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Eggs raised for Helgian fund at Nowra fair
A Church of England fair in Nowra profiled £143 raised from egg day producing nearly two thousand eggs for the Helgian fund. Canberra residents held a patriotic fair with a concert that raised £200. Caverns of misfortune include a Burrinjuck house fire deaths and a miner’s body found in a tank. A gale wrecked Coff’s Harbor fisheries, with six motor launches sunk and £9000 in damage. A Treleneburgh settler lost £65 in a gun cleaning mishap.
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Orange Public School
Helgian Fund
Howe
Burrinjack
Canberra
Coff
Jack Turner
Treleneburgh