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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
2
Partial OCR reads like a stray schedule with scattered names and months. Trinity, September and October terms appear garbled, with mentions of a Stealer and a Mess ature Sepr, leaving unclear events.
The article notes welcome rainfall boosting wheat prospects and wool production in Australia as grazing and farm areas recover. It discusses improved market outlooks, steady steel markets, and the broader question of naval defense, urging Australia to bolster sea power while maintaining ties to the British navy. It references American naval visits and proposes states contribute ships to form a future Australian navy core.
The text hints at urgent federal political matters shaping land policy. It notes tension over land allotments near Tees River Estate and the need to exclude already overfilled groups. A suggestion mentions reallocation for wettleniest amid a shifting crisis atmosphere.
Prastyterian minister Munro Scott visits Manilla after conducting Sunday services at Bective and Somertum. News snippets report meetings postponed due to bad weather and a Farmers and Settlers Assn gathering rescheduled for Mechanics Institute. Also noted are a theatre show at Mechanics Institute, a Church of England sale of work, and land sale details near the post office plus auction of race privileges for Spring meeting.
This brief note reviews the current issue of Our Work published by Salvation Army Australia and New Zealand. It highlights church activities in Hogland Parish Magilla and includes Young Folk's Corner items for children. It references a 907 8 report and sketches Rescue and Prison Work with cost notes.
A man from Manilla plans to move to the Wellington district in New South Wales and has secured a property named Belmont. The farm is nine miles from Branilla and will be submitted for public auction on Saturday, October, by auctioneers Muss A. O. Veness, with Wilshire assisting in the purchase.
Mr L B Broomball visits the district to collect subscriptions for the Farrer Memorial Pune honoring the late WilNan Farrer noted for his experimental work in New South Wales that improved wheat profitability across the state.
The article records various local events including a golf championship round, manilla race club announcements, school of arts enrollments, a police court session with fines for drunkenness and indecency, resignation of Rev M Ogilvie from the Presbyterian Charge, revival of cricket and Detexer clubs, railway speculation, and quirky anecdotes about jumping feats and a horse tied to a sapling.
An elderly Warwick resident recalls a strange pattern linked to eight births. Each time a child was born, two snakes were killed in the birth room, sometimes days apart, with seven births occurring in the country before the eighth in town. A week after the eighth birth, two large parapat snakes were killed in the same room.
Presbyterian minister at Beecroft in Burwood, aged 69, reportedly ill with health issues. The text notes arrival of an individual in Sydney on the 16th inst, mentions Reluxvists J MacDonald and T Taylor performing well for a Sydney trial, and praises yesterday as a glorious outdoor day.
Widespread comments from Manilla residents reference the Starr Bowkett Society, new share allocations, and Terry O’Brien’s tenancy of a Next week’s events loom large as Melbourne dinners, memorials, and spring races unfold. Notable figures include Milton Worth and Mr Moore, with discussions on defence, governance, and local sport.
Football notes from Manilla cover a cancelled visit by the Central Northern Union Tamworth team and a scheduled match on Saturday the 19th. Reports discuss Halft Holiday versus Apex Manilla, protests over refereeing and conditions, and a land lease appeal decision by the land appeal court with Justices Pring and Bly concurring.
The Fall Court dealt with a land appeal concerning 150 acres in the Tamworth district under the 1905 Crown Lands Amendment Act. Doolan sought both an additional conditional purchase and a conditional lease, Roberts opposed. The court held that a holder cannot apply for both an additional conditional purchase and a lease simultaneously under section 5, sub-section 2, of the act.
A discussion outlines how a 1905 con purchase clause could allow a landholder to apply for multiple areas under one right, affecting home maintenance land and settlement leases. It argues the law shifts power away from small selectors toward larger interests, prompting calls for retrospective protections and political representation for farmers and settlers.
A garbled but dense report describes mining activity at Mt. Org a and an auction promotion. Local council discussions reference land value, labor wages, and a proposal on prison reform. Mentions of weather, rainfall, and market updates accompany scattered legal notices and public interest items from the Shire.
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