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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes show budget related items on Wednesday in 1908 with names Fagan and Metin. Readable bits mention place and local figures though many words are garbled. The readable entities suggest a municipal budget context and potential staffing or policy references.
The article argues Unionism is under pressure as wharf laborers strike to push non-union workers out, urging exclusive union hiring. It discusses Beeby and Wade in Parliament, the Industrial Disputes Bill, and fears of compulsory union preference hurting employers and the broader economy. The piece condemns or supports policies based on protecting non-unionists and free competition amid shipping disruptions and local hardships.
The long list of rural and town notes records court fines for dairy tuberculosis reporting, a legal suit between Temora officials and Wagga, and post office practices in Bega. It mentions royal visitors, local auctions, farming disputes, Guild sports finances, and notes on public works and rural roads, with social scenes from Cobargo to Dalgety Bay.
The Bega Hospital Committee met last Wednesday with present members J J Ritchie Messi A Nickle T Atkinson Fraver W G McKorn Jos Beitten C T Stiles and J M Lee. Treasures accounts showed receipts of 20 115 Sd and expenditure of 280 14s Ld leaving 1 sit balance. The lowa Committee noted visits and repairs, holiday cover by Mise Noutile and Nurne Borkin duties, with tank stand repairs planned and a servant engaged for Miss Kerwin. Admission and discharge figures: 6 males 7 females admitted, 14 males 7 females, discharged 12, deaths 1, remaining 7. Donations were acknowledged from multiple benefactors. Correspondence included a £0 grant for additions, recognition as training home from Australian Trained Nurses Association, and actions to obtain a cat, thank Hon W H Wood, prepare building specifications, and plan a new 14 000 gallon tank with hot water and acetylene lighting. Works and House committees were appointed. coastal company liaison noted. The resolutions' outcome was viewed as ominous for the present juncture.
Anxious readers follow tie progress of the Industrial Disputus VIII as it moves through the Legislature. If it becomes an elective instrument to prevent strikes or a substitute alongside them, then Waele and his Choworweninid will face heightened labor tensions.
South Coast shipping faces disruption as 400 seamen and Bremen join the strike. Coastwise sailings falter with no steamer from Sydney on Monday and producers warn of supply delays. Employers push for use of non union labor while unions resist limits on picket lines and wages.
Sporting items report a testimonial for M. A. Noble exceeding £2000, plus plans for a busy coursing season. Candesla and Candela Rugby Union prep, Bega clubs form and eye trophies, junior pirates club, and jersey purchases outlined. Cricketers visit Newtown, while racing at Warwick Farm and Tothra Jockey Club work on track repairs.
A fractured village record recounts social visits at a new Church of England gathering with Miss Penny Jones and Mr Sam, plus notices of Constable Overton’s leg injury from a Friday horse kick. It also mentions cow accidents at Tathro, a drowned animal used as bait, and a captured large shark hauled from the water by the wharf crane after a dramatic sighting.
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