Manilla District Road Works and Maintenance Update
Maintenance reports detail Bendemeer to 4 1 2 mile work including three new concrete pipe culverts at 304 313 and 334 mile. Volunteers Copeland and Sisson offer to build two culverts at 29 and 30 mile. pipes supplied and to be installed after shearing. Timber decking renewal at 333 mile deferred. No. 1 grader unit covers Namoi and Boggabri roads with repairs. new tractor and grader delivery delays affect progress. Also noted are tree planting, watering proposals, and a motor ramp compliance issue on Crow Mountain Road along with plant repairs and an accident to an employee on Namoi Road. A 1933 trunk roads project uses a new searifier grader, with a review of a canine care book by Angus and Robertson. A western shopkeeper dispute and Bert Hinkler monument in the Italian Alps conclude the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendemeer
Mesers Copeland and
Sisson
Namoi Road
Boggabri Road
Railway
Wimbourne Road
Manilla
First Gate
Costelloe
Mellrath
Borah- Turpoly
Swan
Hobden Road
Tamworth Road
Klorj
West Manilla
Mandowa Bridge
Costello's Road
Costello T
Lane
Bendemeer and
Wiseman’s Arm
Tipper Manilla
Upper
Conneil
Crow Mountain Road
Council
Turner’s Gang
Carlyon
Nami Road
Anil
Revenue and Revision Court Notice for Mandown Shire
Revenue collected for August totals include Rates current arrears and extra charges 274 184 Miscellaneous 25 2 10 totaling 300 1 6 A revision court to revise supplementary elector lists for Mandown Shire will be held at the Court House Manilla on September 19 1983 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandown
Court House
Manilla
Wool Sales Sydney Market Rises on Strong Demand
Sydney wool brokers report auction sales resumed with a firming trend for top wools. Keen buyers from Yorkshire Japan and the Continent supported 12 400 bales offered, full clearance, top price 23c equal to season high for Woods over Oaklea from Moree. Also notes prices for broken wax lambs and other cuts, plus a Tamworth hospital grant for a new nurses home and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Yorkshire
Continent
Moree
J. Costelloe
Tamworth Hospital
Tamworth Hospital Ballot Void After Inquiry Finds Irregular Conduct
An inquiry into the Tamworth District Hospital annual board election found substantiated charges of irregular conduct by returning officer W H Clutton. The ballot was declared void, a fresh election ordered, and a complete alphabetical roll of subscribers directed. Scrutineers reported envelopes opened before the poll closed, rolls not properly prepared, and missing ballots. The Hospitals Commission criticized the methods as unsatisfactory and noted extensive issues with the ballot book and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Clutton
Tamworth District Hospital
W. A. E. Lewis
Clutton
Hospitals Commission
Lewis
Messrs
W. G. Kable
T. L. Waugh
Sutton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post Office
Harry Grady
Post Office Hotel
AML & F. Coy. Ltd
Canberra
R. J. Colvin
Manilla & District News
B. A. McMichan
R.V
Angus and Robertson
Castlereagh Street
MacMichan
Sir Philip Game
Dog Club
Ns.w
Sheep and Cattle Dog Club
Australia
Bert Hinkler
Italian Alps
Messrs Kable
Waugh
Cluttem
Alton Richmond McLeod
Manilla Newspaper Co
Manilla Street
State of
New South Wales
Manilla ‘Agricultural Society
Rochfort
A.P
Secretars
Manilla Agricultural Society
G. Bowman
A. C. Brown
A. K Thomas
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