Manilla District News Review of September Methodist plan meeting
The September Quarterly Meeting notes gains in new members offset losses by removals and death. The minister plans to leave at year end. successor to be appointed by the conference. Annual andSpring Fair results praised despite flu and cold weather. funds split between Manilla Church Trust and Circuit fund. The piece also covers Sunday School work, local nursing appointments, a Parraba concert, a Japanese observer report, and a feature on Mrs. Harry Burrell’s scientific work with her husband and their Donovan Kensington home museum.
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A. C. Veness
Thomas Bowman
A. Nixon
Bowman
Messrs
J. R
F. E. Heywood
Circuit
Manilla
Presbyterian Sunday School
Ti-tree
New Mexico
D. Elliott
D. Woolfe
A. Martin
Tempera
Armidale
Griffith
Barraha
Picture Theatre
Ftnet
Carse
Parraba
C. N. Scott
Sunday Sun
Harry Burrell
Burrell
Kensington
Tamworth Hospital Election Brings Replacements and Surprises
Tamworth District Hospital election results show all nine incumbent board members re elected with four new entrants. Sixty percent turnout, double August’s voided poll, and higher than the latest Tamworth Municipal Council turnout. Manilla weekend heat drives many to dip at the swimming pool as a popular local respite.
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Tamworth Hospital
Tamworth District Hospital
Tamworth Municipal Council
Manilla
Home Mission Returns and Parish News for Barraba Area
The nett takings were £26 odd to renovate Barraba Church. Sisters Knight and Boardman take over Matron Smith's Private Hospital in Manilla. The Home Mission returns were slightly lower due to bad weather, with £43 odd raised.
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Barraba
Knight
Lismore
Boardman
Kempsey
Earphone debate experiment at Disarmament Conference
Delegates and journalists used a miniature receiving set with earphones to follow speeches while moving about the conference corridors and pressroom. The system transmitted whispered exchanges at the top table, prompting the Secretary General to halt the service and return everyone to the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Mystery beast sighting near Guoyah hill country in Victoria
A Trafalgar farmer and his two sons report hearing a strange call and seeing a large fawn colored beast. tracks with horse hoof spread and a 6 ft stride were found, the animal reportedly leaping 10 feet up an embankment. Nearby a limited motor car company with £1000 nominal capital registered in Melbourne plans car manufacture.
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Trafalgar
Guoyah
Tyne
New England Wool Auctions Set for November Sales
Newco plans a November catalogue with 4000 to 5000 bales, aiming for early auctionroom bids on New England wools. Additional sales are scheduled for November 23 and December 14, with a January 11 sale for late-shorn wools to aid orderly marketing amid favorable exchange rates and buoyant market conditions. Last week saw record consignments to NEMCO, exceeding last year’s pace. The year’s school exams are expected to reach a new high with about 78,700 entrants across primary, intermediate, and leaving certificate levels, including 17,000 contesting high school entrances and 6,000 bursaries. The primary final will be held on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England North and North-West Producers’ Co. Ltd
Newco
New England
Newco Realings
eFor
Cattle station owner in drought sells hides to Cairns
During a Gulf country drought an owner lost 4000 head of cattle. Workers produced 2900 top grade and 300 inferior hides and raised them to Cairns Queensland. The owner received £4 18s in return and wonders why leather is so dear.
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Gulf Country
Northern Territory
Cairns
Eureka Station Complication Prompts Loud Exchange
A dispute over the pronunciation of Eureka triggers a noisy exchange aboard a train. The guard and the station master clash over the name, provoking passengers to react as the stationmaster and guard trade sharp taunts about honesty amid the moving carriages.
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Eureka
Tamworth Parish Vicar Vacancy Filled by Canon Best
The Tamworth parish appoints Canon Walter Paige Best T. L., vicar of Armidale and sub-Dean of St. Peter's Cathedral, to fill the office of vicar after the resignation of Ven. Arel. Deacon Fairbrother, with unanimous election by the Board of Presentation.
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Tamworth
Arel
Fairbrother
Walter Paige Best
T. L
Armidale
St. Peter's Cathedral
Board of Presentation
The Tramcar That Went By in South End England
A crowded tram in a South End street paused as the driver left the platform and did not return. Panic spread among women passengers who cried to stop the tram while a man on the back rushed to regain control. The tram halted abruptly and a voice from the rear asserted control, claiming to drive from there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tredl
England
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Manilla Agricultural Society
J. A. Rochfort, Ap.la., F.lis
Imperial Hotel
Wally Dickson
The
Imperial
Cooper's
William Cooper Proprietors
Cooper Agents
Worm K
Cooper
Canberra
J. Smiles CO
Manilla & District News
Japan
S. G. Pacey
Marella
Mr. Pacey
Pacey
Parey
Australia
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
White Sea
Geneva
Vpability
Melbourne
Harry Grady
Blic
Post Orfice Hotel
Roma P
Progressive Company
Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Limited
Prike
Prier
J. Colvin
Newcastle Wool Sales
NEMCO
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