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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
5
Council weighs taking over local Brigade management with upkeep estimated at 452 a year. Proponents back council control to benefit ratepayers. opponents fear centralized authority and prefer keeping elements of local autonomy. Mayor promises answers and notes revenue from saleyards could fund Brigade costs.
Market prices report potatoes butter maize and roosters with prices listed in pounds shillings and pence. News notes include tension over the gambling act closing Chinese dens in Melbourne a chaffcutter accident in Alberton a proposed separate fleet for Australia and two girls dying in Auckland possibly from bubonic plague. Parliament candidates announce non reelection and the Federal Parliament may meet July 10 with state elections possibly in September. Long dispatches cover colonial trade Britain Australia tariff reform and the British Empire preference debate. Warnings on drought and livestock feed costs hit Wyalong and Corowa with heavy fodder purchases for sheep and other stock.
A compact entry notes Alan, a Black Gelding competing in first class Hackney and Buggy Horse events, with permission for any trial.
All sections specify submission details for household recipes from All Stations Fair Tested Recipes with copies from Mise Underhill Hank Hotel and deadlines by May 20. Entries require 10 percent deposit or trophy prize. art exhibit at Pavilion by 4 PM May 21 for Shwmistic Crokury and Floral Competitions, with prizes announced in Mueller shop window Cahasin.
A garbled recount describes a party leaving a Rank Hotel for the North, passing over a North Bega bridge. Local readers note a strong stench resembling Kroni's elephant and reference vague regulations not in force for a millionaire owner.
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