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Newspaper

Manilla Express

Location

Manilla, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Sep 05, 1952

Page

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Manilla Race Meeting Weights Declared at Tamworth

Weights for the local Manilla race meeting set for Saturday were released at Tamworth at 3 pm September 1. Included are 5 furs and 6 furs races with horses such as Armageddon Gun Dump Nation Land Great Day One Day Plymouth Pete Speardel Cheta and Felown in several handicaps and improvers events.

Nation Land Plymouth Pete Speardel Cheta Felown Red Andrew My Lord Black Duck Arabtout Chrysotta Kenmon Wanita Wnormal Wit Harri “Crown Mastery Adran Huntspitove Kensis Pembury Cornish Town Stop Fooling Furls Nordak Gay Ami Epsom Day Brown Gate Silver Spirit Grey Face Boss Wood Fidelis Miss George Mallash Cinder Progressive Handicap Rekaman Beau Gallant Chief True Tide Gay Drift Gun Dump Gold Trace Kywarra Fuls Hill Street Coronation Fun Heroic Chief Normal Wit Vanita Master Adran Huntsgrove Brown Gate Tamworth

Selections for Saturday horse racing cards noted

Racing entries show Flying Handicap Plymouth Pete Quizmaster Nordak and other contenders with field notes. Transport strike impacting railways slows movement as crews refuse to operate new engines claiming backward design cancels extra staff.

Art Union extended for Manilla Agricultural Society

The Manilla Agricultural Society extends the Art Union drawing date to January 5, 1953. First prize is a motorcar, second a refrigerator, third a wireless. Tickets cost £1 and are available from Secretary D. Hunt or other committee members. Proceeds fund a new grandstand at the Showground.

Manilla Agricultural Society Art Union The Agricultural Society D. Hunt

MGM's My Brother Talks To Horses at the Palais Friday

The Palais screens Metro Goldwyn Mayer's My Brother Talks To Horses about a boy who can speak to animals. Butch Jenkins stars with Peter Lawford and Beverly Tyler. Charles Ruggles leads a gamblers plot, while Spring Byington plays the eccentric mother. Also showing Double Deal with Richard Denning and Marie Windsor.

Metro Goldwyn Mayer the Palais Butch Jenkins MGM Charles Ruggles Peter Lawford Beverly Tyler Spring Byington Richard Denning Marie Windsor

Community Church Services and Local News

Church services are listed for Manilla Milliwindi Wongo Creek and Barraba with morning and afternoon times. A Sunday school 10 am at Manilla and a pipe band parade at 7 30 pm noted. A van carrying furniture capsized near Young. the driver named Snillings reported.

Manilla W. C. Duncombe Methodist Wongo Creek B. Tollis Presbyterian Barraba Somerton John Mitchell Womens Guild Snillings

Golf Notes By Hap hizard On a fine club weekend

Golf notes report a strong turnout for a two day weekend of golf with the course improving under Sunday mowing efforts. Tom Turner won the T Price trophy final round 5 down on a count back from J Turner while Mrs Waters won the first round of Mrs Taylors trophy for the associates. Next weekend features a working bee for Ladies Day and a social Associates day with a plate to be brought by ladies and a note about Diggers Day on September 14th with heavy artillery barred.

Associates T. Price R. Turner J. ©. Turner

Iron imports meet galvanised demand in New South Wales

The past year saw galvanised iron demand matched by supply with nearly 60 percent imported. Imported material costs are three times the domestic product. No current shortage exists in New South Wales per the Department of Agriculture.

New South Wales Department of Agriculture

Wool versus synthetics in the textile revolution

Reader's Digest condensed Fortune article weighs wool against rayon nylon and newer fibers like Orion Dynel Dacron Acrilan Vicara. Wool’s advocates argue it remains superior for dye, resilience and flame resistance, while synthetics offer elasticity moisture absorption and weathering traits. The piece notes wool still commands a niche, with sheep and wool bodies asserting its ongoing relevance in a changing market.

Orion Dynel Dacron Acrilan Vicara Reader’s Digest Fortune

Rabbits Could Become a Novelty Says Director

Dir J Wright told a Muswellbrook P P Board meeting that if myxomatosis continues to improve rabbits might become a novelty. Inspector D Goodchild added that rabbits are still dying from myxomatosis in the Board's area.

Dir. J. Wright Muswellbrook P.P. Board D. Goodchild

Counterfeit Money Falls to Cheque Fraud Rise in Australia

In Australia criminals shift from counterfeit bills to forging cheques as drink and nerve-related crime drive concerns. Authorities note increases in alcohol related issues and related offenses as the trend grows.

Printed and Published by the Manilla Propriety

Printed and published by the proprietor, George Arthur Greaves, of Manilla Street, Manilla, in the State of New South Wales.

George Arthur Greaves Manilla Street Manilla State of New South Wales

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