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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1951
Page
3
Mr W J Byrnes reports the sale on Wednesday August 29 listing 2018 sheep yarded and sold at an average over 460 per head. The market eased slightly due to wool values but buying power remained satisfactory and there was a total clearance. Next Manilla Stock Sale planned for Wednesday September 19 with entries invited.
Mrs. Hall won Saturday’s 15 hole Associates event with Mrs. Yates in second place. Sunday featured Mrs Hudson’s trophy par event. Congratulations to Mrs Ghys and Mrs Ken Patterson for a 6 under par four ball best ball win in Tamworth.
Pears prepared with grated pear, cream and cherries, glazed in quince jelly syrup with orange juice and rind. Chill the jelly sauce, scoop ice cream into serving dishes, top with pear halves, and finish with whipped cream and a cherry.
Far north coast residents face a severe drought with Byron Bay in Tintenbar Shire receiving minimal rain and water tanks empty. Within a week 3000 people will rely on water carted from Tyagarah six miles away at a rate of £3 10s for 800 gallons.
A historic grain storage ad notes J. T. Robertson & Co promoting purchase of rain silos and grain storage solutions. The notice highlights available silos for farmers seeking modernization and improved grain handling.
The Palais presents Anthony Adverse starring Frederick March Olivia de Havilland and Claude Rains this Friday night. Also showing the drama OmOO OmOO featuring Ron Randall and Devera Burton in a big pearl fishing tale.
Fred Astaire and Vera Ellen headline an MGM Technicolor musical with Red Skelton in his first straight role. Arlene Dahl Keenan Wynn Gloria de Haven and Phil Regan join a parade of star talent as Kalmar and Ruby rise from Coney Island to Broadway London and Hollywood. Kalmar marries Jessie Brown and Ruby weds Eileen Percy amid musical triumphs. Murder in the Big House provides supporting cast.
At a Mianilla Branch meeting of the Farmers and Settlers Assoc an opposition to a proposed NSW Electricity style County Council for local electricity control was agreed. The group will join with others to protest the Tamworth City Council arrangement. Members also thanked Dr J P Abbott for urging growers to vote NO in the wool referendum.
A new potato seedling named 52674 was developed by Mr J Carroll at the Department of Agriculture New England Experimental Farm. The late ice white variety aims for tableland districts and may be available to growers. In Coolamon Ganmain district pollorum and blackhead have killed over 15,000 turkeys worth £60,000, a major poultry area in New South Wales.
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