The Tamworth Daily Observer, Wed 15 Jan 1913 1
MANILLA NEWS.
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FOX EATS SNAKE.
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SHIRE ADOPTS DAY LABOR SYSTEM.
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AND MAKES A BIG SAVING.
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Manilla, Tuesday.
A remarkable proof of a fox having eaten a snake and paying the death penalty in consequence came to light at Kilphysic, near Keepit, the other day. While Mr J Swain and his son were riding over the paddocks they discovered a dead fox. Anxious to ascertain the cause of death Mr Swain opened the carcase and found a snake inside. About six inches of the reptile had been eaten.
Miss Green, of Manilla, died in Sydney on Thursday last, while under an anaesthetic administered for an operation.
Image: NSW State Library collection. Reproduction: Peter de Waal
The shire council has decided to protest against the endowment of 1/6 in the £. Last year the Mandowa Shire spent £3843 on road work under the day labor system, which has now been adopted in the shire. The average cost per chain of road work is £4/14, as against £9/6/7 under the contract system as formerly.
At the municipal council last night the matter of building council chambers was introduced by Alderman Stoddart.
An aborigine named James Morris was charged with assault at Walcha on a man, [George White], with the alleged intent to commit an unnatural offence, and was remanded to Walcha.
About 21 claims for maternity bonus have been lodged here.
1 The Tamworth Daily Observer, (NSW), Wed 15 Jan 1913, p. 2. Emphasis added.