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Fox skins trade and local anecdotes from Gondagal
Over 500 fox skins are bought weekly in Gondagal with prices from 104 to L4a. Mrs F Welmers, dies at Bombala leaving a large family. Lucerne returns cited for Biddulph of Canowindis with 60 acres and seven cuttings at 410 10s a ton. Influenza cases at Junee include several named residents. Coura police raid hits a billiard room, with 52 men and youths arrested. A Comboyne boy bitten by a snake treats wound with improvised methods, calf affected briefly. Peter Quinn of Tat Hill Station recounts a brutal bush accident where he amputated his legs to survive, both legs later wooden. P.S. note adds that both legs were wooden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gondagal
F. Welmers
Bombala
Biddulph
Canowindis
Lucerne
Meyers F. A
Peter Quinn
Tathill
P.S