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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1907
Page
2
Fragmentary note dated Saturday February 5 2007 mentions budget planning and schedule items. The readable text references a budget related event and a specific date, with unclear surrounding context. The item appears as a clipped or garbled public notice or brief planning update.
The document argues for extending the Bega Telephone Exchange to surrounding centers, promising cheap, accessible service to farmers and merchants. It cites Postmaster General support, potential savings in time and money, and aims to connect Tamara, Broyo, Nummlypya and other towns, with a push to implement as soon as possible.
A long mixed column reports on postal matters in Boga Sydney departures and appointments, hospital notes, weddings and society notices, legal matters, and market chatter. It mentions the arrival of Mrs Sillie Roundel, the marriage of Miss Vielok Vusturia, and various public notices, services, and local career updates with numerous names and places.
Telegrams report a publican charged with fraud and complicity in a theft of funds, plus trial dates for related offences. Global economic data show UK tariff commission and revenue shifts, Australia polls and party results, miners debating arbitration outcomes, and political tensions as elections approach. A New Zealand dispatch notes a railway collision near Chicago, while a naval visit to India and a fire at Portsmouth are also mentioned amid broader wartime and postwar contexts.
Fragmented report from a horse market showing breeders and buyers at a fair. Prices listed in pounds for various horses, foals, and draught stock. Names such as Tyrone Lampton and others appear with bid amounts, while entries include young horses and mares in a rural auction setting.
Reported figures compare today’s earnings with those of yesterday for the boxer Mike Williams. A promoter’s contract paid about £500 for 46 seconds of work, equating to roughly £37,400 per hour, or £2.4 million per 60 minutes. The piece analyzes vast pay scales and labor value in the boxing economy.
A garbled note mentions ferocity of the Hon and Amabe Phant facing multiple lions and a vegetarian. It also references an antisale with mont gf and endurance, the hors, rain, and a tulapeore alan yegslariaax in a fragmented, unclear passage.
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