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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 09, 1914
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text outlines a local budget item in Bega with mentions of urgency and a council meeting. The readable names and dates are unclear but indicate a financial discussion and public interest in budget demands.
The article extols Britain’s imperial oneness through Triple Entente cohesion and Dominion troop pledges in support of France and Russia. It notes Belgium’s neutrality violations by Germany as the war’s trigger, cites political and local wartime actions, and reports on political races, public notices, and community fundraisers.
Many German wounded reach Antwerp and a battalion is said destroyed. Russians claim vast captures between the Vistula and Bug and 40,000 prisoners at Lemburg. Allied and British actions include forest engagements and rearguard fights at Mons. Reports speak of German losses, evacuations, and renewed pressure on East Prussia as Zeppelins and aircraft are advanced.
A late telegram from Sydney reports Broken Hill miners riot over water shutoffs for non payment. They opened ground to restore water, blocked tram fares, and later faced eviction rumors in South Broken Hill. The crowd pressed for £5000 relief and a wartime food export ban. Senate results show Gould and Gardiner leading. McGrath poised for Ballarat. Barry defeated Paddon in the world championship by three lengths.
A historical record details donations to a Patriotic Fund with amounts from multiple supporters. Entries include Mrs Haslingdon, D Brydon, J E Gowing, R L Jamieson for a poem Our Volunteers, Guthrie and Sona, Rev J Jo Gunning, Church of England Ladies Sewing Bea, A Beek, T Atkinson, G E F Brooks, Mrs Evershed, C Cook, A Sirl, J A Anderson, A E French, T Worland, and others, totaling 2223 pounds 13s 0d.
Candela cricket club forms for the season. In its match with Falkner Gray made a break of 978, a record for ivory balla. The AJC. argues against Spring Mesting postponement due to the war. It urges keeping workers employed in horseracing and opposes mass layoffs.
A long column of quotes and notes covers farm prices for eggs and flour, spring goods by Alex Morgan and Lancey, Britain's naval policy, Empire trade, watchers’ returns, and Labor Party politics. It notes flour price rises, labor treatment of POWs, sports fixtures, church attendances, and political shifts including Eden Manaroo and Liberal changes. It mentions transport to Melbourne, patriotic ads, unemployment, and wheat and wool prospects.
Correspon dents describe British troops enduring fire as Austrian left wing fails to envelop Russians. Lamberg falls in Galicia. 40,000 Austrians taken prisoner and 70,000 more captured in seven days. Germans and British air forces clash. a German pilot dies after crash. Russians repel Austrian efforts near Podolia and in Poland as Paris fortifications extend toward the city.
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