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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 16, 1932
Page
2
An advertisement for an income and land tax consultant on Manilla Street offers next visit on Saturday October 8 1032 from 10 am to 6 pm. All repairs and correspondence go to Box 3324PP GPO Sydney.
Dog owners are reminded to register their pets or pay a fine during September. Forms are available at the C.P.8 office for registration.
The Manilla Rifle Club will present trophies won during the shooting season on Monday night. A display is shown in Roberts Bros. window. The club has accepted a challenge from Attunga for the Peters Cup to conclude the football season next Sunday at the local recreation ground.
A promising forecast hints at rain with heavy falls likely moving from the south toward the north. Light rain was observed in Manila at midday on Thursday with hopeful indications of a good rainfall ahead. By 2 p.m., 10 points had been recorded.
Mrs Chapman plans a public auction at Greenhatches Creek near Manla on Wednesday 23rd at 2 oclock. Auctioneer W F Byrnes will sell about 300 pure bred white leghorn fowls, shed materials, horse, cart, harness, and a cow. The poultry were bred under late Mr M Chapman and valued for their purity and cost.
Roberts Bros presents a men’s mannequin parade at the Palais Theatre on Saturday night at 8 pm in Manilla. The event promises a stylish display with no flounces or frilly trails followed by an excellent picture program.
A council committee approves a compulsory service plan to lay mains and service pipes to consumer properties including three feet of external tap and stand pipe. The scheme aims to save households about 60 percent and calls for tenders on installation and trenching costs. Payments staged over 24 months. Non-ratepayers like churches and schools may join by applying promptly.
Aldermen grant leave of absence and appoint chairmen for Saleyards and Electric Light Committees. Kennedy proposes transfers of property, alterations ordered under conditions, and a settlement with Manilla Pound tied to prepayment. New awards on pay reduce council costs, with retrospective date debated. Gas and Electricity reductions referred to determine impact. Cricket revival and funding discussed amid delays. football and cricket support debated.
The parade showcased new season silhouettes in art silk pique and georgette with models Marie Dugan Muriel Baker Una Baldwin and Mrs Wilson. Frocks included red floral georgette royal blue morocain apple green flat silk crepe and navy romaine with decorative hats and ribbons. Music accompanied the procession with Mrs R Allen on piano and Gwen O'Brien on violin.
A sequence of social and fundraising events is listed including juvenile balls at Memorial Hall September 15, a street stall for Hospital linen chest September 17, Snow Ball for Convent funds September 20, a social at Upper Manila September 27, Presbyterian Spring Fair October 1, a concert by Geo Manton Hall October 4 for Hospital funds, Show Pavilion Social October 18 in Memorial Hall, and Continental event December 3 at Vicarage Ground for the Church of England. Mrs BR BE Langworthy visits Manilla. her youngest daughter Iris, training as a nurse at Lister Private Hospital Darlinghurst, has just passed her first-year exam with 90 percent.
The motion directed approval of two pounds ten shillings for repairing the wicket tied to Alderman Coates. The memo notes a specific expenditure to maintain a local wicket, reflecting council spending and allocated funds.
The annual meeting of the Manilla branch of the Junior Farmers Advisory Committee will be held at the District Rural School at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday September 20. All interested are cordially invited to attend. Serene of officers and guidance outlined.
Applicants F. Ferry and D. Ferry seek consent to erect a public gate between properties of F. Hall and D. Ferry near 126 and 39 Ogurindi. Any objections must be lodged with Shire Clerk J. Coates by Saturday 8th September 1932 at the Shire office Manilla.
The Holy Catholic Church Manilla announces all services for Sunday next are cancelled as the vicar is in Sydney with his ill mother who asked him to be there. All even song at 7.30 p.m. is also cancelled. Confirmation classes start first week in September. names of candidates due by September 30. Rev T Hunter-Barrett.
The page lists multiple church services with times at Manilla Upper Manilla and Somerton, plus notices for Heywood and Grayson. It notes golf concession fares for the England tournament at Armidale September 20 to 22 and mentions a looming general strike in Australia. Olympic team return, and batting records by Patsy Hendren, C B Fry, Bradman, and Hobbs.
The committee publicly thanks all contributors for making the recent exhibition sale of work a wonderful success. A C Brown Hon Secr
Tenders for water main and service connections to consumers property are invited by the Town Clerk of Manilla. Tenders due by 4 p.m. on Tuesday the 27th instant for supply and installation of all cocks fittings pipe jointing trenching backfilling and pipe supply. Deposit per cent required with each tender. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Date 15/9/38.
The Shire of Liverpool Plains invites tenders to provide filling, formation, and a stone causeway on Willamby Road. Tenders addressed to the undersigned and endorsed Ten der will be received up to noon on Thursday 6 October 1932. Tender forms may be obtained as of 12 September 1932.
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