Christmas Fete Raises £70 at Church Grounds Gala
The second Annus fete at Garden grounds adjoining the church opened Friday afternoon with lit stalls and a mobile stage. An local orchestra performed as stalls showcased fancy, sweet, flower, produce and refreshment sections. A nail driving contest won Miss Gray a dressing jacket. Proceeds totaled 70 pounds with detailed stall-by-stall receipts and guild leadership praised for effort.
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G.veness
Misa L. Veness
Hilton Veness
Horace Shelden
A. G. Pearce
Mr. Stone
Tloe
Amon
Edier
Gray
McLellan
Miss Rowe
N. Adie
D. Geddes
A. Geddes
Alma Ferris
Phyllis Hall
Fish Pond
Nancy Adie
Thelma Ferris
Mars Grantham
Hoop la
Jock Kennedy
Lev. Grantham
Lev. Grantham. Proceeds £ 6/5/7. Refreshments—Mrs. C. Coote
G. Ferris
E. Hamilton
R. Fulonger
The Endless Search for Security and Fearful World
A reflective essay argues fear drives nations to endless arms races and war. It decries how security fantasies, costly weapons, and political wrangling fail, asserting true safety comes only from trust in fellow humans and shared sanity under the Creator.
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Vnt
Frazer
France
Germany
Tudin
Egypt
Nile
Securiy
Teva
Europe
Australia Battleship Sink Plan Sparks Sydney Debate
Mr MacNamara argues in the Daily Telegraph that sinking the battleship Australia near Coff's Harbour would save costs. He challenges ministerial claims on depth and feasibility and suggests uses for wreckage in defense works, noting Sydney observers and local opinion.
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Mr. MacNamarra
Coff
Daily Telegraph
Australia
Davy Jones
Locker
Defence
Austria
Coff’s Harbor
England
Australis
Benefit entertain ment staged by Wongo Creek residents
Wongo Creek residents plan a Friday night benefit to aid fall funds with a programme supplied by the Manilla merrymakers under the conductorship of Mr A J Dean. A pleasant moonlight evening is expected to boost attendance and ensure success.
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Wongo Creek
Manilla
A. J. Dean
Skuthorp Show to Visit Manilla This Week
The famed rough riders will tour Manilla on Monday and Tuesday, December 3 and 4. The standout pony Fireil has generated much interest and should deliver a strong draw as the show progresses.
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Manilla
Christmas appeal to aid babies at St Margaret's Hospital
The Sydney charity describes two births in stable settings and urges readers to buy No 5 Christmas Present Appeal tickets to raise funds for infant care. Each ticket funds one day of care, with larger prizes for longer commitments, benefiting babies in need at St Margaret's Hospital.
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Sydney
St. Margaret's Hospital
Darlinghurst
St. Margaret's Hosital
Pitt Street
New State movement tour highlights Northern NSW resolve
Professor H Nenarene reports on visits to Armidale Manilla and other towns praising local unity and irrigation plans powered by Namoi waters. He notes New State supporters will finance projects directly, bypass Parliament, and warn against partisan delays.
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Profesor H. Nenarene
Manilla
North
Plen ‘Evening News
Armidale
Sydney
N.S.W
New South Wales
Gunnedah
Boggabri
Narrabri
Wee Wau
Walgatt
London
Earle Page
Queensland
P.W
Northero
North Shore Bridge
Australia
Cricket Union discusses Tamworth match and team trials
The Cricket Union met with H Dimmock as president and J N Kennedy secretary noting a date for a Tamworth match on December 8. Players chosen for Probables and Possibles next Saturday, with twelve men per side and no separate first and second teams.
