economy homes as sub standard.
Mr A M Howard who has served as Inspector of E Schools for the Tamworth District for seven years is notified of his transfer to Parramatta. The appointment takes effect from the start of the 1955 school year. His successor will be F W Vere, formerly district inspector Forbes, known in Manilla for years as headmaster of Manilla District School.
At the Palais Theatre Frid- Sat the feature attraction Distant Drums from United States Pictures is promoted as an unusual adventure epic. Filmed on location in technicolor it portrays the Seminole Indian Wars of 1840 in the Florida Everglades with wildlife sequences. Star Garry Cooper is joined by Mari Alden with Johnny Weismuller in Valley of the Headhunters as the supporting feature.
A dense OCR of race results lists numerous horses and handicaps with prices and times such as Our Cliff Flash On Lunar Fieme and Gipsy Lou. It charts events like Maiden Handicap Manilla Handicap and Progressive Handicap across six furlongs and more with figures like 8.0 8.7 and 9.3 for various entrants.
The report lists entries for Saturday racing at Epsom with IMPROVERS and HANDICAP divisions. Races include Silver Peter, The Grip, GRAND, and Gipsy Lou among others, with entries from trainers and owners noted in the card.
The Rural Review lists events for the week starting Monday November 16. G Thomas notes Junior Partner Programme on November 16, J Osborne previews Curlewis Plant Breeding Station research, J C Cotsell presents A Design for Sheep Breeding on November 17, and again on November 18 with a second design by Cotsell.
A Manila Branch meeting of the Farmers and Settlers Association resolved to obtain guidance on selling seed wheat. Mr Russell Scott advised growers must apply to the Australian Wheat Board for permission to sell seed wheat and notify the Board of quantities sold. He stressed that no wheat other than seed may be sold outside the Pool without Board permission.
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