27 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 27, 1907
Page
1
A wide trove of items covers global politics, economics, and society. Highlights include NSW livestock gains and UK urban ambulance readiness, a prospective US immigration bill, and scientific warnings on a comet. Also noted are colonial transfers, breeding, and notable letters and parliamentary remarks.
From the Bulletin a report on the Australian Manufacturers' Exhibition in Melbourne notes Marrickville tweeda Albion Mills goods and Castlemaine woollen displayed among bottles, pans, pianos, and starch. The overall show is a great success though crowded and jumbled, with Christchurch International praised as a finer showcase.
Inter-District Summary notes Tuniut show entries are 1200 more than last year. Cobargo A P and H Society home milking entries close 14 days before the show. Kendall factory cheese first shipment to Sydney. dairying growing. Copper ore sample from Whipstick sent to Sydney for testing. A Mullumbimby child dies after ingesting carbolic acid. Cobargo Minstrels stage a farce The Trial of a Land Agent. show night profits aid local entertainment props.
Moruya A and P and H Society profited from the recent show while Cobargo show days were declared public holidays. Postmaster-General urged to post rainfall records at Cobargo post office. New postmaster Mr. Hewett of Murrurandi expected to arrive with family. Collie district rabbiters earn £15–£20 weekly. Chinaman's body found after drowning in Gulp Creek near Nerrigundah. A bombala man recently shot a snake containing 38 young ones. Barren Jack irrigation scheme touted to settle 150,000 on land. Police to act as shire sanitary inspectors in 1907 with plans for new arrangements thereafter. Balina introduces plague precautions. Municipal bonus for mice and rats. Possible rabbit disease prompts visit by a bacteriologist to Monaro tableland. F J Morrice seeks pick and shovel and hammer drill workers for road works Cooma to Kosciusko. Cobargo rifle club formation discussed. L J Street urged to arrange a rifle range. Captain Sutherland, Moruya pilot, retires. wife lauded, farewells planned. Coorabell Estate subdivided into 12 farms and to be auctioned at Bangalow March 22. Eurabudalla Shire Council fails to secure Wallaga Lake opening. Shire rolls revision motion not yet posted. Delegates form committee to study cottage hospital feasibility. Cooma town band reorganisation survey promises about 238 in potential funds. bandmaster sought. Cobargo Progress Association urges street lamp maintenance and new lamps near bridges, plus work on Wandella property. Abhuman skeleton found by Bateman’s Bay residents buried near Durras Lake, coroner orders remains buried. Northeast wind exposed skeleton. remains deemed Aboriginal by tooth mark.
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