26 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
1
Reports from Williamstown hurdles and Mentone Welter Plate win highlight a day of racing and club activity. Cobargo and Dry River meet in football, with Cobargo edging Dry River 8 to 3. Local rowing, rifle, and pony clubs plan purchases, ranges set at $50, and yard work underway at several venues.
A Quaama School of Arts event hosts Inter-District Summary Quadrilles next Saturday night. The annual ball to aid Remboka School of Arts is tonight. Numerous local affairs include funds for a rifle range, a Cobargo grand ball for the Jockey Club, potential Cooma racecourse purchase, and a Cobargo crikes and football ground park meeting.
A heated discussion centers on minimum wage and arbitration acts, with critics decrying protectionist tariffs as destructive. The piece traces debates on a Graduated Land Tax and schemes tied to London borrowing, arguing both sides gain from clever manipulation while urging voters to scrutinize Reform voices and their leaders.
In a heated message the author warns of a looming public debt burden and a proposed scheme blamed on labor encacisation. The text claims the plan would boost receipts, defend the country from invasion, and end colonial theft, urging readers to oppose the swindle and support a decisive national program.
A troubling note describes a secret shoot event at Tarraganda on Saturday involving a prostitute enterprise. It hints at illicit activity and draws attention to a sensational, illegal gathering.
Fragmented passenger list shows names from multiple vessels and ports including Eden, Merimbula, Bermagui, and Watuirs. It mentions Messrs Braden Sheehy Shesly, Mrs Sheehiy, and numerous others with destinations Swatnev Eden Merhiulala Bermagui and Bermagui. The text is garbled OCR with many misspellings and incomplete lines.
At Orange Quarter Sessions Jab Hives was found guilty of sea bhenaunty patroling two horses and sentenced to two years in Lacullur gaol. A fire at Bray Brothers’ property on Rooky Hallway was mysteriously started and the coroner noted three fires in two years with no clear culprit identified.
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