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The
Cricket Union
Tamworth
Oval Nest
Hall’s Creek
D. Lyall
W. Ganon
J. N. Kennedy
T. Abberfield
K. §. Green
H. Boland
H.kave
L. Coote
J. Reeves
P. O'Conor
W. Gilroy
W. D. Hartrey
A. J. Watts
J. Munro
N. Abberfield
C. Sherwood
J. Barwick
M. Moffat
A. Geddes
C. Watts
G. Snape
C. McDonald
Wii
Remarkable Invention to Stop Vehicles by Electric Coils
Paris Morning Post reports German war ministry tests to halt aeroplanes and cars from a distance. Liberte reveals a French engineer plans a similar method using electric coils to stop street vehicles, noting an experiment where a taxi was halted from a window.
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Paris
Morning Post
Ministry of War
Berlin
War Ministry
Attunga Leads In First Round Standings As Tamworth Tops
Tamworth leads the competition with 9 points followed by Calala 6 Sol diers 5 Piallamore 4 Aitunga 4 New State 3. Calala beat Attunga on Saturday with some players absent. T Jackson scored 57 retired and appeared for Attunga in a late, costly chase.
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Tamworth
Calala
Soldiers
Piallamore
Aitunga
New State
Attunga
T. Jackson
Drought Stricken District Sees Officials Visit Mamilla
Constable M Clarke receives transfer notice toCampbelltown and the Court House Hotel is now under Mr Tomkins. McDonald and Sharp from the Department of Agriculture visited Mamilla to view the drought affected district with the Mayor.
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M. Clarke
Campbelltown
Tomkins
Court House Hotel
Messrs. McDonald and Sharp
Department of Agriculture
Mamilla
Obituary of Mr Charles A McCaffrey of Gunnedah
Mr Charles A McCaffrey, 69, longtime Gunnedah resident and brother of Mrs Hugh King of Manilla, died Saturday. He left a grown family of six children, three sons and three daughters. Funeral was held Sunday morning with Rev Father Keene officiating and a large attendance. He was a native of the Hunter River region.
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Gunnedah
Charles A. McCaffrey
Hugh King
Manilla
McCaffrey
Nedah
Father Keene
Hunter River
Auctioneers Licenses Granted At Justice Meeting
At the annual Justices meeting held at the Court House this morning the bench including I. W. Onslow-Thompson Ed. Bowman J. F. Wearne and A. B. McLeod granted licenses to Vincent J. Byrnes Henry Samuel Dimmock Oscar Earnest Hall William Thomas Langworthy junior Edmund Victor Kremer Thomas Sylvester O'Brien Alfred Cowper Voness An application by George Bond Mate of Manilla was adjourned sine die.
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Court House
I. W. Onslow-Thomposn
Ed. Bowman
J. F. Wearne
A. B. McLeod
Vincent J. Byrnes
Henry Samuel Dimmock
Oscar Earnest Hall
William Thomas Langworthy
Edmund Victor Kremer
Thomas Sylivester O’brien
Alfred Cowper Voness
George Bond
Mate
Manilla
Police Court Remands Man on Theft Charges
James Frederick Lynn appeared before J.P. A R B McLeod on three theft charges from Tamworth. Accused of stealing a bay mare from Mary Kelly at West Manilla, a saddle from Hilary Wheeler, and a bridle and blanket from Monty Sing. Remanded to December 18, 1923 at 10 a.m. Bail not applied for. Also notes Mary Pickford's quote on the invisible cast in film and a local screening at Coulton's Pictures.
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A. RB. McLeod
J.P. James Frederick Lynn
Tamworth
Mary Kelly
Weat Manilla
Hilary Wheeler
Monty Sing
Mania
Mary Pickford
Coulton’s Pictures
Hospital Stall Aids Manila Hospital Funds
Red Cross Society members held a successful Saturday stall to raise funds for Manila Hospital. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Wearne for cake, Mr C Dove for a box of sweets, and Mr Michael for a centre piece. A severe thunderstorm with hail and vivid lightning struck Doon, recording 43 inches of rain.
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Red Cross Society
Manilla Hospital
Wearne
C’. Dove
Michael
Kerr
Doon
Bendemeer
Shane
Poly
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