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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 27, 1909
Page
5
A local paper reports a landowner struggling to hire someone to operate a poison cart or perform hand poisoning. It notes a letter from an experienced trapper and poisoner seeking to contact anyone employing such work.
Sydney notes a sensational strike response to the railway commissioner's order to halt coal for private services. Government plans to curb railway work prompts arrests, duels with strike leaders, and a growing stalemate. Wellington gas fails, capital-site and closer-settlement issues loom, while a canned rabbit venture debates pricing amid rising costs.
A long, fragmented column lists varied items from suffrage fashion to mineowner talks, strike loyalties, and public notices. It notes union tensions, failed motor venture talk, school swimming plans, and quirky anecdotes about weddings, ducks, and kangaroo valley curios.
In the gull race meetings the most unprofitable event was noted at Bega spring races in the Qeiober Handicap where Woodrose and Imlay were the only starters. Candela spring races saw Amico win the Spring Handicap by walk over. At the Bega Summer Meeting on a Wednesday Alastair won the November Handicap worth 35 sovs.
Auction notice for famous Richmond River dairy farms near Casino, 40 acres four miles from Casino, rich arable land, good house and conveniences. B McDougall Auctioneer, Carino Richmond River, invites prompt inquiries for full details and price.
A letter urges the government and the Railway Leagues to back a coastal route to open Twofold Bay port. It argues the through and local traffic, revenue benefits, and regional development justify immediate Public Works Committee review and port opening. Readers are urged to support survey findings and press for action.
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