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Various NSW notices include drought, timber, and local funding
A compilation of notes reports draft cattle prices at Ingt Homebush sales and a range of regional issues. Drought grips Orange and Uki while Dorrigo Silicon remains a timber supply claim for NSW for 30 years. Hornsby protests shire offices as roads deteriorate. Armidale Board spent £1900 on bonuses for poxious animals with 37,589 destroyed. Poon Boon Lake survey aims to enable irrigation settlement. Patriotic funds total £945 with £32 extra, £3949 dispatched to Lord Mayor. Taura School of Arts asks £20 per similar institute for a patriotic fund. towns fear weak uptake. Fatal riding accident at Crystal Creek near Marwillum. John Lyons died instantly after his saddle slipped while pursuing a bolting animal. Jenolan Caves curator sent over £50 to Lithgow Hospital, with £22 104 in copper refused by a bank. Lithgow hospital secretary receives a transforming formula from government teat officer.