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Malicious rounding charge and river notes from old paper
A jumble of snippets records trials and local oddities. Mentions Dr Grommt’s trial for malicious rounding a horse, the Darling River’s altered flow, waterholes widening gaps, Kempsey nurses balking at duty stamps, editor Butterworth defamation writ, a 17 year old herding 2300 sheep toward the border, and a Wingham farmer chasing moving pumpkin growth misread as wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Teangie
Grommt
Darling
Nailee
Kempsey Hospital
Coonambie “Tiras
Butterworth