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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1931
Page
2
A local notice states Stoddart & Hayward Ltd will have master optician Chas e Enoll personally attend at the Royal Hotel upstairs, next visit on Saturday October 10, 1981 from 10 to 6 with all repairs and correspondence to Box ARMPP Sydney. The ad includes business hours and phone reference.
OCR fragment details exam entrance fees for pupils and private study, exemptions under bursary acts, and deadlines. It also reports auctions in Manilla, theatre features in Sydney, local sports, weather quirks, bank staff illnesses, church services, a rifle club gathering with prizes, and community plans for Tamworth Carnivals and ambulance trophies.
The event ran from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. with dancing for children and adults, a tea service led by Mr. Burn, and ample meals. Local musicians donated performances, and many attendees enjoyed coffee and supper for a small charge, signaling strong community support.
Obituary notes for Ernest Alfred Russell son of James Russell of Hill Bereet and funeral details. Cricket match England XI vs New Zealand totals 154 348 with tied effort. Wool prices firm with heavy sales. Labor rally and Wheat meeting scheduled. District Tennis final Town Court vs Methodist next Saturday. Memorial Fall events include a monster euchre party and drive on September 22. Rifle club prize shoot results and new competition prize announced by Chas Grant.
The council debated public access fees for a meeting while a motion to increase control over patrons failed four votes to one. A town clerk noted payment grants entry. Separately a bank plans rehabilitation of Empire trade with new products and interest rates including 2 percent on current accounts and 4 percent on fixed deposits for various terms.
A sunny picnic day at Dead Horse Gully featured races and games for children, with many ladies and gentlemen assisting at the church event guided by Reverend T. Hunter-Bar Fat and Miss Algie. The day included a luncheon organized by the ladies and noted the presence of Walter Jackson, president of the P and C Association. The note also mentions a March 19 42 distribution of 753,592 Ba vers shares and upcoming events including Presbyterian Sunday School gathering and a tennis tournament at BR tennis courts. Sir Albert Wilkins' submarine Nautilus arrived at Spitzbergen after completing voyage to the North Pole.
The notice outlines Manilla church events including Evensong at 2 pm with prayers and meditations, Holy Eucharist, and an anniversary service conducted by Rev. K. Milly of Tamworth. It calls for attendance, mentions choirs, and notes related Sunday school anniversary activities and a Labor Rally in Manilla with speakers at 4 pm and 8 pm at Mechanion Institute.
Top prices and fast turnover cited as consignors send wool to NENCO Newcastle. No zone system in operation at this center. Sellers consider four orders of delivery and await Way-bills and application details.
O Wilshire and Co advertise a weekly sale of fruit vegetables and farm produce on Saturdays at 5 p m on Court Street Mazin. The flyer mentions a speciality Flutterer Case and notes prices such as 61d and 1 per packet with focus on farm produce and general goods.
Property sale conducted by mortgagees offers 4483 acres of freehold government title land in Tamworth and Barraba districts. Includes 2581 acres freehold 2764 0.7 and 176 L in Baker Woodsreef Welsh parishes near Crow Mountain 14 miles from Barraba. Also about 3518 acres near Warrabah 35 miles east of Barra ha mostly granite, fenced and subdivided. Watered by springs and creeks with good fencing and subdivision. inspection by appointment through Amotorioneer Mantela.
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